Insider's step-by-step guide to selling your business helps you to find the right help and make the right decisions.
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Stage 1: Is selling your business the right option
Ensure making a sale is the correct choice by exploring all the options available to you.
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Stage 2: Types of sale
Make sure you fully understand the range of sale options before embarking on the process.
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Stage 3: Grooming your business for sale
Unless there is guaranteed family succession, sooner or later every business comes up for sale. With that in mind, it is never too early to start preparing the business for sale and building a comprehensive file of the data which a potential purchaser will require and which can help you to achieve the best price.
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Stage 4: Valuing your business for sale
Just how much is your company worth, and how is it calculated?
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Stage 5: Marketing your business for sale
Finding a suitable buyer and presenting the business in its best light are vital to the sale.
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Stage 6: Completing the sale
Selling your business is more than just signing a contract – all the processes are explained.
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Stage 7: Reinvesting the proceeds of the business sale
Even when the deal is done, what you do next could determine the overall success of your decision to sell. Managing your money is just as crucial as maximising your sale price.
