Blog - Tag - Financial

Pent up demand for acquisitions already breaking deal records

2021 saw more than US$5 trillion worth of M&A deals as more than 62,000 companies around the world changed ownership. For context, that is the equivalent of the entire German economy. No wonder ba...

Financial Services – what next for the UK’s most important sector?

The UK financial sector has, for many decades, been the main growth engine of the UK economy. The effects of the financial crisis of 2008, triggered by irrational exuberance and light regulation of th...

Which industries look set to be at the forefront of the M&A boom in 2022?

As the world recovers from the last two years, companies are planning for the future. Board rooms across the planet are assessing their business’ standing in the aftermath of COVID-19 and, more ...

How to avoid common acquisition mistakes

If you’re thinking about an acquisition sometime in the future, there’s no better time than the present to start planning about your approach. The key to buying another company is to do yo...

How to Spot an Acquisition

Mergers & acquisitions could be set to rocket over the next two years as companies increasingly look to move past the darkness of the past 18 months and into a period of strong recovery. Recent c...

Where are the best acquisition opportunities of 2021?

At Plimsoll, our clients often ask us which industries have the hottest M&A targets and most opportunities. Historically, the answer was simple: those with distressed companies that could be bough...