November 13, 2018
Predictions for the high street after Christmas
The high street is in trouble with net closures of 1,123 shops. The rate of CVAs in retail has risen, despite the fact that 51% of them fail. What will happen in the New Year?
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November 13, 2018
Further working capital challenges on the horizon for the automotive industry
Brexit poses a very real challenge on top of an already deteriorating working capital performance across the industry, with end to end supply chain times expected to lengthen. There are five practical things that business can do to understand and manage the impact whilst ensuring business continuity in this climate of change.
November 05, 2018
Resilience in uncertainty: The UK manufacturing and chemicals sector
The H1 2018 update Welcome to our H1 2018 update. The UK manufacturing & chemicals sector has continued to perform well over the last six months, proving its resilience despite weaker domestic demand and the perceived uncertainty around Brexit.
October 26, 2018
What is driving the growth of fintech M&A?
Innovative digital companies continue to emerge across the financial services sector. In the past these new entrants were met by incumbents with either inertia or fear of their own obsolescence. Now large corporates are viewing fintech start-ups as an opportunity to enhance their product offering and customer experience at a faster pace than their competitors.
October 23, 2018
Steering through the headwinds: Optimising deal returns in a hotel sector facing weaker growth
Hotel deal volumes in the UK have continued to soar in 2018 and we expect them to reach around £6.8 billion by the end of the year, higher than the initial estimate (£6 billion) in our Hotels Forecast earlier in the year. Yet, as the investor profile evolves and margins come under pressure, 2018 looks set to be the high water mark. Despite continued appetite for hotel investment in the UK, we expect deal volumes to fall by around a third to around £4.5 billion in 2019.
October 17, 2018
Selling Well - key lessons learnt when carving out a business
There has been a steady stream of high profile carve-outs in recent years and this trend shows no signs of reversing. Companies have sold or spun-off non-core assets in response to changing market conditions and pressure from investors.
October 15, 2018
Picking up the pace - Non-life insurance run-off deal activity Q3 update
Our quarterly update looks at the recent activity in the Non-life insurance run-off market and our thoughts on what is coming up next.
October 12, 2018
Preparing management for synergy announcements
A robust, detailed synergy case is fundamental to identifying acquisition value pre deal, and delivering synergies quickly post deal. For some deals it’s mandatory that this be publically reported upon, but there are practical difficulties. We believe these are best overcome by a staged approach.