Sitemap - 2025 - Rainmakers

Angel investors are livin' on a prayer

Brighter prospects for music retailer as competitors fall by the wayside

Resilience and relationships: Why regional businesses still have room to grow

'Creating a platform built to last'

Why Paul's the Mann

Dial M for Merger

The Secret Investor on bending and stretching the rules

Another one coming off the stock market as Renold sold to US private equity

What was behind the massive boost for the British Business bank?

Westy looks East for his next act

Rewarding deals...and the most important deal of all

The two stage break up of Marlowe PLC

Big Four view on M&A key trends: investor confidence is slowly returning

Why Irish eyes are smiling...

Buy and build: how to do it right

All change as Great Rail Journeys does fourth private equity deal

Hakim Group refinances, e-waste deal and the strange case of the 79th Group

Why property M&A is all the rage

Oliver's Army is here to stay

Wind power, Fergie's mate, aerial surveys and why VCs welcome pension fund plan

Eyes on, hands off - Horizon's legal play

The Life of Riley

Leisure and property assets under the hammer

The death of the funeral industry has been greatly exaggerated

Thomas Ryder, CEO of Applied Nutrition

Private Equity regional charm offensive, yet more food deals and awards update

Food, glorious food (deals)

The Secret Investor on growing with the hype

Alternative finance, recycled private equity and engineering deals

Why do university spinouts remain undercapitalised?

The consumer code breaker

Data, death, digital, deliveries and Delia’s egg pan - all in time for the Easter Bunny

How the MHA float kept on track in the wildest of times

Why buy and build is all the rage

Common sense, backing the right people and why the guys with dollar signs in their eyes don’t make money

Call for calm as Trump Tariffs cause chaos on markets

Doing deals amidst the turmoil

If you can't stand the heat, get out of the acquisition

Puma standing out in private equity jungle

Shaking it up - conference highlights, yacht deals and why netball is big news

Kids Planet mulls global expansion

Cool deals for cryotherapy pioneer

Pre-packs galore, our own deal, and how a HS2 eviction turned out OK

What's driving growth stocks away from a London listing?

The Secret Investor on why northern unicorns keep falling short

Maven raises temperature, Swedes swoop for SAS and Westbrook lands at DC

These Boots are made for walking

Melanie Hird: what I do isn’t groundbreaking, but I am influential

Female founders, Kingdom conquers, ANS on block and Alunet acquired for £29m

A man called Boz and a tale of two cities

The Bank of Rishi and Joel

How rumours start - Pets at Home for sale? Or the deal that never was

Deep dive into the 2024 deals data

Venture on the rates

This sporting life

Data drives private equity love affair with bean counters

Things fall apart for last relics of Inc & Co empire

The Cowgill effect

Crash and burn: how Huboo came undone

Staring into the soul of Dominic McGregor

More signs of life in the IPO market

As David Bowie (nearly) said: Let me introduce you to the (martech) gang*

Is the Trump bounce real? And other mega trends shaping the M&A market in 2025

What's happening to venture funding?

How green is your deal?

The Secret Investor: London v the North, the problem isn’t capital, it’s fees

Droids on Roids deal shows real intent

The British Business Bank, created to address market failure. Discuss.

Surprise news from Davos - UK is investment hot spot

Carlsberg Britvic deal now on tap

From 'Pies to the prize - how Alan Hardy survived and sold his successful golf club

Some of us are looking at the stars

Accidents of history - pet food makers and claims firms kickstart 2025 with deals

The audacity to expand

Reasons to be cheerful