Understanding the steps of selling a business is relatively straightforward, but knowing how to increase the value of, and effectively market a business is something completely different. An M&A adviser’s role effectively encompasses three things: Marketing your business to several potential, interested buyers, and Negotiating the sale on your behalf alongside other advisers, such as lawyers, and Achieving the very best possible outcome for you, the seller, in terms of … Continue reading →

There are four exit options (type of buyer) Selling a business is one of the most challenging situations you will face as an entrepreneur.  There are many questions to answer, decisions to make and steps to take before you can finally sign on the dotted line.  One of the big questions, sometimes answered too late in the sale process is what “type of buyer am I hoping to attract?” There are … Continue reading →

The decision to outsource accounting should never be taken lightly.  Most leaders of growing businesses do recognise when the finance function is not as effective or as efficient as they need it to be. They also know when the time is right to consider outsourcing, but often they find it difficult to rationalise their decision – a huge stumbling block which may prevent a company from scaling. Why does signing a … Continue reading →

DEAL ALERT Isosceles Finance is pleased to announce their client, BackOffice Associates (a worldwide leader of information governance and data modernisation solutions), has acquired Comprise IT, a U.K. consulting firm specialising in helping enterprises adopt SAP’s Business Suite 4 SAP HANA.  Isosceles acted as exclusive finance advisor to BackOffice Associates.  The transaction closed on 20th April, 2016. BackOffice Associates’ acquisition of CompriseIT is the latest initiative in strengthening the information … Continue reading →

One of the current hot topics of debate amongst business commentators is, “should the first-time entrepreneur start a new business venture with the exit in mind?” In truth, the answer very much depends on the type of business being set up of course, and why it’s being set up, but in my opinion, for the ambitious entrepreneur, the answer is an unequivocal “YES”! In recent months I have led on … Continue reading →