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The M&A Zing hosts The M&A Zing, a business show with 44 episodes published.
In this episode of M&A Zing, Gareth Hawkins sits down with Thomas Fry and Luke Grob, co-founders of LT Heritage Partners, to break down what it actually looks like to build a UK search fund from scratch. They cover the u
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UK landscaping is consolidating fast. We unpack the roll-up playbook, size up the big platforms, and then get practical with two real listings: a London front-garden specialist and a Midlands grounds-maintenance and arbo
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Gareth sits down with Craig Brennan to unpack how he’s grown a 60-site nursery group through patient dealmaking, strong operating cadence and a people-first culture. We get into deal structures (including vendor terms),
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Can AI cut due diligence time from weeks to days without missing red flags? For the first episode of Season 3, Gareth talks to Andrew Stace, CEO and co-founder of Reccy, about using AI to review data rooms, surface risks
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AI Music SaaS: 3M+ Users, 80% Margins, ~£560k Profit — smart bet or burning platform? In this Buy-Side Breakdown, we analyse a consumer-led AI music tool listed on Acquire. It reports ~3m users, c.3,700 subscribers, ~$70
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Another Buy-Side Breakdown: we unpack a 30-year CNC machining business reporting ~£2.4m turnover and unusually strong margins. This isn’t a fluffy walk-through. We dig into why the balance sheet shows lots of cash but li
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This week Gareth is joined by Andrew Longcore - Managing Partner at Business Law Group and Founder of Cecil Sterling & Co. - to unpack what makes a good small-to-mid market deal and how to avoid the traps new acquirers f
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In this week's M&A Zing interview, Gareth talks with Toby Henry - former consultant and fintech exec turned acquisition entrepreneur - about buying and running Accelerator Solutions, a 25-year-old learning, research and
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This week’s Buy Side Breakdown dissects a vinyl and merchandise producer listing touting ~£9.7m revenue and ~£1.83m adj. EBITDA, “fully relocatable,” and “outsourced everything.” We unpack the reality behind the broker g
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Tonia Nagle has sat on both sides of the table: scaling at P&G and leading transformations across FMCG, telecoms and agencies. Now she’s buying and building a collaborative group where independent cultures thrive. This e
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This week on The M&A Zing, Gareth sits down with Jenna Hill, founder of FIA Investments, to explore how she built a thriving portfolio of Northern Irish small businesses, all without prior industry experience or upfront
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Alexander Kalis has sat on every side of the investment table: from Rothschild and Santander hedge fund management, to running a $1bn global asset manager, to backing Oxford spinouts that produced unicorns (and even the
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From vaccine research at Harvard, to AstraZeneca BD, to running a £50m book, and now a traditional, healthcare-only search. Robert Shore (Shorefox Partners) unpacks mid-career ETA, how science habits translate to sourcin
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A live keynote from Al Zucker on why UK/EU SMB M&A is hitting an inflection point: the seller wave, VC’s post-ZIRP reset, operator-led deals, and pragmatic capital stacks (FOs, private credit, small-cap PE). Real talk, d
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This week: We break down on-market vs off-market search for UK SMB M&A—what moves faster, where value hides, and how to avoid deal fatigue. We map buyer types, typical multiples, and the “Goldilocks” broker zone. Net-net
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In this special episode of M&A Zing, Alfie and Gareth dive into the future of SMB M&A in the UK and Europe. From the latest deal trends and the rise of search funds, to shifts in lending and the impact of AI tools, they
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In this week’s Buy Side Breakdown, Alfie is joined by colleague Toby Johnson to assess a logistics and transport company currently listed for sale in North West England. The business has three distinct revenue streams: p
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In this special solo edition of M&A Zing, Alfie dives deep into one of the most misunderstood parts of the acquisition process: outreach. Finding companies to buy is only the start, earning conversations with owners is w
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This week on M&A Zing, Gareth sits down with Jan-Marc Pickhan, a serial acquirer who has built three engineering groups - Allied Global Engineering, GE Engineering, and Suffolk ES Solutions - comprising five companies ac
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In this illuminating episode of The M&AZing Podcast, host Alfie Lambert talks with Cal Shelton, entrepreneur and owner of Precision MSK Health. Cal shares his transition from working in insolvency and consulting roles in
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