6 min read With high fees, leveraged debt and now the takeover of cherished public companies, Private Equity firms (“PE”) may be viewed as the new imperialists, dominating every sphere of the corporate world. So how does this translate within the emerging mid-enterprise (EME) market – that is, businesses with an enterprise value of £3-£50m?…
4 min read An Employee Ownership Business could be described as ‘Purposeful Capitalism’ a term used to explain making money with ethics –it means there is a purpose to the venture and activities and a positive ethos or spirit to the business model. The strategic choice to be a ‘good’ company is no longer defined solely…
In our Exit Strategies: 11 Worst Mistakes webinar, Kevin Uphill, Chairman of Avondale, is joined by Principle Consultant Sally Hardman to discuss how the right approach can make a fundamental difference between success and failure when it comes to selling a business. Topics covered include: How to best prepare for sale Selecting the right…
9.5 min read 2021 M&A Trends and Mid-Year Review Increasingly we are witnessing in 2021 new M&A trends as the pandemic has changed many aspects of our world. Whilst it has accelerated virtual working and placed technology at the centre of our business models, it has also left organic growth as no more than…
In our ‘Vendor Assist – How to Strategically Prepare for Sale & Vendor Due Diligence’ webinar Kevin Uphill, Chairman of Avondale, is joined by strategist Stewart Millington to discuss the objective of a vendor assist evaluation. Topics covered include building a ‘sale ready’ data room, valuation and finance, legal and business reviews. If you would…
4 min read What is it? Vendor assist is essentially a dry-run of a sale, built around an early form of due diligence. Most M&A processes have historically used a Confidential Information Memorandum (CIM) as the cornerstone for the sales presentation, but this is an increasingly dated approach as the CIM rarely has sufficient information to…
16 min read Employee Ownership (EO) is now an established structure when shareholders seeking an exit sell their company shares to their employees. Since 2014, such sales have been 100% Capital Gains Tax (“CGT”) free. This is because the Government believes, quite rightly, that EO increases company productivity and sustainability and closes the social gap.…
In our ‘How to Sell Your Business to Your Team’ webinar Kevin Uphill, Chairman of Avondale, is joined by employee ownership trust specialist Sue Lawrence, as well as Greg Vincent of Morrisons Solicitors LLP to discuss why employee ownership is centre stage. Topics covered include the key drivers behind an EOT, such as succession,…
3 min read There has been a lot of talk about employee ownership sales over recent months – and clearly, there are a lot of misconceptions. Many people regard it as being a ‘soft’ option to hand over a business to employees with no real upside in value to the exiting shareholders. This is not…
