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Have a formal succession plan
How formally setting out your succession plan helps you to achieve your exit target.
Family succession planning
Choosing who your successor will be and preparations for the succession.
Trade sales
How selling your business might be the best option for you.
Value and market your business for sale
Setting a price, building a marketing proposition and identifying possible buyers for your business.
Key factors affecting the value of your business
Planning ahead lets you influence some of the many factors affecting how much your business is worth.
Transferring a business to a family member
How objective succession planning can help you pass on your family business successfully and in a tax-efficient way.
Research sources of potential buyers of your business
Your own trade knowledge, and your adviser, should help you produce a shortlist of potential buyers.
Approach potential buyers of your business
How to approach and negotiate with potential purchasers.
Identify likely buyers for your business
Key points to look out for when trying to identify potential buyers for your business.
Common methods of valuing a business
Different techniques and industry methods of business valuation, eg discounted cashflow and asset valuation.
Prepare a sales memorandum
A good sales memorandum encourages potential purchasers to find out more.
EU VAT e-commerce package
Find out about the EU's e-commerce package that affects businesses or online marketplaces selling or supplying goods.
Find customs training providers
Find online and face to face training courses which will help you submit customs declarations
Food, drink and agriculture
Import and export rules in the Food and Agriculture sector
Moving qualifying goods from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK
Find out which goods qualify for unfettered access when moving from Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
Moving food and animal feed from Northern Ireland to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Find out which food and animal feed goods qualify for unfettered access and can move from Northern Ireland to Great Britain without sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls.
Exporting or moving fish from the UK
How to export or move fish for human consumption from the UK (excluding Northern Ireland to the EU)
Export or move live animals and animal products to the EU or Northern Ireland
What you need to do to export or move live animals, products of animal origin and animal by-products to the EU or Northern Ireland
Pay less import duty and VAT when re-importing goods to the UK
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
How to move goods from Great Britain to Northern Ireland: step-by-step
This checklist covers customs requirements for NI businesses buying goods from GB.