Buying a business

Buying

How to Buy a Business in the UK: Step by Step

The stages of buying an existing UK business, from deciding what you want to completion day, and where buyers most often go wrong.

5 min read

Buying

Due Diligence When Buying a Business: A Practical Checklist

What to check before you commit to buying a UK business: the figures, the premises, the people, the contracts and the risks the accounts do not show.

4 min read

Buying

How to Value a Business You Want to Buy

How buyers judge whether an asking price is fair: adjusted profit, multiples, comparable businesses, assets and the risks that should lower your offer.

4 min read

Buying

Buying a Leasehold Business: What to Check in the Lease

Most small businesses for sale are leasehold. What the lease means for you as a buyer, and the terms to check before you commit.

3 min read

Buying

Reading a Business for Sale Listing: What the Figures Mean

Turnover, gross profit, net profit, adjusted profit, tenure, stock at valuation: what the figures in a business for sale listing tell you, and what they do not.

3 min read

Buying

Funding a Business Purchase: Your Options

How buyers in the UK typically pay for a business: savings, bank and specialist lending, asset finance, deferred payments to the seller and investors.

3 min read

Buying

Asset Purchase or Share Purchase: Which Are You Buying?

The two ways to buy a UK business, what you take on with each, and why most small business sales are asset purchases.

2 min read

Buying

Enquiring About a Business: NDAs, Information Packs and What Agents Expect

What happens after you enquire about a business for sale: confidentiality agreements, proof of funds, information packs and viewings.

2 min read