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Business exit strategy: family succession
Passing or selling your business to a family member - developing a successor and keeping your options open.
Business exit strategy: the exit process
Key options for the exit process most appropriate for you and your business.
Is family succession the right option?
Analysing emotional, commercial and financial issues to find the best exit strategy from a family business.
Identify a potential family successor
Assessing the skills and aptitude and checking the commitment of potential future managers of your family business.
Manage the family succession process
Writing and communicating a plan, setting out goals and key stages for transfer of control to a family successor.
One family successor or more?
Benefits of passing a family business to a single individual - and how to make financial provision for the others.
Seven steps to buying a business
All the steps you should take to find and buy a new business.
What is franchising?
The different types of franchises and sales relationships such as distribution and dealership, agencies and licensing.
Family succession: clarify your future involvement
Stepping down from the business and getting the financial independence needed to give your successor a free hand.
Turn your business into a franchise - eight top tips
Our top tips outline how you can successfully franchise your business.
The franchise agreement for a franchisor
A clear contract sets out what rights and obligations you and the franchisee have.
Manufacturing and importing tobacco products
Detailed guidance on the rules you need to follow if you manufacture or import tobacco products in the UK.
BPR - Biocidal Products Regulation
What the Biocidal Products Regulation regulation is, and how to comply with it if you supply or use biocidal products
Business rates: appealing your valuation
The steps you can take to appeal the valuation of your business property.
Business rates and types of premises
Types of property that must pay business rates and those that are excluded.
Pay business rates at a Post Office or PayPoint outlet
How to pay your business rate bill at a Post Office or PayPoint outlet.
What happens if I can't pay my rate bill?
What you should do if you can't pay your business rates bill.
Business rates valuation: specialist schemes
Valuation schemes for specialist non-domestic properties.
Pay business rates by Bacs or CHAPs
Bank account details if you want to pay your business rates bill through BACs or CHAPs payment.
Paying business rates
Payment options available for you to pay your business rates bill, what you should do if you can't pay your bill, and what will happen if you don't.