If You Aim to Win, You’ll End up Losing
Negotiating a Business Sale or Acquisition? Successful business people and entrepreneurs are winners. There are few who have succeeded without the key skills of determination, financial acumen and the ability to drive a hard bargain. Therefore, many people who chose to sell their business can apply some fairly strenuous techniques in order to drive up […]
Read More DisposalNow You’ve Realised Your Exit, Make it Count
Making the Sale Proceeds Work for You Congratulations on the sale of your business! The future is in your hands and you now have a nice lump sum sitting in your bank account. So, have you considered how you are going to use it? Many business owners who have sold up experience a dramatic change, […]
Read More DisposalHow Profit and Assets are Considered When Selling a Company
Goodwill and Asset Considerations When Selling a Business Potential buyers of your business will need to understand what sort of opportunity they are receiving by investing in it. Most businesses have a combination of assets, the primary capital consideration, as well as cashflow, the income element. Some businesses are more heavily weighted in one direction […]
Read More Disposal ValuationMake Sure Your Sale is Fully Covered
If You’re Selling Your Company, You Need an NDA! When it comes to selling your company, you need to ensure that your personal and business information remains confidential and does not get into the public domain. If it does, then there are several potential problems with this from staff becoming aware of the business sale […]
Read More DisposalMaking it a Clean Break
Tips on Exiting Your Business Well You’ve come to the end of the sale process and the business has now been handed over to the new owner. It can be a strange feeling, not being intimately involved in something that, over the years, has been such an integral part of your life. Many people look […]
Read More DisposalDefeat Due Diligence Disasters
Business Sale Due Diligence – Make Sure You Have the Right Team in Place Before completion, a buyer will carry out due diligence. This is a verification exercise of your company. Its purpose is to ensure that all the information you have provided checks out and the buyer can be reassured that the business they […]
Read More DisposalDoes a sale advisor need sector experience?
Will You Benefit from a Business Broker with Relevant Sector Experience? Business owners often hear the old adage that s business broker needs to have specific sector experience in order to be fully effective when it comes to selling your business for the highest price. For some reason this advice is commonly given to businesses […]
Read More DisposalHow to Avoid Ruining Your Chances of Selling
Common Mistakes Made When Selling Your Business We find that there are many common mistakes when selling a business. Selling a business is not like a standard product or service. It is a process that takes significant time. You need to accept that a business sale is only going to happen if you show patience and compromise. […]
Read More DisposalSell Your Business More Effectively
Essential Tips for a Successful Business Sale We often talk to business owners approaching the prospect of selling their company and, in most cases, it is the first time they have reached this particular point in their working life. Often they will sell just the once, and then move on to an […]
Read More Preparation DisposalHave Your Exit Strategy Mapped Out
Your Business Sale Plan One of the first challenges when it comes to selling your business is to understand how the process works. Only then can you step up to the challenge of making the most out of your business sale. For most, the sale process follows these four steps: Preparing – getting you, your […]
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