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‘Our local CMC Partner gave me superb support to enable me to sell my business. He provided great insight and advice to ensure the sale reached a successful conclusion. Importantly, after the sale the merged businesses are now doing well !' 

Stewart Peart - Managing Director of AppliedIT Ltd, now Integra ICT Ltd 

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CMC Partners - Business Advisers to Business Owners 

CMC Partners are experienced business advisers, helping small business owners to achieve their own personal objectives, throughout their business journey. 

Since 1989, we have been working in partnership with owners to start up, grow and increase their business value, in preparation for their eventual exit or sale. We offer very personalised, pragmatic and local advice. We care about the owner and their business. Your success is everything!

Our partners have worked with thousands of businesses in a range of sectors. Our clients industries currently include digital marketing, design communication agencies, manufacturing, engineering, IT, construction, wholesale, health, transportation, technology and professional services.

We are very successful in helping business owners to increase sales, increase profit margins, cash flow control, raising finance, succession planning and getting businesses in a position of financial strength before exit. Read our case studies.

Could your business be growing at a faster rate?

Are you thinking about exiting or selling your business?

Contact us for a free confidential meeting 


 

Thursday
May162013

How to kick start your small business 

Every business can stagnate or stall at some point in its lifecycle. Businesses that have been trading for some time often get stuck on a treadmill racing to keep up with competitors with experiencing decline in sales, profits and business opportunities.

Often business owners feel like they are working hard pounding the treadmill but are not getting anywhere with their once thriving business. If this is the case, it’s time to re-evaluate, dismantle and revive your business to get it moving again - re launch! It’s about doing different things differentially.

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Wednesday
Apr242013

IP – What’s that got to do with your business?

Posted by guest blogger Angus Phang from Cresco Legal Solicitors 

What indeed?  Intellectual property is frequently underestimated and not really understood very well.  In many cases, it is not considered to be important or even relevant.  Usually it is only dealt with as an after-thought and normally seen as a cost to the business.  So why do many successful companies bother with it at all?

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Thursday
Apr112013

Are you a business baby boomer reluctant to plan your exit strategy? 

We speak with many business owners everyday from diverse businesses and there is often reluctance to think about retirement. Despite the best efforts of their families, these 50 to 70 year old baby boomers are reluctant to planning their exit strategy. Some of the reasons for this are:

  • It’s too early to think about it
  • There’s never enough time
  • Not sure where to start
  • Haven’t got enough money to retire comfortably

Other reasons can be attributed to:

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Friday
Feb152013

Crowdfunding – a lifeline for SME’s to grow 

As business advisers, we are passionate about helping small business owner managers develop their business. We are therefore hugely disappointed for business owners who have difficulties in securing finance to help their business grow. Of course, there could be various reasons for this. Are the business owners presenting and communicating their business plan in the right way for potential investors to take the business opportunity seriously?  Or more frequently, it’s the reluctance of banks lending to SME’s in this economic climate.

There’s some good news. There’s now innovative ways for business owners to borrow money and Crowd funding is one of them. Crowd funding is still relatively new, so it’s no surprise that SME’s are unaware of its potential to raise finance.

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