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Significant financial distress up more than 30 per cent
- April 2024
New data has revealed that the number of UK companies in “significant” financial distress was up more than 30 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2024, with the macroeconomic challenges that businesses faced in 2023 continuing during the first three months of the year. According to ...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Opportunities for entrepreneurs to buy failing businesses
Now that we are technically out of recession, many businesses are still facing uncertainty in the fa...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Number of businesses falling into administration slows
Aggressive cost cutting and improved cash management by firms has meant the number of businesses fal...
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ALL M&A activity in the food and drink sector expected to rise
A recovery in mergers and acquisitions has been forecast for the UK's food and drink sector in ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private equity return to the M&A Market
Private equity players have increased their activity substantially in the first 3 months of this yea...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Business Confidence Improving
The future of the economy looks to be a brighter place for UK businesses as confidence has returned ...
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ALL Now is a good time to invest in distressed businesses.
Now that we are technically out of recession, many businesses are still facing uncertainty in the fa...
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ALL Entrepreneur's Relief increased to £2m
In the 2010 Budget of March 24th, Alistair Darling announced that the upper limit of Entrepreneur�...
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FOR BUYERS Guide to Enterprise Investment Schemes & Corporate Venturing Schemes
The Enterprise Investment Scheme The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is designed to encourage inv...
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SECTOR GUIDES How to buy a business in the commercial property industry
Buying a property business can be a good way to indirectly invest in property. The fortunes of prope...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Entrepreneurs relief increased to 2m
In the 2010 Budget of March 24th, Alistair Darling announced that the upper limit of Entrepreneur�...
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SECTOR GUIDES Entrepreneur's relief increased to £2m
The Chancellor has given some tax concessions to business in the form of business rates, increased i...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS The end of the recession could prompt rush of businesses for sale
As the recession period draws to a close, some analysts are wondering if it will spell the start of ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Company valuations rising
image:lZEBKJLjK9ZfOjKMdDh0aOGqQkmSOOXf4PqFiVma.jpeg Mergers and acquisition activity declined for t...
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SECTOR GUIDES Buying or selling a construction business
Construction businesses are very much focused on people and relationships and as such have their own...