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As confidence dips, M&A can be vital in helping UK SMEs to attain growth
- March 2025
With the UK's economic outlook seemingly worsening once again over recent months, highlighted by the recent Spring Budget, concerns are mounting that SMEs may put off plans to invest, potentially harming their growth prospects. With organic growth remaining a long-term challenge, M&A could be t...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Significant financial distress up more than 30 per centNew data has revealed that the number of UK companies in “significant” financial distress was up...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hotel insolvencies up, but business travel could provide a boostA new report has revealed a significant increase in UK hotel insolvencies over the past year, as ope...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS SME business activity expanding at 'solid rate' in 2024Business activity among UK SMEs has expanded at a solid rate throughout the first quarter of the yea...
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DEAL INSIGHT What advice would you give to someone selling their first business?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay gives his advice to first time bus...
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SECTOR GUIDES Administrations and tentative confidence hint at retail M&A opportunitiesConfidence is reported to be growing in the UK’s retail sector, despite insolvencies in the indust...
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FOR BUYERS Heads of Terms: An invaluable tool in M&AHeads of Terms (HoT), also known as heads of agreement, memorandum of understanding or letter of int...
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FOR BUYERS AI in M&A: How can buyers and sellers harness the technology?Before too long, artificial intelligence (AI) will come to play a central role in M&A on both the bu...
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DEAL INSIGHT When is the right time to sell a business?In this video of our Deal Insight Series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about the right time to sell a bus...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Brewing insolvencies up 82 per cent in 2023 amid hospitality woesResearch has revealed that the UK brewing sector saw a more than 80 per cent increase in insolvencie...
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FOR SELLERS Third of UK SME owners don't know company’s valueNew research has found that one-third of UK SME business owners (33 per cent) do not know the value ...
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SECTOR GUIDES UK insurance M&A defies EMEA slowdownA new report has revealed that M&A activity in the UK’s insurance sector increased last year, desp...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Dealmakers expect M&A disputes to increase in 2024A new poll has found that global dealmakers expect M&A disputes to increase during 2024 as a result ...
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FOR BUYERS Intellectual Property in M&A – The key due diligence considerationsIntellectual property (IP) is playing an ever more important role in M&A transactions, as companies ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK deal value rises despite tough conditionsNew data from the Office for National Statistics has revealed that UK M&A deal value increased durin...
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FOR SELLERS Selling a consultancy businessAs we’ve covered in recent insights on professional services and the environmental and sustainabil...
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SECTOR GUIDES Digital, automation and green transition set to revive manufacturing M&AA new report has forecast that digital transformation, automation and the green transition will be t...