How does the thought of selling your business make you feel? Excited to hand over the result of years of hard work to your lucky successor? Terrified that you won’t find a buyer because your business has seen better days? Sad that it’s time to leave your team and your professional passions behind? Wistful about what might have [...]
When you’ve spent years of hard graft building a prosperous company with a strong brand, there’s perhaps no greater accolade than an approach from a fellow entrepreneur keen to buy a business you own. In our work as corporate finance experts, we meet many business owners who have been approached by someone who wants to [...]
KAMIC Group AB has signed an agreement to acquire all the shares in Distec Ltd, a company based in Manchester, England. The sellers are the company’s founders Noel Sheppard and Adrian Swindells with their families. Distec Ltd was founded in 1992 and over the years has built a strong reputation and extensive expertise in touch [...]
We are delighted to announce that Entrepreneurs Hub has recently completed a deal for the sale of the fire safety products and services provider Elite Fire Protection to Scutum Group, an electronic security company. The perfect match The acquisition of Elite Fire Protection is part of the continued investment in critical services by Scutum Group. [...]
From Millennials to Generation X, Y and even Z, there’s a veritable alphabet of entrepreneurs of all ages out there looking for advice on how to buy a business. Career options have evolved far beyond landing a job within a company straight after education, working for someone else and staying on that route for decades. [...]
When you sell a business, you want to walk away with the satisfaction that you’ve achieved your professional goals, made an impact on your peers and customers, and left a legacy through the quality of the products or services you’ve developed. You also want to move on to the next stage of your life or [...]
Selling a business is a journey that begins in one of two ways. It can be buyer-initiated, where opportunity knocks and someone approaches you and asks if you want to sell a business. Alternatively, as a business owner one day you may feel it’s the right time to exit and choose to put your business [...]
Over the last 15 years, our team have worked with a diverse range of businesses across a broad range of sectors. Every director selling a business that we work with is as unique as the companies they own, but we do see a common thread in terms of their top two concerns. Whether the business [...]
One of the biggest strengths your business has always had is the ability to put yourself in a customer’s shoes and anticipate their needs. When you’re thinking about selling your business, this doesn’t change. If you’re wondering “How much is my business worth?”, imagine you don’t own it and consider what you would pay. The [...]
Painting the garden fence, putting up shelves, maintaining a classic car – there are plenty of occasions when it’s fine to DIY but negotiating the best deal when selling your business is not one of them. Although it may appear to be an easy task on the face of it, ask anyone who’s sold a [...]
