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Legal pros expect AI to drive most M&A processes within 10 years
- April 2025
A new survey of legal professionals by legal technology solutions firm Litera has found that law firms are embracing artificial intelligence (AI) within their dealmaking processes and that most professionals expect that AI-based technologies will be used to complete the majority of M&A processes in ...
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FOR BUYERS Report claims RBS nudged viable businesses towards administration
A report has suggested that the Royal Bank of Scotland may have nudged viable businesses into admini...
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FOR BUYERS Silverstone race track sold for a fraction of investment
Silverstone, the historic race track, is to be sold for a little over £10 million after the British...
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FOR BUYERS Construction sector continues to improve
Following years of struggling after the credit crunch, the UK construction sector now seems to be st...
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Begbies Traynor seek sale of Dorset care home
Begbies Traynor has taken control of The Old Rectory Nursing and Residential Home in Swanage, Dorset...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Competition heats up for distressed sale opportunities
Access to distressed businesses and their assets has been one of the few things helping those who we...
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FOR BUYERS Beat private buyers to the best deals
Kout Food Group, the Kuwaiti-based operator of multi-brand eateries, purchased the tired Little Chef...
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FOR BUYERS Stand out from the crowd when pursuing an acquisition
Here at the Business Sale Report we work closely with various parties involved in the acquisition pr...
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FOR BUYERS Scottish insolvencies fall, with sights set on a return to growth
KPMG has revealed that there has been a marked fall in the number of Scottish business failures this...
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FOR BUYERS British business confidence gathering pace
Business confidence in the UK is at its highest level since the 2010 general election. A report by t...
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Over a quarter of businesses entering administration live on
Twenty-seven per cent of UK businesses that enter administration emerge intact and carry on trading ...
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FOR SELLERS Selling a business: It's all in the timing
Successful business buyers also tend to be among the most successful sellers and the importance of a...
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FOR BUYERS Lack of funding is opportunity for buyers
On 12th October 2012 the iconic London black taxi maker, Manganese Bronze Holdings, announced a reca...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Construction sector turning a corner?
Recent figures have suggested that the struggling construction sector might be starting to turn a co...
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FOR BUYERS Zombie businesses creep on
Zombie businesses have been big news in the wake of the latest recession with numerous companies lim...