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Blog30th Sep 2020

M&A activity in family business sector

As featured in The Scotsman Annual Deals Supplement AAB’s Edinburgh Managing Partner & Head of Deals in the Central Belt, Lyn Calder, reflects on M&A activity in the family business sector. Early 2020 activity In early 2020, before any of us…

Blog24th Sep 2020

2020 Deals Market Overview

As featured in the Scotsman Annual Deals Supplement 2020, AAB’s Callum Gray (Director and Head of Deal Origination) provides a deal market overview of 2020.

Blog24th Sep 2020

Time to consider a sale? CGT rates remain as Autumn statement is scrapped

It has been widely speculated that there may have been Capital Gains Tax (‘CGT’) reforms announced in this year’s Autumn Statement, which could have had a significant impact on the net proceeds on transactions from late 2020 onwards. If you…

By Douglas Martin

Blog23rd Apr 2020

Support Packages for Early Stage & Innovative Firms

The UK government has announced plans for a £1.25 billion coronavirus package to protect early stage and innovative UK businesses. 

Blog10th Apr 2020

Modelling Risks & Opportunities in Upstream Oil & Gas

The double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the Opec+ price war is presenting what is rapidly becoming the upstream oil and gas sector’s biggest challenge to date.   The combination of a dramatic drop in global consumption due to movement restrictions and lockdowns, with a market currently being flooded by Saudi Arabia and Russia with…

By Alasdair Green

Blog17th Feb 2020

Solutions in the quest to bridge the deal-making gap

Since the downturn, bridging the gap between buyer and seller price expectations has been a constant challenge and for some time the gap was just too big for many to give serious consideration to a transaction. However, in recent years we have seen more…

Blog31st Oct 2019

Trends in Scottish Recruitment Mergers & Acquisitions

On the backdrop of the recent political and economic uncertainty and the numerous headlines that these have brought, one market sector that has seen an uptick has been the Scottish recruitment market as companies across a range of sectors seek…

By Callum Gray

Blog22nd Oct 2019

North Sea Deal-Making in 2019 – An Era of Transition?

New levels of North Sea upstream deal activity in 2019 are providing many reasons to be positive and optimistic about the future of this basin and its supply chain.   

Blog9th Sep 2019

VIDEO: Merger & Acquisition Activity in the North Sea

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the North Sea has picked up again after a slow-down in the wake of the oil price crash. Private equity has penetrated the market and provided the catalyst for multiple deals to be done.

Blog26th May 2019

Opening the Bonnet on Selling Your Business

10 Key Areas to Consider Before Selling Your Business