Bottomline
Summer 2012
It's 1:16pm on Sunday 20th May, 2012
Should I go after export markets?
Q. I have been running my business from a domestic market for the last five years, but have been advised by my advisers to consider looking at exporting. I have met with UK Trade and Investment and they have said they believe my product, a niche electrical device for chiller cabinets, has the potential to [...]
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Advice for Businesses
On February 3 2011
Economic optimism stimulates corporate deals activity
In this article, Stephen Gregson, corporate finance director at Moore and Smalley shares his views on the economic outlook for the coming months. Our experience has only strengthened the feeling of economic stability and optimism. Of course, the improvement is only gradual, cautious and yes, still potentially fragile. But the prospect of a further recession in [...]
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Stephen Gregson
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Advice for Businesses, Buying and selling a business
On January 19 2011
Expansion for Lancaster IT business after buyout
A Lancaster-based computer business has opened a new shop and created eight new jobs, just three months after being bought out by a member of its management team. Richard Alford purchased independent IT retail and support business Black Box Computers from previous owner Mark Burrow in August for an undisclosed sum. As well as its [...]
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Buying and selling a business, Moore and Smalley news
On November 11 2010
How to groom your business for sale
Grooming a business for sale is not something to be done at short notice and a time-frame of at least two years should be built in if the process is to have maximum effect. The importance of grooming cannot be overstated. The aim is not to ‘window dress’ a business, but to ensure it is [...]
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Stephen Gregson
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Advice for Businesses, Buying and selling a business
On October 15 2010
How to make your business resilient
First, a confession: I always see the glass as being half full rather than half empty. But even the most optimistic of souls would admit that 2010 will continue to bring challenges and risks for those businesses which have survived thus far. In a previous issue I looked at the need to develop the characteristic [...]
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Stephen Gregson
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Advice for Businesses
On June 15 2010
How to value your business
Several factors determine the value of your business – some obvious, others less so. On the financial side there are profits and cashflows as well as any capital spending that is needed. Market dynamics are important, too, for instance how other businesses in your sector are being valued; how much interest your business generates among [...]
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Stephen Gregson
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Advice for Businesses, Buying and selling a business
On April 21 2010
