The resurgence of M&A activity coincides with the strong post-pandemic recovery seen across the travel sector, as the long-term structural tailwinds driving the growth of both business and leisure travel have reasserted.
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Following a tumultuous year in the capital markets for SaaS businesses, with macroeconomic headwinds driving a reset of operating models and valuations, expectations around ‘what good looks like’ for SaaS have altered substantially over the last 12 months.
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In partnership with The Recruiter, Clearwater International presents this year’s FAST 50, a celebration of the 50 fastest growing, privately owned recruitment businesses in the UK, according to a revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over the three most recent annual reporting periods.
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The UK Dental Clearview 2023 analyses the dental services M&A market across the UK and Europe which has returned to pre-pandemic levels, demonstrating the resilience of the sector and reflecting the ‘U-shaped recovery’, which Clearwater International anticipated in its dental market report published in 2021.
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The European automotive market is subject to opposing developments, on the one hand, the pressures on supply chains, and the availability of preliminary products and raw materials are easing however, on the other hand, the lower pre-COVID-19 cost level is looking unattainable.
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The UK commercial insurance broking market has been experiencing a boom in consolidation over a number of years. Whilst the UK market is still fragmented, with a sizeable number of small brokers, there is an increasingly scarce number of independents of scale that could either ‘move the dial’ for the growing trade consolidators or be a standalone platform investment for a private equity house.
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The need to make the industry more sustainable and circular has become a huge focus of activity.
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There appears to be no end to the ongoing M&A land-grab underway through the consolidation of the financial adviser market, comprising approximately 28,000 advisers across 5,000 firms.
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Recent reports from the automotive industry have shown positive signals regarding production and sales expectations for 2023, due to the improving but still ongoing semiconductor supply chain issues.
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The market size of the European E(D)MS industry has grown by 15%, reaching a total volume of €48bn by the end of 2022.
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The second annual Real Deals and The Drawdown ESG: Explore, Strategise & Grow conference, hosted investors and advisers in London, and delivered a wide range of panel discussions, workshops, and roundtable sessions exploring the evolving impact of ESG in the investment market.
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The UK debt markets were not immune to the global challenges experienced in 2022, with many factors having direct and indirect impacts on lenders of all types.
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