"Today's Autumn Budget adds some detail to the government's stated intentions to enable a thriving, innovative tech sector."

Global economic conditions in 2023 seem custom-designed to cause sleepless nights for private equity.

Entering 2026, the European private equity industry continues to demonstrate its resilience, adapting to changing geopolitical, economic, and industry realities.

The Tech 10 is a video series exploring the key questions driving technological change and innovation today.

Businesses across APAC face mounting pressures from inflation and macroeconomic headwinds, leading to rising insolvencies. AlixPartners has identified four critical warning signs of financial distress that organizations must address proactively to build resilience and prevent avoidable business failures.

1. General Market – The KSA and UAE markets are experiencing robust growth, with established importer groups maintaining dominant positions. Chinese manufacturers are increasingly entering these markets to capitalize on evolving global political dynamics

The CMA's draft revised guidance on assessing merger efficiencies arrives at a pivotal moment for U.K. merger control, offering meaningful improvements to how efficiency claims are evaluated in merger reviews. While the guidance clarifies key aspects like the rarity of "efficiency offences" and the use of remedies to enable pro-consumer mergers, there remain opportunities to strengthen the framework around evidence assessment and the conditions for accepting efficiency claims.

The European Commission has released its first major update to Merger Guidelines since 2008, introducing significant changes to how mergers are assessed. AlixPartners experts Paul Armstrong, Federica Grilli, Julie Bon, and Ben Forbes have submitted a detailed consultation response examining key areas including counterfactual analysis, innovation shields, efficiency treatment, and the need for greater clarity on remedies and symmetry in harm assessment.

Retail sales climbed in Q4 2025 compared to Q3 2025, driven by growth in sports, leisure, clothing, and specialty retailers, while the home building and furnishings sectors contracted amid soft demand.

The U.K. Higher Education (HE) sector is facing unprecedented disruption. Since 2015, policy changes have intensified market competition, while tuition fee income has eroded in real terms.

Today, much of the world seems locked in a dangerous zero-sum trap—a belief that one party's gain must come at another's expense.

Mid-market lending has navigated a complex environment this year, shaped by global trade policy shifts, geopolitical tensions, and evolving regulatory frameworks.

Freight transport M&A remained flat in Q4 2025, as persisting soft freight fundamentals and ongoing trade and geopolitical uncertainty kept deal momentum in check.

A snapshot into the wellbeing of the sector, powered by extensive data from our happiness dashboard, as well as our happiness health check which is delivered with WorkL.

This paper draws on insights from our survey and in-depth discussions in 2025 with Chief Risk Officers (CROs) at financial services institutions in Europe.

In my years advising CEOs through transformation and turbulence, I have seen many strategies succeed—and many fail.

To help business leaders shape a competitive advantage, we share insights from industry experts, colleagues, clients, and real-world case studies to redefine how technology in its many forms is being harnessed as a driver of growth, innovation, and resilience.

Retail trade increased by 1.3% in the last quarter compared to Q2 2025, driven by a notable improvement in consumer sentiment. Ecommerce and Personal Clothing & Accessories saw particularly strong sales, outperforming other categories...

Retail sales rose 2.2% in Q2 versus Q1, while inflation increased 1.5%, suggesting that higher prices may have contributed to growth more than stronger demand. Personal sports, leisure, and e-commerce sales accelerated in June ahead of the FIFA World Cup.

Most retailers still price on instinct, not insight, relying on Googled comps or default IMUs that follow cost, not value. That approach leaves margin exposed.