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This exclusive, FREE Masterclass, takes place in Churchill’s historic underground bunker, where you will learn the secrets of a successful business exit. Deep down in the underground bunker you will hear from industry experts from Wren Sterling, Carter Bond and Evolution CBS about the importance of planning, strategy and implementation for your business exit. This…

Business owners rarely consider the real amount of cash they need to achieve from the sale of their business in order to finish one chapter in their life and start a new one. That’s the all important “magic number” – an you don’t want to get it wrong through poor valuations, price chipping or bad…

A free Masterclass specifically to provide business owners with the information and guidance on how to value and prepare their Companies for a future sale. This Masterclass will focus on how to minimise the gap between Vendor expectations and Acquirers valuations. By understanding how the sale process operates and what needs to be done in…

A free Masterclass designed to provide business owners with the information and guidance on how to maximise Shareholder exit value, in preparation for a future sale. By understanding how businesses are valued, how deals are structured and how the sale process operates, business owners can significantly increase the value and saleability of their businesses and…

If thoughts of a sale are on your horizon, however distant, then this Masterclass is a great way to gather the information you need on how to prepare for this life-changing transaction. It’s consistently demonstrated that owners who prepare for exit attract premium prices. At the Masterclass you’ll get practical advice and guidance from business…

Latest update for Price/Earnings Multiples for the Engineering Sector One of our Valuers has just advised that the FTSE Engineering Industry Sector P/E Ratio at close of business on Friday 21 April 2017 was 33.43.  So applying a 50% discount for an privately owned (unquoted) business provides a ratio of 16.7.  But, before anyone reaches…

Should you be thinking of selling a business, there are many things that can be done to maximise your business value, as part of a business development plan. But whether or not you wish to sell, it is as well to remember that many business owners do not plan at all, which may account for…

“The 3% of people with written business plans earn more than the other 97% added together!” Whether or not you are wanting to sell a business, it is fairly well known that those business owners with a written business plan are far more successful than those who don’t. There’s one story that goes along the…