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Construction insolvencies fall amid economic optimism
- May 2024
Administrations in the UK’s struggling construction sector fell sharply last month, amid signs that the UK economy could be recovering. 13 companies in the UK construction sector fell into administration during April 2024, down from 29 the previous month. This was the lowest figure in nearly tw...
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FOR SELLERS Selling a consultancy business
As 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&A
A new report has forecast that digital transformation, automation and the green transition will be t...
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SECTOR GUIDES Quarter of UK hospitality firms have exhausted cash reserves
According to a new survey, a quarter of UK hospitality companies say they have exhausted their cash ...
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BSR DEAL INSIGHT SERIES Chelsea Corporate: Ran Carmon
Acquisitions, Business Valuations and Brexit....
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Alternative lenders claim significant M&A market share in 2023
New data has revealed that alternative lenders claimed a significant share of the UK M&A market in 2...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Cazoo’s struggles: Self-inflicted? Or a warning to the used car sector?
As an online used car retailer launched within the last decade, Cazoo was in many ways a poster chil...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Insolvencies forecast to keep rising before situation improves
UK insolvency levels could rise even further this year, despite signs of economic improvement, accor...
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DEAL INSIGHT The right approach to valuing a business
One big mistake to avoid making when valuing a business....
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FOR BUYERS How Sir Jim Ratcliffe built INEOS into the UK’s biggest private company
Until his acquisition of a 25 per cent stake in Manchester United, one of the world's richest f...
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SECTOR GUIDES Environmental & sustainability M&A – Consulting and Engineering driving deals
Amid the ever-growing importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG), businesses in the en...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS South East the most active area for high-growth M&A outside London
A new report has revealed that the South East of England was the most active region of the country o...
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SECTOR GUIDES Consulting M&A remained resilient in 2023
While many sectors saw a downturn in M&A activity last year, a new report has revealed that dealmaki...
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FOR BUYERS Financial services M&A sees 9 per cent fall in 2023
M&A activity in the UK’s financial services sector fell by nine per cent last year, as dealmaking ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Could interest rate cut drive SME dealmaking?
Following an unexpectedly sharp drop in the UK’s rate of inflation towards the end of last year, t...
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SECTOR GUIDES MedTech faces M&A challenges, but innovation and the economy offer hope
M&A activity in the UK MedTech sector experienced a tough year in 2023, with economic conditions res...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS UK M&A Outlook 2024
2023 was not exactly a bumper year for M&A, with the headwinds that defined much of 2022 continuing ...