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Deals

Venture Capital Funding

What is a venture capital term sheet?

Mountside Ventures has produced a report demystifying the world of term sheets for founders. What is a term sheet? What's the difference between types of shares? How long do VC deals take to close?

Exit Strategies

Deal advice: You’ve signed heads of terms, so what can go wrong now?

Signing the initial agreement to sell your business means the hard work is done, no? Well it might be worth keeping that champagne on ice for just a while longer, say the experts from Lawyer Fair.

Opinion

Reality strikes back

Dealmakers are adjusting to lower growth, but it may take a more brutal shake-out of weaker companies to accelerate deal activity next year, according to Leumi ABL.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Playing the long game

While the last 12 months failed to deliver the hoped-for bounceback in the UK mid-market, there have been opportunities for the lucky few that can access finance.

News

SMEs lack experience for deals

Over a third of UK small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) lack the relevant experience for M&A, new findings reveal.

News

Energy management deal for t-mac

Mergers & Acquisitions

Polish media business buys Polkomtel from Vodafone

Vodafone has disposed of its entire 24.4 per cent interest in Polish telecommunications operator Polkomtel to Spartan Capital Holdings. Round-up of today's M&A deals.

Growth Planning

The importance of commissioning due diligence – a new era of self-discovery

Pre-completion due diligence makes up the nuts and bolts of any deal, and it has become increasingly critical in the years since the credit crunch.

News

Deal values fall after strong March showing

Despite a climb of 62 per cent on April 2010, the volume and value of investment targeting companies in Western Europe declined in April after a buoyant March.

Alternative Finance for Business

Breaking the shackles

The remainder of 2011 should see a revival in transaction numbers, but based on more strategic concerns than before the credit crunch.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Breakthrough Deals – The art of dealmaking

Between them they've closed thousands of deals worth billions of pounds.

News

Ocean Sky lands Dean Aircraft deal

UK-based executive charter operator Ocean Sky has acquired Dean Aircraft Interiors, also based in the UK, for an undisclosed sum.