Inspiration
How To Prevent The Unthinkable: Disaster Recovery Planning
Her Majesty’s recent Platinum Jubilee catapulted me back a whole decade. Picture the scene. It was May 31st 2012. I had recently signed the Sale and Purchase agreement for the sale of 90% of my first business. One of the main conditions of sale is for me look after...
Initial Meetings – A Buyer’s Guide
The first buyer/seller meeting is an opportunity for the buyer to scope out the owner and their business on a deeper level. Alongside this fact-finding mission, it’s vital that rapport and trust are built. This is because a smooth, successful negotiation stage depends...
The First Business Buyer/Seller Meeting And Why It’s Important
First impressions are critical in business. Whichever side of the table you’re sat on, the initial meeting between both parties will set the tone of the discussions to follow. It’s therefore vital to establish a good rapport, and quickly. Sounds like a lot of...
How To Approach A Business That You Want To Buy
Buying a business can make you money. Not only that, it can expand your asset portfolio and help your own business to grow if you take on competitors. New to buying a company? Maybe you’ve been mulling over the idea of buying for a few months and feel a bit...
Business Brokers: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Was selling your business always part of the plan? Maybe you already own a successful business and you’re looking to merge and grow. Business owners decide to buy and sell for a variety of reasons. Whatever the grounds for the big change, it can be a whirlwind of...
Where To Sell Your Business
Did you know that only 8% of listed businesses sell each year? Business owners decide to sell their company for a variety of reasons. You might experience a bout of poor health that kickstarts big lifestyle changes. Retirement age may start to loom worryingly closer....
How To Buy A Business
If you’re already running your own business successfully, buying someone else's can wield many benefits. A new acquisition can increase your asset portfolio. What’s more, if you buy well, most of the groundwork of a new business should have been done and any teething...
How To Value A Business
Your company is valuable to you. Maybe you started it from scratch. Maybe it was inherited through your family. Or maybe you invested your hard earned savings and bought a business that is now thriving because of your hard work and dedication. But What Is Your Company...
Mindset equals Success or Failure
Mindset Motivation Your Mindset determines your success or failure in anything you do. And Mindset motivation is therefore critical to your success. I have lost count of the number of times that I have heard people express surprise when things do not go as planned,...
Business Success
What does 'Business Success' look like for you? When people talk about business success I often wonder if they know how to define it. You see, it is so subjective. It means vastly different things to different people and particularly different business owners. So...