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UK insolvencies steady but could take off amid tariff fallout
- April 2025
UK insolvency levels remained steady during the first quarter of 2025, but the ongoing fallout over US tariffs has led to warnings that administrations could increase sharply over the coming months. Analysis of Companies House data by advisory firm Interpath Advisory showed that there were 330 UK...
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FOR SELLERS Rush to lock in favourable tax rates no match for carefully planned exitBy the time that new Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour government’s first Budget in la...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Report: More than one in 10 UK restaurants facing insolvencyMore than one in 10 restaurants in the UK are reportedly at risk of imminent closure as operators co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES UK insolvencies down, but fears that budget measures could increase distressDuring October 2024, the UK recorded a 10 per cent fall in corporate insolvencies compared to the pr...
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DEAL INSIGHT Distressed businesses – what you need to know about themIn this video of our Deal Insight Series, Kevin Counihan from SIA Group talks to us about some of th...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Confidence in UK deals increasing among PE firmsM&A activity has increased in the UK during 2024, with improvements in economic and financing condit...
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FOR BUYERS How to find and buy distressed assetsOver recent years, insolvency levels and financial distress among UK businesses have soared. In the ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Over 90 per cent of financial services firms would consider M&AOver 90 per cent of financial services firms have said that they either are planning M&A as a key pa...
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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...
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SECTOR GUIDES Waste and recycling M&A: Resilience, disruption and sustainabilityUnsurprisingly, the UK waste and recycling industry has remained largely immune to the country’s r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Fashion manufacturer insolvencies up by nearly a quarterThe number of UK fashion manufacturers falling into insolvency rose by close to a quarter in the yea...
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FOR SELLERS Labour Government Budget deflates Business Asset Disposal ReliefThe small print of The Autumn 2024 Budget contained a particularly nasty surprise for the millions o...
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FOR SELLERS Business owners face immediate CGT blowBusiness owners will be less likely to invest and ‘take risks’ following an increase in Capital ...
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FOR SELLERS Business owners blasted by Halloween Budget NI hikesBusiness owners will do the ‘heavy lifting’ as Labour hiked taxes by £40 billion in its first b...
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SECTOR GUIDES B2B media M&A activity increases, but deal times risingDeal volumes in the B2B Information, Media, and Events sector increased during the first half of 202...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK CEOs moving from “reactive to proactive” M&A strategiesUK CEOs are increasingly positive about the country’s economic outlook, their own company’s pros...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Optimism among UK dealmakers hits highest level since 2021Optimism among UK dealmakers has hit its highest level since the post-COVID dealmaking boom in 2021,...