Company valuations have taken a hammering over the past two years as the disruption the coronavirus has wrought, has taken its toll. Shareholders have seen the value of their holdings in many sectors plummet as they were forced to keep funding their business despite its state of stasis as the country shut down.
Traditionally, a typical acquisition strategy revolves around acquirers looking for a cut-price deal by preying on struggling and vulnerable businesses. The UK Food Manufacturing industry is no different.
The Global market for planes, weaponry and all things airborne has enjoyed a strong post-COVID recovery. Boeing and Airbus have seen deliveries jump 16% year on year to 659 completed and delivered aircraft.
UK farming faces an existential crisis in 2023. The threats to Britain’s food security are unrelenting and unlikely to improve over the next 12 months. The NFU, just this week, warns “the UK is sleepwalking into a food supply crisis”.
2021 has been a year filled with seemingly never-ending crises and disruption for the UK meat processing industry.
2022 has brought the largest gaming-based acquisition in history. In mid-January, Microsoft announced it was going to purchase Activision Blizzard, a well-known game-creator, for an eye-watering $69 billion USD. Will they reap the rewards from this huge acquisition or will they suffer from Activision Blizzard’s dwindling share prices and deteriorating outlook?
Further fuelling concerns of a full-blown crisis in the UK Care sector, market analysts Plimsoll have taken a closer look at performance of the leading Care Home operators and Domiciliary Care companies providing home care. The results are alarming:
Who would be a Supply Chain Manager in 2021? Maintaining a constant stream of raw materials and resources to keep their business operating is becoming a near-impossible task for many. Brexit chaos, labour shortages, shipping crises, haulage capacity limitations, intense competition for raw materials and, all that in the face of an explosion in post-pandemic demand.
The energy sector is at the heart of several of the most important issues affecting humanity today. The increase in energy prices and cost of living crisis, combined with the ongoing climate emergency and the global response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked a huge re-evaluation of our use of energy on both a political and individual level.
2017 has already seen heightened acquisition activity involving UK companies and it appears to be showing no signs of slowing down.