Due Diligence Explained

You may have heard about “due diligence” when a business is being sold or taken over and wondered what it meant. If you want to sell or buy a business of your own you’ll certainly need to know just what due diligence means and how it’s applied....

Is Owning a Business Like Owning a Boat?

Ask any boat owner and they will tell you the two best days in a boat owner’s life are the day the boat is bought and the day it is sold! Notwithstanding all the enjoyment that comes from owning a boat on a sunny day there is an abundance of hard work and many...

Selling a Business?  Keep it Quiet!

Business owners wanting to initiate the sales of their business usually turn to a professional for advice at some step of the way. Exit planning in itself is a complex process and should have begun well before the business goes on the market, although experience shows...

Top Tips for Business Buyers and Sellers

Buying or selling a business is a time-consuming and often stressful activity. Vendors usually feel they’ve got less from the sale than they wanted, while purchasers often feel they’ve paid too much. About the best thing both parties can do is to be...