Defaults on CBILS and BBLS loans could be as high as £22 billion if initial estimates from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) are correct.* £22 billion of defaults would… Read more
ACP has seen strong growth in 2021, with over £120m of debt facilities advised on and arranged, an expanding team, and new central London offices opened Highlights It has been… Read more
In an extremely active M&A market, it is crucial for buyers to ensure transaction funding is agreed early on in order to position themselves as the preferred bidder and increase… Read more
A study we undertook using Bank of England data shows UK corporates have seen their aggregate net cash holdings rise over 500%, from £20bn to £109bn, since March 2020 and… Read more
The value of corporate ‘carve-out’ deals has been on the rise in recent years, with private equity funds having acquired over £10.1bn of corporate carve-outs in the last year, up… Read more
Four new banks were launched in the UK in the first ten months of the coronavirus crisis, adding to the 41 launched over the previous seven years, in a further… Read more
Market activity levels for both M&A and financing in the lower-mid/SME market were surprisingly buoyant in the opening quarter of 2021, with this hopefully being an early sign of post… Read more
With many traditional lenders prioritising issuing Government-backed loans and cutting back on non-emergency lending in the process, growing businesses have been left with limited funding options. In this article, we… Read more
Our latest research shows that the outstanding value of non-emergency lending by banks to SMEs has dropped by 10% in a year. With traditional lenders having to prioritise the demand… Read more
