Can't find a suitable business for sale?

Don't give up just yet. We have over 20 years of experience in finding businesses that may well be for sale if the right offer were to come along.

The UK's most comprehensive business acquisition service.

If you are looking for a business to acquire you will have already discovered that there are so many places to research and business opportunities to keep your eye on you could easily miss that hidden gem that would be perfect for you.

Whether you are a private / corporate buyer, advisor, MBI candidate, VC, private equity house, you will want to ensure you have knowledge of all the opportunities as they appear in the SME and mid market place.

If you are serious about buying a business, We can tailor the company acquisition service from searches and activities in the following elements:

Proactive

• Corporate Finance Contacts - contact with our unique database of the most active corporate finance contacts who have clients who may well fit your acquisition profile.
• Desk research - target key shareholders who fit your search criteria via access to detailed financials on all UK companies enhanced with valuable deal and marketing data.
• IFA's - strategic relationships with IFA's who represent clients who may be thinking of selling.
  Tele-research - Personal follow up call to key targets on agreed shortlist
• Personal research assistant - to liaise and coordinate your campaign
• Press Releases - Carefully planned and researched articles that do not reveal your identity, placed in relevant press.
• Off Market Deals - We are contacted daily by businesses who do not wish to be public regarding their appetite to sell and will only enter dialogue if the right party is put forward, this could be you !
  

Monitoring

• The following elements require constant monitoring so that you maximise your knowledge of opportunities available
• Quality Newspapers - Track business for sale opportunities advertised in the media.
• Frequent press advertising of your requirements.
• Frequent press promotion of findabusiness.co.uk
• Trade Magazines - monitoring service of major trade sectors and relevant news stories in trade magazines and websites
• Trade Associations - review trade associations websites daily
• Deal History - access to up to 3 years deal history of who's bought what and when and for how much.
• Business Agents / Brokers - weekly contact with agents / brokers seeking latest opportunities.
• Agent / broker portals - daily checks on all portals. Highlight your specific requirements on key web portals.
• Search engines - Daily web searches of all the major search engines to find you the latest acquisition opportunities as they are announced