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Research has shown that many business owners fail to achieve the full or fair value of their businesses when trying to exit, simply through poor planning and preparation. It’s not your fault if you’re making some of these mistakes but hopefully, there’s still enough time to learn from the experience of others:- You’ve had enough and…

Looking to increase the value of your business for when the time comes to sell? There are just two main ways to grow a business but many different strategies need to be considered and implemented in order to achieve real growth and value. Stirling provides you with a FREE Guide to Maximising Business Values, where we simply…

We recently prepared a short table of the main FTSE P/E ratio indices for two years from the end of 2011 up to 31 December 2013.  The increases in the Industrial Sector ratios are quite phenomenal, ranging from increases of just over 20% to 40% over the last year and from 38% to 90% over…

Stirling was recently contacted by the owners of a precision engineering business, based in Worcestershire as they were looking to sell for retirement purposes. Following some negotiation on terms of business, the engineering business initially received an up to date valuation report which was prepared independently but organised by Stirling. We then then set about…

General Valuing a business can be one of the most worrying parts of selling and also conversely for a potential buyer, of purchasing an existing business.  Whilst a seller will not be prepared to sell a business for less than its perceived value to him or her, if you look at it from a potential…

A rising stock market has been having a positive effect on the values of certain types of profitable businesses which are commonly valued using widely recognised Price/Earnings ratios for relevant commercial sector indices.  Recent increases recorded with these ratios so far this year (to July 2013), are as follows:- + 38.68%   Industrial All Index + 29.18%   General Industrials Index +…

Valuing a Company can be one of the most worrying parts of selling a business and also conversely for a potential buyer, of purchasing an existing business. Whilst a seller will not be prepared to sell a business for less than its perceived value to him or her, if you look at it from a…

Selling a business can be a costly and time consuming process, so make sure you don’t make some of these mistakes:- You’ve had enough and so you’ve suddenly decided to sell?  The decision to sell a business should not be taken lightly as there could be many things to be done to try and make the…

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FREE Business Coaching Seminar Stirling are sponsoring a  FREE Business Coaching Seminar on Friday, 12 July (10.00am – 1.00pm) at the The Three Counties Hotel, Belmont Road, Hereford, HR2 7BP.  The seminar is being given by Arrivista Business Coaching, the premier coaching firm in the West Midlands. The seminar will be packed with proven business…