Thank you to everyone who joined us at Browns Covent Garden on Tuesday evening for our A Taste of Britain event! It was a pleasure to catch up with familiar… Read more
The lending market has altered significantly over the past 12 months – as we begin 2022 it is crucial to understand that we are in a very different place to… Read more
Since the banking crisis a decade ago the non-bank financial sector has become an increasingly important part of the SME financing market. However, to continue their growth trajectory non-bank financing… Read more
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
