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- Video 10 – When Is The Best Time To Start Planning To Sell Your Business?
- Video 11 – What Slows Down A Business Sale Process The Most?
- Video 12 – How Can I Minimise The Tax I Pay When Selling My Business?
- Video 13 – Should I Take Cash Out Of My Business Before I Sell It?
- Video 14 – What’s The Difference Between A Trade Buyer And A Financial Investor?
- Video 15 – How Is My Financial Information Kept Secure During A Business Sale?
- Video 16 – How Do You Check The Credibility Of Potential Acquirers On A Business Sale?
- Video 17 – Should You Tell Your Customers You Are Selling Your Business?
- Video 18 – Should You Disclose Any Known Business Issues To Your Buyers?
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- Video 5 – How Long Does An Owner Have To Stay On Once They Have Sold Their Business?
- Video 6 – Waiting For A Better Price – What Are The Risks When Selling Your Business
- Video 7 – Receiving An Offer From A Competitor That Is Not In Writing.
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- What Are The Most Common Business Sale Deal Breakers?
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- Category: Business Growth
- You don’t plan for retirement a few months before you retire so why wait until a major event to plan for the future of your business?
- How sticky are your customers?
- Creating a business exit strategy
- What’s reducing the value of your business?
- Due Diligence – Part 5 – The human touch
- 9 reasons to get a business valuation
- Debt financing: the true cost of debt
- You made your business succeed – but who will succeed you?
- 5 simple steps to preparing for a business sale
- If you want to know about exit planning….
- ‘Growing to sell’ – sounds odd, doesn’t it?
- Don’t neglect your Intellectual Property; it can be a tangible business asset
- Growth to Exit planning – focus on your management team
- Creating a roadmap to exit
- Has your business outgrown you?
- Why Business Value Drivers are important for Exit Planning
- The benefits of a merger
- There’s a world outside your business
- Have you got your exit plan in place?
- Planning to buy a business?
- 4 ways to supercharge business growth
- Category: Business Sales
- Rekindle your love for your business
- How to start the process – a client’s story
- How Much is Your Business Worth?
- A “MAGIC NUMBER” CAN HELP YOU TO SELL YOUR BUSINESS
- CREATE A SAFE PLACE TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS CHOICES
- WHEN A CRISIS BECOMES AN OPPORTUNITY
- THE BUSINESS SELLER’S MINDSET DURING COVID-19
- Knowing When To Sell
- STICKING TO YOUR SALES PLAN DURING COVID-19
- THE SECRET POWERS OF SETBACK IN SELLING YOUR BUSINESS
- When your business dream becomes a drudge
- Selling a family business
- The Business Selling Psyche
- Business Owner Burnout – How to recognise and deal with it
- Top reasons why owners sell their business
- Clash of Clans
- Why 80% of businesses fail to sell – Part 4
- Why 80% of businesses fail to sell – Part 3
- Why 80% of businesses fail to sell – Part 2
- Why 80% of businesses fail to sell – Part 1
- EvolutionCBS Client, NTA Monitor, acquired by Intertek Group plc
- Buy and Build Strategies
- Private Equity – a seismic shift in SME M&A
- Problems you did not know you had
- Why don’t some business sell?
- Starting to think about selling your business?
- “A lack of imagination” – Killing a deal breaker
- Our Top 4 Reasons Why Businesses Do Not Sell
- How to list your business for sale, yet remain confidential
- Our Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Yet!
- With Knowledge Comes Power (and the right buyer)
- Preparing for Exit: What’s your plan?
- Alternative funders and the changing the role of high street banks
- Intellectual Property in Acquisitions
- Due Diligence – Part 4 – Show me the money!
- Life after sale – what happens next?
- Due Diligence – Part 3 – What’s in the box?
- Data privacy – could it affect the value of your business?
- An offer you REALLY can’t refuse?
- Due Diligence – Part 2 – In search of a contract killer
- Due Diligence – Part 1 – What is due diligence for?
- You may be the ‘captain of your ship’ but are you really ‘the master of your fate’?
- Is your business ready to receive an offer?
- Why buyers buy – Part 2, attracting buyers
- R&D tax credits – a great advert for your business
- Why buyers buy – Part 1, What does your buyer REALLY want?
- Consider this – wealth planning on selling a business
- Don’t let Deal Fatigue damage your business sale
- Passion is the fuel; Planning is the spark
- Don’t let poor corporate housekeeping reduce the value of your business
- Beware of Unsolicited offers? Handle with care
- Deal Killer No.3 – Loss of Credibility
- What is Goodwill and how is it used in business valuations?
- Deal Killer No. 2 – Poor Housekeeping
- Don’t let Deal Fatigue damage your business sale
- Deal Killers – Incredible Forecasts
- “Rob, how do I know if it’s the right time to sell my business?”
- Don’t be the “hero” of your business
- Synergy – The essential element
- Selling a business? Weaknesses can be a good thing!
- Today it’s all about business
- Create a competitive environment and switch the dynamics in your favour!
- “One of the best events I’ve been to!”
- Would you give away your entire retirement pot on a promise?
- Understand your buyer
- Choosing the right time to sell a business – It’s personal!
- Selling your business – where to start
- The Goodwill question
- What are your key value drivers when selling your business?
- “Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.”
- What is your Magic Number?
- Need info. on selling a business?
- First steps towards selling a business
- What makes a buyer pay more for a business?
- One good offer is not enough!
- Structuring Business Sales
- The Naked Truth – Dispelling some myths about selling a business
- Is your business properly and adequately protected against your current and ex-employees?
- 7 steps for great succession planning
- Intellectual property rights are your company’s crown jewels
- When to sell a business – make sure the odds are in your favour!
- Steve Barry joins Evolution CBS
- Exit stage right: 4 steps every entrepreneur considering a business sale should take
- When selling a business, synergies hold the key
- Business Owners – Make your business an Acquirer’s “must have”
- Exit Strategies don’t have to be complicated
- Due diligence issues on selling a business with an IP asset base
- Articles of Association and Shareholders’ Agreements
- Read The Daily Telegraph Report on Exit Strategies
- How to structure a business for sale
- What concerns owners when selling their businesses?
- Does Your business Have Valuable IPR And Are You Maintaining It?
- Do business owners need an exit plan?
- What To Consider When Selling Your Business
- Choosing The Right Time To Sell
- Bridging the gap between seller and buyer business valuations
- The first question we’re asked – What’s my business worth?
- Warranty Woes
- Getting Your House In Order Ahead Of A Sale
- The Legal Differences Between An Asset Purchase And A Share Purchase
- Is There A Prospective Acquirer For Your Business?
- Poor People Issues Reduce The Valuation
- EvolutionCBS Case Study – Oswald Record Group
- Do You Find Age Discrimination A Grey Area?
- Planning Your Exit
- Is now a good time to sell your business?
- Is your business ready for you to move on?
- Category: Buying a Business
- Category: Evolution CBS Team
- Category: Opinion
- Category: Selling a Business
Podcast
- Buy a business with no money down
- Covid 19 Impact and Insights
- What Does it take to Build a 7-figure business
- Double the value of your business at exit
- Why have an Exit Strategy? What's the point?
- Finding your own "Magic Number"
- Getting the timing right
- Valuations and Deal Structures
- Keep the end game at the heart of your plan
- The Sale Process Explained
- The 11 Commandments of Selling a Business
- The 7 Cardinal Sins of selling a business
- A successful sale - and what next? One client's experience
Team
Case Studies
- Technical Associates Group acquired by Next 15 Communications
- EvolutionCBS completes the sale of Surgery Express to Williams Medical Supplies
- EvolutionCBS completes the sale of M J Wilson Group to Cairngorm Capital
- Evolution’s Growth2Exit Programme helps Executive Coaching Company achieve 36% profit increase
- The value of creating competition to maximise value
- Established family business sees 300% new growth following acquisition – Oswald Record Group
- Specialist Translations Company sold to RWS Holdings
- Leading Engineering Supplies Company sold to John Gibson Hire and Sales Ltd
- Established Commercial Refit company sold to a Private Investor
- Specialist Recruitment company sold to Wyndham Street Holdings
- Specialist Environmental Consultancy sold to Benthic Solutions
- Specialist Business Dashboards company sold to Influential Software Services Ltd
- Imperial CRS completes acquisition of Four Point Printing
- Evolution CBS helps Kermel achieve UK expansion
- Specialist training company sold to QA
- A Distressed Rainbow finds a Pot of Gold
- Evolution CBS helps Greif achieve a great package through a UK acquisition
- Digital Marketing Agency sold to Big Group
- Leading Distributor of control and instrumentation equipment sold to Indutrade AB
- Leading “Made to Measure” Shoe brand sold to Tnui Capital
- Online Coaching Platform, JigsawBox, sold to Tnui Capital
- Specialist employment agency sold to Strategic Workforce Solutions Group Ltd
- Leading Fire and Security firm sold to Marlowe plc
- Leading design-led precision manufacturing company sold to private investors
- Evolution’s Growth2Exit programme helps FSTP create a new vision and strategy.
- EvolutionCBS client, Teaching Art, goes for growth with new owners PHD Equity.
- EvolutionCBS helps Rimilia raises $25m growth funding
Successful Deals
- Impact Data Solutions Ltd
- Sterling Travel Management
- Phoebus Software Limited
- Earnshaw Engineering Ltd
- HE&D Limited
- Wilcomatic Limited
- Advanced Engineering Ltd
- Obsidian Healthcare Group
- NTA Monitor
- Surgery Express
- M J Wilson Group
- Rimilia
- Investacast
- Teaching Art
- Hentland
- Fluid Controls
- Pharmaquest
- Dynistics
- Inspiration Inc.
- Backline Logistics
- Focus on Training
- Northern Power Tools
- Goldhawk Associates
- Greif
- Sub Acoustech
- Imperial CRS
- Oswald Record
- Canby
- Bromarpeak Ltd
- JigsawBox
- Rainbow Removals
- The Left Shoe Company
Press Releases
- “One In Five Sales Successes Isn’t Good Enough”
- EvolutionCBS completes the sale of ABL 1 Touch.
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of DRP Client Services to Nurture Landscapes
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of IDS Group to Sterlite Technologies Limited
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of Sterling Travel Management to Global Travel Solutions
- EvolutionCBS announces the investment in Phoebus Software by NorthEdge Capital
- EvolutionCBS lays the foundations for future business growth
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of Earnshaw Engineering to TJD Investments
- EvolutionCBS secures private investor buy-in for HE&D Limited
- EvolutionCBS announces the majority investment in Wilcomatic Limited by WestBridge Capital
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of Advanced Engineering to Aspen Pumps Group
- EvolutionCBS announces the majority investment in Obsidian Healthcare by Clanwilliam Group
- EvolutionCBS appoints new Client Director
- EvolutionCBS UK and The Corporate Group announce the launch of EvolutionCBS UAE
- EvolutionCBS client Surgery Express acquired by Williams Medical Supplies
- EvolutionCBS announces the sale of NTA Monitor Ltd to Intertek Group plc
- EvolutionCBS client M J Wilson Group acquired by Cairngorm Capital
- Lead adviser EvolutionCBS secures $25m investment for Rimilia.
- Another successful deal for EvolutionCBS as Teaching Art is acquired by PHD Equity.
- Evolution CBS expands Growth to Exit Team
- Evolution CBS completes the sale of Dynistics Ltd
- Evolution CBS completes the sale of SubAcoustech Environmental Ltd
- Imperial CRS completes acquisition of Four Point Printing
Events
Partners
- Core Business Solutions
- Al Tamimi & Company
- Business Exchange Bureau
- MindBody Dynamixs
- Stirling Business Solutions
- Angels Den
- Sandler Training
- Credit Square
- Quantuma Restructuring
- Auditel
- Emirates NBD
- The Royal Bank of Scotland
- NatWest
- HSBC
- Brown Shipley
- Manning and Co.
- St. James’s Place
- BLG Wealth
- EverEdge
- ipconsult
- Alliott Hadi Shahid
- Shipleys
- Hamlyns LLP
- David Beckman & Co. Ltd
- Rodliffe Accounting
- The Wills Specialists
- James Berry Law
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Clyde and Co.
- Pinsent Masons
- Davidson and Co.
- Think Tank Legal
- Moore Blatch
- Mackrell Turner Garrett
- Keystone Law
- GA Solicitors
- Longmores
- Fladgate
- Clarke & Son LLP
- Waterfront Solicitors
- Healys LLP
- Pitmans LLP
- Lamb Brooks Solicitors
- DMB Law
- Blandy and Blandy
- Bishop and Sewell LLP
- Lewis Silkin
Testimonials
- I have utter trust and confidence
- Immense gratitude to you and your team
- We are truly thankful to EvolutionCBS
- I would recommend your company
- Thanks to the whole team at EvolutionCBS
- You have a good team
- I am very pleased that I decided to work with EvolutionCBS
- Thank you again for all your hard work in making the deal happen, I couldn’t be happier
- Many thanks to everyone at Evolution
- Very helpful
- Very informative and helpful
- I wouldn't hesitate to recommend your services
- I know you'll take good care of them
- Excellent work
- A pleasure working with Evolution
- Very impressed
- Wonderful listening to you
- Thank you to your team for all their hard work
- A big thank you to every-one involved
- A personal thanks
- A pleasure to deal with
- Good to work with you
- We would certainly recommend them to any business looking to grow
- A very well structured and methodical process
- Really and truly first class
- Many thanks for all your efforts
- Just wanted to say a very big thank you to you all
- A much better and far more professional experience
- We were pleasantly surprised that it all went so smoothly
- It was very easy working with Evolution
- We are very pleased with Evolution
- This is worth a great deal to us...we know that it could not have been achieved without you
- I have no hesitation is commending Rob to any business planning its future.
- Excellent and professional
- We benefitted from your skills
- I'll be a fan of Rob and Evolution Complete Business Sales Ltd for life
- I am delighted with the result
- Probably the most important book I've ever bought or read
- Thank you again for your help
- A premium brand
- Exemplary care
- I don't know how to thank you enough!
- Greatly impressed by Evolution's breadth of knowledge
- Rob knows his profession
- Critical in terms of exit value
- Innovative thinking and great problem solving skills
- Extremely professional and positive
- No hesitation in recommending their services
- Very impressed with your advice and your service
- A comfort and a pleasure dealing with you
- Great value for money
- Your Masterclass is the best event I have been to, by far
- Wonderful, thought provoking
- It was very informative and I thought the whole event was excellent
- I came to get some ideas of how to add value
For Sale
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- 2206 Data Migration Services
- 2207 Manufacturer of Cast Stone Products
- Contract Electronics Manufacturing
- 2163 Leading independent shredding and recycling company
- 2168 Specialised EPC Contractors to the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries
- 2190 RF Electronics, Software Defined Radio, Power Electronics and Systems
Advice
- Free Valuation Report
- Patent Box – HMRC are making it easier for business with IP to get richer
- Protect your Business against your customers’ financial difficulties
- 5 Questions to Ask your Business Sales Adviser
- First steps when preparing for sale
- A few things to think about once you’ve completed
- When is the right time to sell?
- Are you making the Most of Inheritance Tax Relief?
- Preparing for Due Diligence
- Plan for Growth
- The legal differences between an asset purchase and a share purchase
- Earn-outs on the sale of a business
- Entrepreneurs Relief – the 10% Capital Gains Tax Rate
- Warranty Woes
- M & A Pricing Mechanisms – Unlocking the Box
- Intellectual Property Issues on the sale of a business
- What makes buyers pay more
