Inspiration
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...
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) – The good, the bad and the downright ugly!
Black Hat or White Hat Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)? With one of my business interests running a digital marketing agency, I am always seeking new ways to effective Search Engine Optimisation (commonly referred to as SEO). However the approach is critical: There...
Sales – Make It Easy To Buy!
The Buying Experience This Easter weekend, like any other, many of us trudged down the local high street. We navigated smoothly as we visited our favourite shops who make it easy to buy whatever it is we are looking for. Whether the item is in the 'Sales' or not we...
LEADERSHIP IS A MULTI-SENSORY SKILL
Leadership Masterclass I have always been fascinated by those possessing outstanding leadership quality and so I recently read Sir Alex Ferguson’s book ‘Leading’, (which is quite an admission from an avid Aston Villa fan). Some of my fellow supporters may consider...