2019 was a relatively healthy year for UK M&A though many in the City still talk of buckets of cash waiting in the wings, ready to be splashed around as our political waters start to simmer down. Early evidence of this came on Wednesday with the news that lobbying giant Cicero has been tempted into the Havas/AMO family. The shape (and size) of this temptation will become clear when deal details are announced but for now at least we can note it brings two of the nicest City gents under the same roof: Cicero's Iain Anderson and Maitland/AMO's Neil Bennett. Corks will pop at the Havas HQ in King's Cross today.

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