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Trade sales
How selling your business might be the best option for you.
Communicate business information with staff
You will gain meaningful feedback and ideas from your employees if you regularly share key business information.
Business values
Identify and establish core business values and how to communicate these with staff.
Align employee voice and collective voice
How involving trade unions and non-union representatives can establish a collective voice in your business.
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.
Embed business values
How to use recruitment and management systems to communicate your business values.
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.
Employee engagement
An engaged workforce encourages commitment, motivation, and productivity to help improve business performance.
Use technology to improve employee voice
How you can use various technologies to maximise staff engagement and interaction
Evaluate staff feedback and ideas
How to analyse staff feedback and ideas objectively so you can use them for positive outcomes in your business.
Business values: seek customer and supplier opinion
Involving trusted customers or suppliers as you define values can give you a valuable perspective.
Communicate business values to employees
How communicating your business values to employees can help them understand what is expected of them.
Brief managers on business values
How to help managers understand what your business values are, what they mean and how to put them into practice.
What are company values?
Company values sum up what your business stands for, what it strives to achieve and how it does things.