Business Sales Blogger

When a deal can go wrong: A very willing buyer, a motivated seller but can their lawyers speak to each other?

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Hello again,  Read More...

Your business is worth what it is worth, not what you owe!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

With the recession continuing to bite, you almost have to stay away from the business pages, because every other day there is a ‘poll’ that says business confidence has plummeted and the new coin of phrase is ‘double dip recession’. But business still carries on.  Read More...

Stock & Plant & Equipment - What effect do they have on the value of my business?

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Small to medium business owners often have no real idea of what makes up the value of their business when they come to sell. An area where there is often confusion is the impact that the tangible assets of the business, in most cases Stock + Plant & Equipment, have on the value quoted.  Read More...

Vendor Finance

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

This is almost a ‘swear’ word for business owners wishing to exit their business. What is Vendor finance? In simple terms it is money left in a transaction by the owner so he/she can achieve the asking price for their business when there is a shortfall in a purchaser’s equity plus Bank Finance matching that price.  Read More...

Urgency

Thursday, May 27, 2010

In recent posts I have talked about the fact that there is a lot of buyer interest in the market at present, and this remains the case. But there seems to me to be no real sense of urgency for buyers involved in these transactions.  Read More...