M&A Finance / Acquisition
Budget Response: ICT M&A market to withstand cut in entrepreneurs' relief
The strength of the ICT sector's M&A market will counterbalance the Chancellor's reduction of entrepreneurs' relief to £1m over a lifetime, announced in yesterday's Budget, according to KnightBudget Response: Tax shake-up a blow for UK entrepreneurship
The Chancellor's move to slash entrepreneurs' relief to £1m over a lifetime has been branded 'terrible for UK businesses and the economy' by Elite Group Director Adam Turton who predicts a potentiaWatchGuard Technologies snares Panda Security
The acquisition of Panda Security by WatchGuard Technologies creates a new force in the centralised management of threat detection and response functionality, driven by AI, behaviour profiling techAccenture acquires Context Information
Accenture has acquired Context Information Security, a cyber defence consultancy previously owned by parent company Babcock International Group. The financial terms were not disclosed.TIG acquires second finance sector specialist
Managed service provider TIG Data Intelligence has acquired MMRIT, a London-based MSP operating in the financial servicFPE-backed Optimity acquires Pebble IT
FPE Capital backed Optimity has acquired Pebble IT, boosting its influence in the London region managed services arenaExponential-e acquires infrastructure firm Vysiion
Wiltshire-based critical national infrastructure provider Vysiion has been acquired by Exponential-e, boosting the cloInsight wraps up $5bn Veeam acquisition
Insight Partners has completed its acquisition of Veeam, first announced on JanuaryAccenture bags AI specialist Mudano
Global business services and consulting firm Accenture has advanced its acquisition strategy with the capture of Mudano, a strategic data services consultancy to financial services firms.Gamma boosts UCaaS capabilities with Teams specialist acquisition
Gamma's acquisition of Microsoft specialist Exactive boosts its Teams expertise, expands its play in the UCaaS space