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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.
Closure of landlines and fixed telephone services
Landline phones are being moved to digital technology - understand the business implications and prepare to switch to VoIP services.
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.
Cyber Essentials scheme
Introduction to Cyber Essentials, a UK certification scheme that helps businesses protect themselves against cyber threats.
Complain against an undischarged bankrupt or disqualified company director
How to complain against a disqualified director, an undischarged bankrupt or a person subject to bankruptcy restrictions.
Bankruptcy
An outline of what bankruptcy is and how it can affect your business, income, assets and bank account.
Check if a director has been disqualified or if an individual is bankrupt
Using the Companies House Disqualified Directors Register, and contacting the Insolvency Service.
Complaining about disqualified directors or undischarged bankrupts
Ways to submit a complaint to The Insolvency Service, and what happens after your complaint is submitted.
What disqualified directors and undischarged bankrupts cannot do
Restrictions on undischarged bankrupts and those subject to bankruptcy restrictions orders and undertakings.
What is bankruptcy?
Overview of what bankruptcy means and who can become bankrupt
The bankruptcy process
Duties of a bankrupt individual and an overview of restrictions that are placed on a person who is declared bankrupt