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Third of UK SME owners don't know company’s value
- March 2024
New research has found that one-third of UK SME business owners (33 per cent) do not know the value of their company, raising concerns that owners may be unprepared for a sale if the M&A market improves during 2024. The study, from Marktlink, polled 1,066 business owners in the UK, Belgium, Denma...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS “Expectation gaps” impacting M&A, but deal volume on the rise
Persistent high interest rates and rising inflation have led to “expectation gaps” arising betwe...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private equity helps recruitment buck declining M&A trend
Private equity activity is helping the UK’s recruitment sector buck the trend of declining M&A act...
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FOR SELLERS Behind the growing popularity of Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)
In the current economic climate, it can sometimes be difficult for owners to execute partial or full...
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DEAL INSIGHT What is the most challenging aspect of buying a distressed business?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about some of the challenges you face w...
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FOR BUYERS Retail M&A hits 5-year high, but distressed deals fall
Mergers and acquisitions in the UK’s retail sector have increased to their highest level in five y...
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FOR BUYERS M&A opportunities forecast to increase after slow H1
M&A opportunities are set to emerge over the coming months, despite a slow first half of the year in...
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FOR BUYERS Hotel M&A remains resilient despite challenging market
A new report on the UK hotels sector has revealed that M&A remains resilient despite a challenging m...
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DEAL INSIGHT When buying a distressed business, how do you weigh up the risks?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about weighing in the risks when buying...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Rising interest rates will see “virtually all” zombie companies collapse
Surging interest rates are set to eliminate all of the UK’s “zombie” companies over the next 1...
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SECTOR GUIDES Financial advice M&A: Valuations for larger firms rise as market shifts
Multi-adviser financial advice firms are attracting higher valuations as the sector’s intense M&A ...
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FOR BUYERS Online business M&A: The key trends in 2023
Online business M&A was one of the areas affected by the overall downward trend in dealmaking activi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Online business M&A: The types of online business
Online businesses are ubiquitous in the modern economy and, as such, are at the heart of a huge amou...
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FOR SELLERS Making your business a more attractive acquisition target
For business owners planning an exit, one of the most pressing considerations is how to make their b...
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FOR BUYERS UK M&A value hits 7-year low in first half of 2023
New data has shown that the value of M&A deals involving UK companies fell to a seven-year low durin...
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FOR BUYERS Analysis underlines importance of due diligence and integration
New analysis has served to highlight the vital importance of thorough due diligence processes for bu...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Asda owners finance EG takeover with proceeds from previous disposal
It has been revealed that Asda owners the Issa brothers and TDR Capital used the proceeds from an ea...