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Selling a Business

Mergers & Acquisitions

Preparing your business for sale

As part of the GrowthBusiness M&A Guide, Kingston Smith's John Cowie outlines the key areas to consider when preparing for sale.

Exit Strategies

Selling your business in a post-Brexit scenario

​The long-debated EU referendum vote is taking place today. As we line up at polling stations to cast our votes, Kirsty McGregor, ​founder of The Corporate Finance Network, explores the potential impact a vote to leave may have on the ability of businesses to be bought and sold|​The long-debated EU referendum vote is taking place today. As we line up at polling stations to cast our votes, Kirsty McGregor, ​founder of The Corporate Finance Network, explores the potential impact a vote to leave may have on the ability of businesses to be bought and sold

Exit Strategies

Selling a Business: Understanding the different deal structures

Selling a business can be one of the most complex processes any entrepreneur will face: so how can you make sure you are armed with all the information before taking the leap?

Exit Strategies

Using the auction route when selling a business

Rob Shakespeare, corporate lawyer in the London office of global firm Squire Patton Boggs, examines the strong trend towards auction sale processes in the current market and how such approaches to selling business can benefit sellers.

Growth Planning

Business Buy-outs – Taking the time to sell or buy

Rob Shakespeare, part of the corporate practice at Squire Patton Boggs, reviews recent trends and highlights in business buy-outs, and assesses the essential aspects of business strategy for companies looking at the next stage in their growth.

Exit Strategies

An entrepreneur’s insights on selling a business

Joe Stelzer, managing partner of Cavendish Corporate Finance, shares his experience as an entrepreneur who sold his own business and now advises others on doing the same.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Capitalise on public companies’ renewed appetite for mid-sized businesses

Thinking of selling your company? Peter Gray, partner at Cavendish Corporate Finance, outlines the positives and negatives of going down the public buyer route.

Exit Strategies

Discretion and momentum are vital for a successful business sale

Mark Hardwicke, managing partner at Solution Corporate Finance, looks at why discretion and momentum are vital to achieve a successful business sale.

Exit Strategies

Reasons for selling a business – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Business mentor Colin Turner looks at the reasons for selling a business, as well as some potential pitfalls.

Exit Strategies

Swift exits – Selling your business for the right price

With aggressive trade buyers on the prowl and private equity firms expanding their portfolios, GrowthBusiness looks at how you can sell your business for the right price.

Exit Strategies

Delivering a smooth exit

There are many pitfalls in selling a business. Tony Hayday, CEO of The Software Bureau, talks to us about making sure you get the right price

News

Beware the earn-out tax trap

Business owners rushing to sell their concerns before the expiry of business asset taper relief may still be caught by the changes if they plan to use an earn-out agreement, according to Chris Riley, a tax manager with accountancy firm CLB Littlejohn Frazer.