How 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. […]
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‘Cash Free Debt Free’ Explained We have heard this term many times when it comes to reviewing a business that is for sale. Often it is an early condition placed by the vendor on the sale of the business. It is intended to make the transaction simpler but has some unexpected challenges for both the […]
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Sell 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 […]
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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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11 Point Business Sale Health Check
Before starting out on the epic adventure of selling your business, every owner needs to assess their current situation as objectively as possible, so that they can identify as early as possible any issues and be prepared for them. Of course, there are hundreds of questions you need to ask and answer, and the intention […]
Read More PreparationYour Finish is a Start for Someone Else. . .
Realise the Full Value in Your Company Selling your business is not only likely to be the greatest sale you ever make, it is also likely to be one of the greatest decisions you will make – in your life. So what will the sale of your business mean for you personally? Your business has […]
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Handing Over Your Company: What the Owner Needs to Do
Get Your Business Ready For Handover… Below we list the type of information you will need to supply the new owners with, although it clearly depends on the type of business you have. If you’re leaving a management team, then much of this can be arranged by them, and the better your IT and CRM […]
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How to Qualify Sales Enquiries and Successfully Complete Your Sale Selling your business should be simple if you have plenty of interest generated when you announce your plans, but it seldom turns out that way, especially if you attract too many to cope with in one go. Of course, the other problem can occur, too […]
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Make Sure it’s a Level Playing Field
Working with a Business Broker? What Should You Expect Your business may well present the largest single sale you will ever make. But it is a highly complex entity and you’ll be selling it into a totally unknown marketplace. Getting it wrong is simply not an option. Make no mistake; the sale of your business […]
Read More PreparationThe Hopeless ‘Traditional’ Business Sale Letter
The Business Sale Letter is Dead. We’ll Tell You Why. This letter landed on the doorstep of one of our Directors yesterday caused some discussion in the office this morning, mainly about why this is misleading and wrong. Business owners receiving letters through the post telling them that they should sell their business right now […]
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