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The beauty industry has a particularly diversified consumer base across many demographics, and like its fashion sister industry, many trends can exist simultaneously. Both industries thrive on their promise to provide the tools for individual expression and enhancement. Beauty has the added potential of being able to hook consumers in to make multiple purchases of the same products over time. The sheer diversity of the consumer base, and therefore products, makes the beauty industry a very fer...
Is Britain in the midst of a takeover boom?
The end of April represented a crescendo in what has already been a year packed with deals involving...
Booming Medtech, a Honeypot for Business Buyers
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Why are some acquisition deals abandoned?
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Advice for one in ten small businesses under HMRC investigation
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Cross-border M&A Helps Ireland’s Agri-food and Beverage Sector Protect Itself Against Brexit Impact
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Selling a business? Why you might want to consider a Private Equity buyer
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DEAL INSIGHT
How do you value a potential acquisition?
In this video of our Deal Insight series, we talk to Jonathan Jay about valuing potential acquisitio...
Government proposes changes to Entrepreneurs Relief
The government is close to making changes to Entrepreneurs Relief that could save you a fortune when...
Why Amazon has sparked a wave of online food store M&A
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Full Speed Ahead - M&A Trends for 2018
The beginning of the year brings with it a raft of reports from the big investment banks that hope t...
Business Acquistions in Scotland
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How the green economy will shape business acquisition
Though first coined as a term in 1989, the concept of a green economy - one which serves not only to...
Post Brexit Focus – Burgeoning Export Markets
A number of countries are enjoying population and economic growth at the moment, creating new market...
Almost a quarter launch businesses with a sale in mind
Almost a quarter of entrepreneurs starting their own businesses do so with the aim of selling the bu...