From http://www.business-sale.com – With bankers certain that margins have been squeezed as much as they can be, mergers and acquisitions are one of the few tools left to drive business growth.

Industry experts are noting that companies have had a chance to 'acquire companies at a sensible premium,' which has 'helped them to address a lack of top-line growth.'

As a result, M&A activity involving European companies has reached $719 billion, an increase of 24 per cent on last year.

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