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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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SECTOR GUIDES How to buy a business in the commercial property industryBuying 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...
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FOR BUYERS HiT Entertainment may be forced to sell brandsHiT Entertainment, the children’s media group and owner of popular brands including Thomas the Tan...
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FOR BUYERS Towergate buys John Charcol in pre-pack sale
High profile mortgage advice company, John Charcol, has been bought by Towergate Financial, the fina...
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FOR BUYERS Notts County eager to secure deals and avoid administration
Accountants are reportedly appraising Notts County Football Club’s accounts and evaluating strateg...
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FOR BUYERS Friends Reunited sale given provisional go-ahead
The Competition Commission has given provisional go-ahead to ITV for the sale of social networking s...
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SECTOR GUIDES Business Valuation - Three Approaches
I got pitched a question last week from a principal of a software business. He asked what were the...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Reader's Digest UK officially files for administration
Reader's Digest has gone into administration after talks between its US parent group and the UK...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Nearly two out of three businesses refused finance
Despite the government's attempts to boost business lending, nearly 60 per cent of UK companies...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Two more potential business buyers for Portsmouth
The chief executive of Portsmouth, which is on the verge of becoming the first Premier League club t...