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Articles and news on Mergers and Acquisitions, featuring latest M&A activity in the UK and Europe plus guides and advice on M&A strategy.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Technology M&A in the UK set for exciting year backed by private equity and corporates

Cash rich corporates are set to bolster the performance of technology mergers & acquisitions in 2013, accountancy firm BDO predicts.

News

Ernst & Young urges British businesses to ditch risk and ‘snap up’ choice M&A assets

The reduction seen in UK M&A during 2012 has continued amongst the continued backdrop of the Eurozone debt crisis.

News

Buy and build deals in Europe continue to fall away after slow start to 2012

European buy and build activity has dropped off during the third quarter of the year, findings from Silverfleet Capital show.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Avoiding a false positive in mid-market M&A

Daniel Ball, director at software company Wax Digital, looks at what must be considered before, during and after any merger transaction.

News

UK M&A hits the buffers but experts predict improvement

Merger and acquisition activity in the UK has remained low after second quarter figures for UK-to-UK deals shows that transactions fell by 39 per cent.

Opinion

Why ABS spells a new dawn for legal M&A

The Alternative Business Structure (ABS) licence granted to private equity-backed Parabis could herald many more marriages between buy-out houses and law firms.

News

EMEA M&A activity falls short of 2011 level

Merger and acquisition activity in the EMEA region has fallen away by 18 per cent during the first half of 2012, statistics show.

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Six Degrees Group hits M&A trail again

Venture capital-backed Six Degrees Group, a business launched by British entrepreneur Alastair Mills, has secured a further tranche of funding and closed another acquisition.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Assets for M&A

Ian Larkin, managing director at Lloyds TSB Commercial Finance, explores how management teams and private equity sponsors are increasingly leveraging their fixed and intangible assets to fund corporate transactions.

News

Datahop snapped up by Six Degrees

Six Degrees Group has continued with its busy M&A period by acquiring Datahop, a datacentre interconnection business, GrowthBusiness can exclusively reveal.

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M&A value in UK grows

With M&A deal values and volumes around the world dropping, the UK has posted a rise in value.

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IT being underestimated in M&A process

Research from accountancy giant Ernst & Young shows that not including technology in pre-deal considerations can lead to a loss in value.