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In a world that is rapidly becoming more digitised, it goes without saying that technology is an absolutely integral part of virtually any business. By extension, in business acquisitions, a target company’s IT infrastructure is one of the crucial elements that a buyer will be taking on when they acquire the business. Due diligence of a target company’s tech, then, is absolutely crucial and this importance has only intensified in the current climate. With widespread working from hom...
COVID-19, pre-pack administrations and distressed acquisitions - 2020 in review
There’s not much left to be said about 2020, a year of enormous upheaval and disruption across...
Tighter pre-pack regulations - What could the proposed changes mean for dealmaking?
Pre-pack sales are a vital tool in business rescue. This much is not really up for debate. However, ...
Remote learning drives wave of ‘EdTech’ investments
Like so many other things we’ve previously taken for granted, COVID-19 has changed the way we ...
Remote dealmaking – M&A in the time of COVID-19
The most fundamental of the numerous changes COVID-19 has wrought to M&A is the way deals are conduc...
DEAL INSIGHT
Distressed businesses – what you need to know about them
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Kevin Counihan from SIA Group talks to us about some of th...
Government COVID-19 business lending hits £62 billion but criticisms persist
According to new figures released by the Treasury, the total value paid out to businesses through th...
Cybersecurity M&A – A sector defining the new normal
The hammer blow that COVID-19 has dealt to global M&A activity is no secret, with deal-making all bu...
DEAL INSIGHT
What price should a business buyer open with?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Rob Goddard from Evolution CBS How much you should offer w...
From a standing start to a £300 million exit
In 1980, Dinesh Dhamija and his wife started selling travel tickets from an 80-square-foot kiosk in ...
COVID-19 driving long-term change at UK SMEs
The impact of COVID-19, and the way in which businesses have had to react and adapt, is driving long...
Packed auction houses as business distress set to surge
During the COVID-19 crisis the company has seen goods pour in from insolvency advisers appointed to ...
M&A in the Veterinary Sector – Mass Consolidation
The two most acquisitive companies in the UK over the course of 2019 were groups in the veterinary c...
Confidence strong among UK SMEs, studies suggest
Two recent studies have suggested that confidence among the UK’s small- and medium-sized enter...
Report claims fast-growing UK SMEs face £15 billion funding shortfall
According to a new report, the UK’s fast-growing small- and medium-sized enterprises could fac...
End of the road for casual dining? Or a new dawn?
Three Hills Capital Partners put its Byron Burger brand into administration after failing to find a ...
Is now the time to buy into the delivery sector?
Most aren’t new companies, of course. Operators such as online-only supermarket Ocado and take...