Investment for business growth video: How acquisitions can accelerate growth

Acquisition activity: Business Growth Fund firms now have the cash to start buying

Acquisition activity: Business Growth Fund firms now have the cash to start buying

As part of an exclusive roundtable hosted by GrowthBusiness, we speak to four Business Growth Fund investments to see how M&A is working now capital is on the table.

Investment for business growth: Taking on capital for acquisitions

Different strategies: We brought together four Business Growth Fund portfolio firms

Acquisitions form an important part of many company development plans, and is a strategy currently being supported by the Business Growth Fund. GrowthBusiness meets four of its portfolio companies to find out how.

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.

A slice of British pie

British business: The first five months of 2012 saw £26 billion of foreign to UK M&A

With M&A now being conducted on an increasingly cross-border basis, Raymond Fagan, partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, looks at why UK businesses are an attractive option for overseas buyers.

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Dov Katz, partner and head of AIM at law firm Howard Kennedy, picks out some of the highlights of this year's M&A on AIM research report.

Quickly and quietly

Structured research: Pre-deal investigative work can help identify alternative buyers

Mark Hardwicke, managing partner at Solution Corporate Finance, looks at why discretion and momentum are vital to achieve a successful business sale. 

An AIM rising

New research from GrowthBusiness finds that domestic and foreign companies are continuing to use AIM to make acquisitions. We speak to businesses and advisors conducting deals to find out what is driving M&A activity on the junior market.

Importance of non-financial examinations

Non-financial due diligence provides an alternative way to run the ruler

Mike Robson, director at advisory firm Azure Partners, argues that those pursuing acquisitive plans must look beyond the traditional financial due diligence that dominates deal-making.

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.

The human element

Robin Murray Brown, partner at executive search firm Tyzack Partners

Robin Murray Brown, partner at executive search firm Tyzack Partners, argues that acquisitions often focus on financial elements and fail to properly recognise the human aspect of a deal.

Taking control

Management buy-outs provide an opportunity for courageous executives to raise the stakes and drive change.

Dry powder

With many corporates having underspent and left themselves with excess capital, Hunter Ruthven looks at how it could be used in 2012.

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