INDUSTRYBuilding Services & Consultancy ECOSA owners, Simon and Sarah Colenutt, were keen to find an investor/buyer who could drive ECOSA forward, whilst remaining with the company on a de-risked basis, and being part of the team to take the company to the next level. Ecological Survey & Assessment (ECOSA) provides ecological assessments to support planning…
Transactional Risk In Business Sales Business sales are complex, and no two are the same – we all know this. Because of this, many sales fail and leave a very disappointed seller and buyer. Even when an advisor is familiar with the type of challenges that occur most regularly, there will always be issues which…
So How Exactly Did We Help Double A Business Offer Then? Expertise is a word used by many companies; but what does it actually mean? What difference does business expertise actually make in an M&A business offer? In the example we will be talking about today – one of the first in a series of…
INDUSTRYTechnology, Media & Telecoms Custom Sight & Sound deliver and support integrated residential and entertainment systems for private clients and property developers. Avondale were approached by the management buy-out team, who already had small shareholdings, to purchase the business outright. They wanted to ensure that value of the business independently verified and secured for both…
INDUSTRYHeating and Ventilation Established in 1985, Stokvis is an innovator and knowledge leader in the field of environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient heating solutions in the UK and internationally. Stokvis’ directors wanted to appoint a professional M&A advisor who could identify a suitable investor to grow the business and drive the project forward to a successful completion.…
What is my business really worth? Lets find out… We’ve all heard the question ‘How long is a piece of string?’. Ignoring the answer that it’s twice as long as half its length, what does string length have to do with the value of your business? Well, the length of this said piece of string…
Christmas is past but for many business owners it was a life changing time. Read my article to find out why
Christmas is past but for many business owners it was a life changing time. Read my article to find out why
INDUSTRYFood & Drink Could you sell your business to your staff? And why would you want to? Arbuckles restaurant chain owners John and Maxine Murphy have done just that thanks to the creative thinking of Avondale Corporate. Arbuckles restaurants had grown significantly since its beginnings in the wake of the financial crisis, with its first…
INDUSTRYFood & Drink Peck and Strong, a well established and successful food business, established for over 30 years, has been sold to Bridgwater and UK Foodhall. Peck and Strong Limited was established in the 1980s when John Peck, a self-taught baker, started baking flapjacks and vegetarian flans from the kitchen in his Devon cottage to…
