Succession planning is an important step to take to ensure the leadership continuity of a business. A time will come when a founder of a privately-owned company reaches a crossroads in their career and faces several difficult decisions about their future. Whether a founder continues to lead the business, sells the business, or retires, appoints a management team, and retains a chairperson position on the board, depends on their aims … 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 →

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 →

We’re delighted to share our role as lead corporate adviser to Vantage Performance Solutions Ltd. (Vantage), a leading UK-based technology and EPM consultancy firm that were acquired by PWC. As of 1st May, the Vantage team now forms part of PWC’s Consulting business and the former owners, Steve Crook and David Werrett have joined them as partners. Isosceles were lead corporate advisers to Vantage for the acquisition “I can still recall … Continue reading →