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Buying a business with premises: the commercial lease should not be overlooked
- September 2026
Buying an established business can offer significant advantages over starting from scratch. There may already be customers, staff, suppliers, equipment and an established trading history, but where that business operates from leased commercial premises there is another part of the transaction that d...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Calls For European Court of competitionThe Confederation of British Industry has called for the appeals process against European Commission...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Quarter of UK SME Owners Considering Sale Over Next 3 Years
Recent research by the Tenon Forum, a think tank made up of leading entrepreneurs from the UK's busi...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Should you list on AIM
If you are a company looking to expand through acquisition, floating on AIM could be a viable way to...
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FOR BUYERS Ten takeover disasters how to avoid them
Taking over another company can quickly turn from an exciting venture into a nightmare if the deal i...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Private Company Price Index (PCPI)
It has been a busy last six months for mergers and acquisitions and early indications at the start o...
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FOR SELLERS Growing trend for vendor due diligence
As trade buyers return in greater numbers to the M&A market, there is increasing competition to buy ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS Poor Performance of family run businesses
Five years of research by the Centre for Economics Performance at the London School of Economics, an...
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SECTOR GUIDES Selling a magazine title
Appealing magazine titles do not come onto the market for genuine reasons that often. But this is wh...
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FOR BUYERS Preparing a Business for Sale
The New Year is traditionally a time when many of us take stock of our lives and make plans for the ...
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FOR BUYERS Will 2007 be another record year?
2006 has been a record year for global M&A, and the latest reports from financial institutions show ...
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS TUPE Regulations 2006
When buying all or part of a business, it is important to be aware that you will inherit not only it...
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DISTRESSED BUSINESSES Quick guide to the forms of corporate insolvencyThere is seldom a day goes past when there is not a story in the business section of every major UK ...