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Hotel insolvencies up, but business travel could provide a boost
- April 2024
A new report has revealed a significant increase in UK hotel insolvencies over the past year, as operators continue to struggle with a slew of adverse conditions. However, a potential recovery in business travel during 2024 suggests there could be light at the end of the tunnel for an industry that ...
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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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DEAL INSIGHT How do you find out about distressed business opportunities?
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about searching for distressed business...
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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...
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SECTOR GUIDES Legal sector set for an M&A boom
Despite seemingly having all the hallmarks of a sector that should see booming M&A activity, dealmak...
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DEAL INSIGHT Buying a business out of administration
In this video of our Deal Insight Series, Jonathan Jay talks about buying a business from administra...
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FOR BUYERS Distress set to spread to larger companies
As insolvencies continue to rise among UK companies, there have been further warnings that corporate...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Two years since pre-pack administration reforms - What’s changed?
In April 2021, a new set of regulations came into effect concerning pre-pack administrations in whic...
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FOR BUYERS Report: Almost half of middle market firms to seek PE finance
Close to half of middle market businesses in the UK say they plan to seek private equity finance ove...
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FOR BUYERS Inbound M&A poised to surge as valuations remain low
Low UK company valuations are set to see foreign takeovers of UK companies increase during the secon...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction worst affected by wave of insolvencies
New figures from the Insolvency Service have shown that the UK construction sector is the industry w...
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FOR BUYERS What is the key to successful post-deal integration?
Post-deal integration is the most vital part of an M&A deal. Other stages – such as target acqui...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Manufacturing M&A faces defining year as headwinds mount
As the UK faced up to the prospect of soaring energy prices last year, manufacturing was forecast to...
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FOR BUYERS Fears that insolvencies could spread to bigger companies
Insolvency statistics from the first quarter of the year have raised concerns that larger companies ...