Like many business owners, you have devoted immeasurable amount of work and resources on developing your business. When your busy with every day operations, it’s difficult to find the time to think about your retirement plan and when to exit your company. Developing an achievable exit strategy is an essential task and too few owners give it proper […]
If you’re like the most business owners, your business plays a major part in your retirement plans – even Warren Buffet & Bill Gates agree to this! Unlike these 2 gentlemen you may not have had the opportunity to fund your retirement beside from your home and your business. OK your plan might be that […]
There’s a lot of twaddle talked about the rise and fall of family businesses and family succession planning, like: ‘Family-owned businesses are a small part the UK economy’.Actually they account for almost 95% of businesses in this country. So family succession planning is vital. Family businesses ‘go from shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves in three generations.’(The first […]
Building a business takes hard work and skill, so what makes your business more attractive to a buyer than another, ie ‘fit for sale’? Typically a business that is fit for sale will be a company with less risk associated with its future potential, remember buyers may be looking at several potential acquisitions simultaneously. The […]
As the UK economic recovery appears to have taken hold in 2015 & 2016, as well as the problem of overtrading and running out of cash, owner manager are looking at their exit options. The vast majority of owner managers have never exited a business before, and many generalist business brokers exploit this with promises […]
Why do you need to consider exit strategies – well as an owner manager it is very likely that you have spent many years of hard work into making a success of your business. Experience has taught many owner managers in the same position that this hard work can quickly count for little or nothing […]
If you wish to find out what your business worth for a future sell and you were unable to join this webinar live, it’s now available for you to view by completing the ‘Contact Us’ form below to request the link. During this webinar, CMC Speakers Peter Martin and Simon Scott shared how to calculate […]
The decision to sell your business has been made – this may or may not have involved a period of investigation, discussion and soul searching and it may or may not have involved families, business partners or trusted professional advisors. One thing is certain however, in order to ensure a successful exit from your business, […]
