Scale up or sell up?
Your business is growing successfully and you’ve had an acquisition offer. Should you exit or play the long game? Our Young Guns alumni advise business owners on whether to stick or twist….…
Acquisitions
Mergers and acquisitions are explained in Growing Business’s tips on acquiring a business and planning an acquisition strategy. Growth by acquisition has obvious advantages for market share– but is your business ready for it? And can you manage the associated risks of company acquisitions? Below, we’ll help you make sure you understand why acquisitions fail, decide whether you should buy distressed assets and discover all you need to know about buying another company.
4 vital steps to finance a management buy-out
If you’re planning a management buy-out you need to consider every option to finance it says finance specialist Mike Nolan…
7 insider’s tips for managing a successful merger
After 11 years in business Samantha Sida merged her company with another. Here, she gives the inside track on how to deal with the process…
Keith Potts of Jobsite.co.uk on buying companies [Video]
Keith Potts discusses the criteria he uses when buying companies…
When is the right time for your business to grow through acquisition?
Guy Rigby, head of entrepreneurs at Smith & Williamson explores the pros and cons, challenges and risks of an M&A strategy…
Acquisition deal breakers
Why is the failure rate for M&A deals so high and how can you maximise your chances of success? Growing Business investigates…
Buying distressed assets
Growing Business looks at the potential offered by distressed assets, and what purchasers should consider before committing their cash…
Buying failed businesses
With companies going bust left, right and centre, Growing Business investigates buying businesses in a downturn…
How to turn a failing company into a success
As recession bites, we speak to some business turnaround experts on how to stave off disaster…
Acquisitions: The first 100 days
Growing Business offers a blueprint for integrating your acquisitions…
Tangent Communications: Nicholas Green
Nicholas Green explains how buying a business 50 times its size has worked out…
Mergers and acquisitions: A quick guide
A quick look at buying and selling businesses…
The turnaround guys
Corporate recovery experts Peter Yeldon and Mark Smillie on ensuring your business won't need them…
Growth by acquisition: Doing deals with reluctant sellers
Growing Business uncovers the delicate art of buying from a reluctant seller…
The seven deadly sins of M&A
If any of the following ‘sins’ are committed you are guaranteed deal failure…
Company turnaround acquisitions
Matt Thomas reveals how to make sure what seems a small gamble doesn’t end up costing your business a fortune…
The secrets of getting acquisitions right
One acquisition is never the same as another. Growing Business speaks to those who have learned the hard way…
Why acquisitions fail and how to get it right
Due diligence expert Denzil Rankine highlights some common mistakes and offers some great solutions…
Acquisitions by those who’ve made them
Eight experts talk about why buying businesses worked for them…
Ten Alps: Alex Connock
Co-founder Alex Connock talks about how making well-made acquisitons led to Ten Alps winning a £60m TV contract…