16 min read What Is An Employee Ownership Trust? Employee Ownership 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 an Employee Ownership Trust increases company…
3 min read Selling Your Company To Employees: A Quick Glance 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…
The ‘Perfect’ Business Sale – Selling A Business In this broadcast, Kevin Uphill and Tim Hardman discuss the different types of exits, the steps to the perfect sale and the timeline of selling a business. The webinar is available below, however, first we shall talk about the ‘perfect’ business sale that is ‘easy to define…
The ‘Perfect’ Business Sale – A Fast, Fuss-free Transaction on The Right Terms With The Right Buyers, With A Rewarding Journey Afterwards And No Sting in The Tail. The ‘perfect’ business sale is ‘easy to define but hard to align’. Despite the huge distraction caused by the COVID crisis, buyers are still highly active as…
5 min read Strategies for Business Growth Through Mergers & Acquisitions The restrictions on our personal lives and businesses are gradually beginning to ease, but the coronavirus will likely have long-lasting effects, with no quick return if ever to how things were. For a business to drive change against slow or negative business growth, part…
8 min read Employee Ownership Trusts In the last two years, the number of UK Employee Ownership Trusts (EOT) businesses has doubled. This is because, if structured correctly, they can match the value of trade sales but with a capital gains tax of 0% to the selling shareholders. They can also create a more productive…
3 min read Blue Ocean Strategy in a Covid and Post-Covid World Confidence is rising, with the expectation that the economy will soon return to sustained growth as the lockdown continues to ease. However, the longer-term recovery prospects remain highly uncertain. Some of the recent gains in markets reflect short-term bounces as businesses returned…
How To Prepare a Business for Sale During the Covid Pandemic: Things to Consider The M&A market continues to be buoyant, with buyers actively seeking out investments. In the main, this is due to trade buyers need to make acquisitions to shift their business models and create scale and there is private capital looking…
Some of the best business ideas have come out of economic recessions, as entrepreneurs challenge old ideas to find new markets. “Survival of the fittest” is a phrase that originated from Darwinian evolutionary theory and in that sense, now is the time for bravery, vision and material positive business disruption. Organisations that successfully adjust to…
