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  • Home > Buying a business: How to purchase a small business

Buying a business: How to purchase a small business

Buying an existing business can be a successful route to becoming your own boss. Take a look at the steps involved in finding, valuing and buying a small business to decide if buying a business is the right direction for you.

  • Buying a business: Cafes and coffee shops
  • Buying a business: Bed & Breakfast businesses
  • Buying a business: Tea rooms

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How to find a business for sale worth buying

How do you find the business that's perfect for you?…

Buying a business: Dry cleaners

One opportunity where you could clean up…

Buying a business: Nurseries

A great opportunity for the young at heart…

Buying a business: Nursing homes

An elderly business could be a good new opportunity…

Buying a business: Delicatessens

Bite into the booming speciality foods market with a deli…

Buying a business: Newsagents

A business that will deliver - read all about it…

Buying a business: Greengrocers

Why not take the healthy route?…

Buying a business: Off-licences

Are you thirsty for a spirited business opportunity?…

Buying a business: Cafes and coffee shops

Could you tap in to this hugely popular market?…

Buying a business: Convenience stores

Why this lucrative business appeals to a wide range of people…

Buying a business: Bed & Breakfast businesses

More of a lifestyle than a business, we look what it takes to buy and run a B&B…

Buying a business: Tea rooms

If you dream of setting up a tranquil tea room, here's where to start…

Buying a business: Post Offices

Why post offices are very popular businesses to buy…

Buying a business: Pubs

It seems like a dream job, but there's a lot to buying a pub…

How to secure funding to finance buying a business

You'll need your own money plus some of the bank's. How do you get it?…

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