Professional Services

Industry Expertise

We utilise our extensive business and corporate finance expertise to advise companies in the professional services industry. We help businesses secure funding to support growth, acquire a competitor during market consolidation, enable a management buy-out, or execute a trade sale. In short, we make it happen.

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Professional Services Trends

The ever-evolving professional services sector continues to develop new solutions that revolutionise how services are delivered and how projects are managed. Key trends include:

  • Transformation of business models to provide automated delivery for back-end processes to improve task efficiency.
  • Utilisation of AI and machine learning to simplify and deliver real-time data insights that enhance project delivery across the professional services industry.
  • Digital transformation of collaboration tools to improve client engagement.
  • Transformation of the traditional 'billable hour' to a 'value-driven' revenue model.
  • Recruitment of hybrid talent to fill skills gaps and to support pipeline management and capacity planning

Industry-related deals

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Now Education
Professional Services
£28M
Management Buyout (MBO)
Prefequity
Investor
December 1, 2023
Sammons Recruitment
Professional Services
£ undisclosed
Acquisition finance
On Track
Vendor
June 1, 2022
Sammons Recruitment
Professional Services
£ undisclosed
Acquisition finance
BrightRed
Vendor
June 1, 2022
People Source
Professional Services
£ Undisclosed
Business Sale
Manpower
Buyer
November 1, 2015
Baltimore Consulting
Professional Services
£ Undisclosed
Buying a business
Caple & HSBC
Lender
May 1, 2018
Passionate About People
Professional Services
£23M
Business Sale
Staffline
Buyer
October 1, 2018
Torchlight
Professional Services
£ Undisclosed
Business Sale
Axiom International
Buyer
March 1, 2021

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