Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) offer significant potential for organizations to grow and evolve rapidly. Many businesses are increasingly turning to acquisitions, with activity in this area developing pace through 2024. However, M&A can be complex and challenging, with substantial risk, high costs, and demands extensive efforts from a team of specialists. Moreover, a poorly executed […]
Trends Influencing the Market The outlook for 2024 is cautiously optimistic. The early months are anticipated to follow the trends observed in 2023. However, as interest rates stabilize and there’s a better alignment of valuation expectations between buyers and sellers, the latter part of the year will see an increase in M&A activity. This shift […]
Different components When aiming for ambitious growth or seeking to expand into new markets or services, acquisition will undoubtedly accelerate progress. However, such transactions require careful planning and a well-defined strategy. Similar to crafting a company’s overall corporate strategy, developing an acquisition strategy involves breaking it down into distinct components. In this blog, we explore […]
MarTech – a saturated market Merger and acquisitions commonly occur when companies combine their resources, operations, or assets. 2024 will see a large consolidation of MarTech companies, as saturation kicks in. In the context of Martech, this often involves two companies with complementary technologies or services merging to create a more comprehensive marketing solution – […]
Looking back on the M&A Landscape for the Marketing Sector in 2023 M&A transactions are often strategic in nature and are typically undertaken to achieve specific business and growth objectives. M&A activity in the marketing sector are often instigated for expansion, diversification of service offerings, technology integration or access to new clients and industries. Moore […]
The last few years have seen an increase in M&A activity in the marcoms sector with just under £8 billion made in deals in 2017. What is particularly noticeable however is a shift in trends towards lower volume, but higher value deals with a decline in the number of deals worldwide falling from 1,023 in […]