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Venture and Growth Fundraising: What are the bear traps to avoid?
When you look at the attrition rate between the number of deals that an investor gets to see each year and the numbers that…
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Growth capital – the increasing diversity of options to fund business investment
HMT have recently announced the closing of a multi-million pound growth finance facility for Chorus Global, a rapidly-growing IT managed services and cyber security…
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Investors in People? Why private equity is no longer running scared of consultancy investments
In the past, mid-market private equity has tended to turn its collective nose up at consultancies, be they specialist IT consultancies, professional practices, or…
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Debt-funded MBO’s – An alternative approach to management buy-outs
HMT announced this week that we have advised the management team at digital marketing agency OMM to complete their Management Buyout (MBO) of the…
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Changing the Record – HMT reflections on COP26
What the World Needs now… “…is love, sweet love” as the Burt Bacharach classic goes and this should be a given, but clearly a…
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Logistics market update – key trends and drivers (or lack of!) in the sector
In recent years, it has been well documented that e-commerce fulfilment has become a significant driver for growth in the logistics sector, as SME…
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Cross border M&A: Finding the right overseas buyer and consummating the deal
Whenever we consider the potential acquirers for a client business, we explore whether overseas buyers are likely to come to the table with a…
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The role of a non-exec director during an M&A process
The role of a non-exec can vary significantly from business to business, depending on its scale, stage, and strategy. However, a good non-exec will…
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An electrified exit environment for scaling CleanTech
In case you hadn’t noticed, the world is electrifying. From transport to building management to energy storage, demand for electricity is now accelerating faster…
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