Author: Arvin Arvin
Podcast: M&A Update | Recruitment
Categories: MediaPodcast: M&A Update | Recruitment We recently published our M&A Update for the Recruitment Sector. Discussing this report in our latest podcast, Mark Kingston, Director of Human Capital M&A at Cavendish discusses how recruitment M&A activity has been impacted by the pandemic and the outlook for M&A in the sector during 2021 and beyond. Listen…
Moo litter, no problems: finnCap cleans a canal
Categories: BlogMoo litter, no problems: finnCap cleans a canal By jonathan bright Jonathan Bright, Digital Content Marketing Manager The likes of away days, team building exercises and corporate social responsibility drives are supremely difficult to get right. Avoiding a cursory nod to doing something ‘good’ and building one’s culture is hard with even the best intention.…
Professional Services: New opportunities, threats and working practices
Categories: BlogProfessional Services: New opportunities, threats and working practices Change, uncertainty and perceived risk drive demand for Professional Services and COVID has delivered them all in spades. The sector’s clients have, on the positive side, seen new markets and routes to market open up (such as digital, home delivery) and existing markets reinforced (healthcare, infrastructure). On…
REPORT: Is Tech the shot in the arm that Healthcare needs?
Categories: BlogREPORT: Is Tech the shot in the arm that Healthcare needs? Our latest report coincides with our recent event, Inside The Deal: Is Tech the Shot in the Arm That Healthcare Needs? Partnered with Business Leader Magazine, we discussed health tech and the onset of digital transformation in the healthcare sector. Watch the event in…
Reeling from the pandemic or raring to go? Private equity in 2021
Categories: BlogReeling from the pandemic or raring to go? Private equity in 2021 Capital Gains rise would be taxing for M&A’s UK private equity deal flow has bounced back in the last three months, with firms scrambling to complete deals before the Chancellor unveils his latest Budget on 3rd March. A forecast hike in Capital Gains…
Family offices and the private growth landscape
Categories: BlogFamily offices and the private growth landscape The private growth capital landscape can typically extend to venture capital, growth equity and private equity funds. These on the whole continue to serve the private growth market well as resilient financing options. Nevertheless, of late we’ve seen entrepreneurs venture further, seeking out alternative capital arrangements. Indeed as…
Sector Update | Training & Ed-Tech – Are we all Ed-Tech now?
Categories: NewsSector Update | Training & Ed-Tech – Are we all Ed-Tech now? Training has been an attractive sub-sector of the broader Human Capital Management (HCM) space for investors for some time. Training deal volume and valuations have been high in recent years but still only a fraction of their illustrious cousins in Ed-Tech. However, in…
Legaltech – The accessory to M&A in Law
Legaltech – The accessory to M&A in Law Certainly, investment in the sector has been accelerating; in 2016, it weighed in at just $225m (£175m) but by last year that figure had risen to $2.1bn (£1.56bn) globally, with the UK contributing $348m (£260m) to legaltech in the first half of 2019 alone. The growing array…
What does 2021 hold for Private Equity?
What does 2021 hold for Private Equity? 2020 brought about an unprecedented drought in M&A deal flow, but the private equity industry recovered quickly and is now well positioned to help businesses and sectors get back on their feet. However, the pandemic has dramatically shifted the landscape. Before we look ahead to 2021, it is…
Funding in a circular economy
Categories: BlogFunding in a circular economy Whilst the term ‘ESG’ only joined the lexicon in the mid-2000s, socially responsible investing is by no means a new phenomenon. In fact, the first instances of backing (or perhaps more accurately, not backing) certain companies based on more than their financial profile was in the 1960s, when investors removed…
