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Foreign takeovers once again driving UK deals
- January 2025
2024 has largely been a year of normalisation in the UK M&A market, following the near total halt that COVID brought to dealmaking in 2020, the subsequent burst of pent-up activity in 2021 and the dip that followed during 2022 and 2023 in the wake of geopolitical turmoil, the war in Ukraine and a wi...
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FOR BUYERS UK M&A outlook 2025Heading into the new year, uncertainty continues to define the UK M&A market. While there is signifi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS PE exits up nearly 50 per cent in year to NovemberPrivate equity exits increased nearly 50 per cent in the year to November 1 2024, new research has r...
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SECTOR GUIDES Construction tops insolvency stats in year to NovemberNew figures from the Insolvency Service have revealed that more than 4,200 construction companies co...
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DEAL INSIGHT Startup vs long-established companyLearn about the difference between acquiring a startup and a long-established business....
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SECTOR GUIDES Small business acquisitions in the UK - dental industry snapshotWhilst it is true that many sellers of micro and small UK companies have unreasonable value expectat...
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SECTOR GUIDES Hospitality optimism tempered by budget fearsCorporate insolvencies in the UK hospitality sector fell to a two-year low in October, providing a b...
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SECTOR GUIDES Drop in builders’ merchant insolvencies, but construction woes continueThe number of builders’ merchants falling into insolvency fell sharply during November 2024, accor...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Inbound investment up, but UK deal activity stalls in Q3New data has revealed that UK M&A activity was sluggish during the third quarter of the year, with d...
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SECTOR GUIDES Media M&A: Is a resurgence in the works for 2025?In this exclusive insight report, we examine the state of M&A activity in the media sector as a whol...
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FOR SELLERS Rush to lock in favourable tax rates no match for carefully planned exitBy the time that new Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the Labour government’s first Budget in la...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Report: More than one in 10 UK restaurants facing insolvencyMore than one in 10 restaurants in the UK are reportedly at risk of imminent closure as operators co...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES UK insolvencies down, but fears that budget measures could increase distressDuring October 2024, the UK recorded a 10 per cent fall in corporate insolvencies compared to the pr...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Confidence in UK deals increasing among PE firmsM&A activity has increased in the UK during 2024, with improvements in economic and financing condit...
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FOR BUYERS How to find and buy distressed assetsOver recent years, insolvency levels and financial distress among UK businesses have soared. In the ...
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SECTOR GUIDES Over 90 per cent of financial services firms would consider M&AOver 90 per cent of financial services firms have said that they either are planning M&A as a key pa...