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How are talent shortages driving M&A? A recent EY Global Capital Confidence Barometer report found that 52 per cent of the businesses they spoke to said they were planning to actively pursue M&A in the coming months. The survey found that motivations for deal activity centred around the desire to boost their transitional capabilities. In other words, businesses need to be highly adaptable and flexible in order to compete in an increasingly tech-driven world. Agility is the new must-have capa...
UK M&A technology deals still strong
A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has highlighted the comparative strength of the UK�...
Transactions down but values hold
The third quarter of 2008 saw a marked reduction in the number of deals that completed in the UK. Ho...
More calls for US-style Chapter 11 insolvency procedures
In light of the recent freeze on credit and the effect this has had on UK business and consumer spen...
Low value of sterling can be good news for those looking to buy or sell businesses
Is there a silver lining to the low value of Sterling that has hit the headlines in recent days? Ac...
Pre-pack administrations to be more closely monitored
Following vocal complaints by groups of aggrieved creditors, any future pre-pack administrations wil...
New pre-pack code of practice for insolvency practitioners
A crackdown on insolvency regulations will come into effect from 1 January 2009 that will make it ha...
Double shareholder returns by completing deals during times of economic stress
Analysis from Deloitte, the business advisory firm, shows that companies can almost double their sha...
European M&A activity in the media sector reaches highest level for six years
M&A activity in the European media sector during 2006 reached its highest level since the market...
Current state of the M&A market
Up until this summer, the small to mid-sized business M&A market has not been severely affected by t...
Entrepreneurs' confidence in UK economy dips
According to the Tenon Forum think-tank recent economic uncertainty has left UK entrepreneurs feelin...
How to profit from buying distressed businesses
Now that the 'easy-credit' party is over and businesses are facing uncertainty in the face...
How to profit from buying distressed businesses
Now that the 'easy-credit' party is over and businesses are facing uncertainty in the face...
Entrepreneurs could be caught out by capital gains tax loophole
So how did businesses take advantage of the 10% rate of capital gain tax payable on the selling of a...