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This year will no doubt prove challenging for businesses, but it won’t be without opportunities. Advisers and investors share their thoughts on tech-enabled sectors, capital gains tax, private equity, international acquirers, and accelerated M&A.

David Petrie, ICAEW’s head of corporate finance, has made significant contribution on behalf of ICAEW and Corporate Finance Faculty members to the UK government’s major consultation about its National Security and Investment Bill.

As the UK government pours money into saving businesses, and sustainability, purpose and ESG compete for importance, columnist Jon Moulton can see a source of cost-cutting

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Acquisitions are a key part of corporate strategy for businesses entering a new market, adding new products or technologies, or gaining or building scale or resilience in testing times. In our annual review, we look at the UK companies most active in M&A.

Nick Tippett of PKF Francis Clark describes seeing through the sale of digital marketing agency Microserve to Investis Digital during COVID-19. He describes how he was introduced to the deal, the timescales and the challenges faced.

With HMRC’s preferential status in an insolvency – known as crown preference – now restored, Brian Bollen asks corporate finance experts for their view on how this will affect lending and M&A, as well as detailing what’s changing and the implications o…

Just outside Doncaster is Yorkshire Wildlife Park, home to more than 70 different species. Independent private sector growth investment firm BGF is backing its expansion during the most uncertain economic times since the Second World War. Brian Bollen …

Kate Gribbon, co-head the private company fundraising team at Investec, tells Jo Russell how she went from university to corporate finance to private-company coverage. She covers her ACA training, a decade-long stint at Deloitte and her ambitions regar…

Many trends already in motion before COVID-19 have been accelerated by the crisis – including digitalisation of healthcare and pharmaceutical services. So what does this mean for M&A in the sector? Laura Morrill of ECI Partners reports.