FREE SEMINAR Date: Tuesday 21st November 2017 Time: 4.30pm-7.30pm Location: The Dudley Canal and Tunnel Trust, 501 Birmingham Road, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 4SB Attend this evening seminar and leave with an understanding of the actions required to prepare your business for sale, how to maximise the attractiveness and sale price of your business, mitigate risks and […]
Category: Sell
7 Areas that Will Increase Your Business Value via a Planned Exit Strategy
At CMC Partners we are very lucky to work with talented owner managers who have grown their business, and 1 topic that comes up early on in the series of meetings is about how can they develop an exit strategy for the business or plan for a succession with getting the true value. They […]
How can an exit strategy benefit your future?
Like many business owners, you have devoted immeasurable amount of work and resources on developing your business. When you are busy with every day operations, it’s difficult to find the time to think about your exit strategy or retirement plan. Developing an achievable exit strategy is an essential task and too few owners give it proper consideration. An […]
Exit plans – what are the options?
At CMC we are absolutely convinced that all business owners should have an exit plan and in so doing, the owner will need to consider all of the options that are open to him. If you want to know why exit plan is essential, please read this earlier blog. This blog looks at the various […]
How do I sell my business in the next 6 months?
As well as the problem of over trading and running out of cash, owner manager are looking at their exit options. So I get asked very often ‘ how do I sell my business in the next 6 months?’. The vast majority of owner managers have never exited a business before, and many generalist business […]
Measuring marketing effectiveness – why bother?!
Measuring marketing effectiveness for a company’s marketing activity is essential for ensuring that the benefits are maximised and the cost optimised ….. but how? It’s a well know cliche that “I know I waste half the money I spend on marketing, I just don’t know which half“. Marketing really is like any other form of investment – how […]
5 Rules to Avoid Conflicts in a Family Owned Business
Dealing with employees on a personal level can wreak havoc in a small or family owned business – because conflicts or disagreements are part of many start-ups and family owned businesses. When it comes to conflicts of interest in a family business, these matters are more difficult to resolve, because there are three levels of […]
Succession Planning for an Owner Manager / Family Business
As an owner manager you have built up a good business and have been assuming that your children (when old enough) will eventually take over and continue to grow the business. But the penny will drop that your children will not be doing this for a variety of reasons, including some great reasons such as […]