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Exit Strategies

The 5 key elements for getting a great deal when selling a business

It's going to be a buyer's market over the coming 18 months, so if you're looking to sell your company you will have to be at the top of your game to negotiate the best price. Marc Barber reports.

Exit Strategies

Exit Strategies

How to sell your business

Executing a slick full exit takes preparation, thick skin and bags of raw cunning. Nick Britton finds out how to avoid the pitfalls and get the best price.

Exit Strategies

The inheritance tax maze when passing on a family business

Passing on business assets or shares to your children requires careful planning and consideration. Marc Barber finds out how to ensure a smooth succession.

Exit Strategies

Learning to let go when selling your business

When business is booming, the last thing you want to consider is who’ll take over when you sell up.

Exit Strategies

Finding the perfect exit strategy

You've grown your business to maturity over the past few years and are now thinking of selling up, but how best to do it? Lesley Stalker, tax partner at professional services firm Robert James Partnership, outlines the key considerations.

Exit Strategies

One business, numerous careful owners

A spin-out that has successfully negotiated its start-up and early stage funding may well have a varied group of investors. This can include the originating university, one or more business angels, venture capitalists as well as the academic entrepreneurs themselves.

Exit Strategies

From labs to riches – How to ensure spin-out success

The difficulty of raising venture capital in recent years has made things much tougher for the entrepreneurial academic looking to turn a scientific breakthrough into a commercial business. However, for a research team that is really convinced that it has a world-beating product on its hands, it is possible to make the transition, but several success factors have to be in place.

Exit Strategies

What’s my company worth?

You've worked long and hard to build your business into a successful and saleable concern, now how do you determine its value? GrowthBusiness experts answer the burning question - So, what is my company actually worth?

Exit Strategies

From labs to riches – How to ensure spin-out success

The difficulty of raising venture capital in recent years has made things much tougher for the entrepreneurial academic looking to turn a scientific breakthrough into a commercial business. However, for a research team that is really convinced that it has a world-beating product on its hands, it is possible to make the transition, but several success factors have to be in place.

Exit Strategies

What’s my company worth?

You've worked long and hard to build your business into a successful and saleable concern, now how do you determine its value? GrowthBusiness experts answer the burning question - So, what is my company actually worth?

Exit Strategies

How to get rid of an investor

Many companies owe their success to the wisdom and cash injection of an outside investor, but what can you do if your shareholder is no longer the right backer for your business?

Exit Strategies

Tax implications when selling a business

I own 25% of a company that I have worked for for the last 6 years, if the company was sold now what are the tax implications?

Exit Strategies

Regulations when selling a business

I started my business in partnership 15 years ago. Can you advise me on selling my half of the business, I understand my partner has first refusal?

Exit Strategies

Successful exit strategies

While over 50 per cent of owners believe that management is the single most difficult issue to address when selling their business, over 33 per cent have no succession strategy in place. GrowthBusiness reveals the results of Business XL's unique exit survey.

Partner content

Why upgrading your tech regularly will help your business grow

To run an optimal business, you must have optimal tech. We explain why you must upgrade your business technology on a regular basis

Accounting and Finance Software

Desktop vs cloud accounting: What to consider 

What are the key differences between desktop and cloud accounting software, and what should you consider when it comes to choosing a solution for your business

Accounting and Finance Software

Accounting and financial management software: What you need to know 

Fast-growth businesses need a solution that can cope with the demands of an ever-increasing volume of data, transactions, and tasks.

Opinion

Boosting confidence in outsourcing your customer service function to call centres in Africa

CCI Kenya discusses why outsourcing key of your business processes to call centres in Africa may be beneficial