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Negotiating the sales deal - seller's perspective
The main points you need to consider when negotiating the sale of your business.
Preparing to negotiate the sale of a business
The contracts and non-legally binding documents you need for the sale process to begin.
Preparing for the final contract
Your legal obligations as you enter the final stage of negotiations.
How to achieve an employee buyout
The advantages of an employee buyout when you retire or sell your business and key issues to consider.
Alternatives to an employee buyout
Family succession, new management, trade sale, flotation, MBO or liquidation as possible exits.
Planning for an employee buyout
Involving employees to create an ownership culture is key to a successful buyout.
Export groups of products of animal origin: use 30-day support attestations to prove health and traceability
Exporters of groups of products of animal origin (POAO) to the EU and Northern Ireland can join the groupage export facilitation scheme (GEFS) to use 30-day support attestations
Import composite products from the EU and Northern Ireland to Great Britain
Find out what a composite product is, and what you need to do to import or move composite products.
Sending a package abroad
How to complete a Single Administrative Document when items require a full declaration.
Succession planning and business transfer
How effective succession planning can create the best outcome for you and your business.
Transferring ownership to a non-family member
The pros and cons of succeeding ownership of your business to a non-family member.
Assessing your options when succession planning
Knowing which succession options exist will enable you to choose one that's best suited to your circumstances.
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.