6.5 minute read The M&A market continues to go from strength to strength. Trade buyers need to make acquisitions to shift their business models and create scale and private capital is looking for the yields that smaller businesses can provide. Valuations are holding and if you are planning to sell your business, the following revisited…
5 minute read Quite often a ‘good’ company is perceived as being average. In the 1990s, well-known management books such as “Good to Great” and “In Search of Excellence”, further re-enforced this view. ‘Great’ or ‘excellent’ is the mantra and ‘good’ is not sufficient. This is a shame, as it can result in CEOs and…
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…
9.5 min read 2021 M&A Trends and Mid-Year Review Increasingly we are witnessing in 2021 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 a pipe…
9.5 min read A business exit may be the largest transaction a leader will undertake, and the right approach can make a fundamental difference between success and failure. Mistakes can be costly, and here we present the most common slip-ups and how to avoid them. 1. Failing to Prepare The Business Exit Strategy Many owners…
6 min read The Semi-New Kid on The Bloc: Employee Ownership Sales Vs The Traditional MBO An Employee Ownership sale involves the sale of a minimum of 51% of your business to your staff through a Trust structure, whilst a Management Buy-Out (MBO) is where your company’s management team purchases the business themselves – not through…
4.5 min read Creating Competitive Advantage During The Covid Pandemic The Covid-19 pandemic has created recession, accelerated virtualisation, and driven some sectors to the ground. Many leaders will focus on business maintenance and avoid deep decisions until there is more certainty, with the belief that in a storm you should not aim for higher ground, but…
3.5 min read Let’s go invent tomorrow rather than worrying about what happened yesterday”. These were the words of Steve Jobs when he was reinstated as head of Apple Computers in 2007. The idea of looking to the future rather than dwelling on the past certainly resonates in our ‘new’ world. Covid-19 has undoubtedly had a…
