A merger or acquisition play is a risky one, since the vast majority of mergers and acquisitions fail. As you weigh and seek to manage each risk, make sure you’re not risking your most important asset: Your people.
| Published: 28 February 2020
For entrepreneurs and business owners, the exit is supposed to be the moment all your blood, sweat and tears finally become worth it. It should be the confirmation that you are set-up financially to create your new venture, or free to skip off on a happy, bountiful retirement.
| Published: 7 January 2019
For entrepreneurs and business owners, the exit is supposed to be the moment all your blood, sweat and tears finally become worth it. It should be the confirmation that you are set-up financially to create your new venture, or free to skip off on a happy, bountiful retirement.
| Published: 4 January 2019
UK merger and acquisitions (M&A) activity has started strongly this year. According to the Office for National Statistics, in the three months to March 2018, there were 75 transactions worth £21.7bn, up from 44 transactions worth £3.6bn from October to December 2017.
| Published: 1 October 2018
As Verizon announces the acquisition of Yahoo! for $4.83 billion and the announcement earlier this month that Japan’s SoftBank buying Arm Holdings, the British smartphone chip designer for £24.3bn, Mary Clarke, CEO of Cognisco, looks at the challenges companies face bringing their employees together.
| Published: 29 July 2016
First quarter 2016 M&A remains strong but sees lower volumes and a significant drop in market performance.
| Published: 23 March 2016
New research has discovered that IBOs - defined as a highly leveraged transaction where one or more institutional investors act together to initiate a buyout deal - result in staff losses and a decrease in overall productivity.
| Published: 5 December 2014
A KPMG study reported that 69 percent of M&As carried out between 2007-2009
| Published: 29 May 2013
Why do significant numbers of mergers and acquisitions struggle to capitalise
| Published: 22 May 2013
M&As are usually exciting and hectic, but it is the following weeks and months that are both telling and trying.
| Published: 11 July 2012
