With the Brexit vote little more than aone month away a might perhaps expect some timidity in the M&A market but from our perspective things continue in a healthy vein with plenty of activity in the Tech sector. Getting things over the proverbial line however can...
Continue readingCloud and all that! I recently attended a couple of cloud events. The first was run by 451 Research and was an interesting day - part research results and part informed conjecture. One of the conclusions unsurprisingly was that Cloud is now mainstream. Look back even...
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PointBeyond, a productivity vendor specialising in the delivery of Microsoft solutions across Azure, Power BI and SharePoint has been sold to Pythagoras. This acquisition reinforces Pythagoras’ position as a leading provider of solutions and services based on Microsoft technology. PointBeyond will strengthen Pythagoras’ expanding productivity team...
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Leading digital developers for the tourism sector, NewMind | tellUs and New Vision Group (NVG), are joining together under an international group structure that will focus on the delivery of digital solutions to destinations across the UK and Europe. New Mind | tellUs is a global...
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Long standing Prism client Cloud Direct, an emergent force in cloud migration and management, has just completed its latest acquisition in this space. Their most recently acquired company, iHotdesk, is a London-based MSP/IT support business serving SMEs. This follows their other recent acquisitions including datel...
Continue readingWhat is it really like to sell a company? Over the next few months we are going to be covering the sale process from the point of view of a mythical – but hopefully typical – owner-manager! We will be covering a period from the initial...
Continue readingAn article by Peter Watson, Prism Corporate Broking For the majority of businesses it is the power of the customer relationships that provides most of the value. Whilst Facebook recently announced that they are to acquire social networking company Instagram – a business which is less than...
Continue readingAn article by Peter Watson, Prism Corporate Broking As a Private Equity investor stated recently to us in a meeting, we know what makes a good business. From the outside it is often fairly obvious when you come across a “good business” but what are some...
Continue readingJust returned from 10 days very well earned holiday in Barbados to a letter from one of our national competitors indicating some interest in our business. To be honest I haven’t yet given much thought to exiting the business but spending more time in the...
Continue readingAn article by Peter Watson, Prism Corporate Broking The value that an acquirer is prepared to pay is governed principally by two factors – the growth opportunity and the risk. Looking at the second element, this primarily concerns the risk that future earnings could fall off. Where...
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