News

A national carpet and floorings retailer has expanded its operations in the northeast after buying a chain of carpet shops. Carpetright bought Storey Carpets from the family of Paul Heptinstall, who established the business almost 90 years ago.

Growth Planning

An acquisition will be a particularly frantic time for both the buyer and seller. Andrew Millington, corporate finance partner at professional services firm Mazars, outlines the common pitfalls when structuring a deal and how to avoid them.

News

One of the largest social housing maintenance businesses in the North of England has been created after Connaught bought Leeds-based Baldwins.

Growth Planning

Many company acquisitions fail to deliver their anticipated benefits owing to poor post-deal implementation, lack of planning or shoddy due diligence. Follow the golden rules and your chances of a positive outcome should be greatly increased.

Growth Planning

Acquisitions that fail to meet expectations and deliver value can easily topple previously stable businesses. So what typically turns a potential success story into another sorry statistic? GrowthBusiness finds out.

Entrepreneurs

Jeremy Middleton is passionate about using acquisitions as a rapid growth strategy and there's no denying he knows how to put failing businesses back on their feet.