Human capital issues are also becoming a key consideration for businesses in the Republic when doing their due dilligence on a potential M&A target, said Aon. Photograph: JHVEPhoto
Based on a poll of 331 businesses of all sizes in the Republic, the British-American firm’s 2024 M&A report indicates a strong appetite for deal-making among Irish companies after a down year in 2023. Some 35 per cent of survey respondents said they would consider or are actively considering engaging in M&A activity over the next 12 months.
Just 11 per cent of businesses said they did not consider it at all during a deal process, down from 21 per cent last year.
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