Don't be Afraid: Cleaning out the Cobwebs in your Business

Bluebox presents it’s Halloween special with Mortimer House & RWK Goodman on Thursday 3rd November at 6pm. An evening filled with tips, pointers and practical advice to ensure you get no frights when examining the health of your business.

It is a sad fact that over 90% of all businesses ‘taken to market’ fail to sell. One of the main reasons for this is that there are ‘skeletons in the closet’ that are unearthed late in the due diligence process. To protect against this, and to give yourself the best chance of achieving a successful exit, you should review key areas of your business to check against any material issues that may arise.

As selling a business is often the most important transactions in a business owner’s life, you don’t want something to go wrong because of an avoidable challenge in your business.

If you’re interested to see how healthy your business actually is or whether there might be areas you could improve upon so as to maximise exit price, then you don’t want to miss this.

CEO at Bluebox, Paul Herman, will be discussing achieving a successful sale by covering the below talking points:

• Are you ready to sell?
• Why do most business sales collapse?
• What will an acquirer attribute value to?
• How will acquirers value your business?
• Key stages in a sale exercise

Partner at RWK Goodman, Tanya Shillingford, will then advise you on how to maximise value by getting your business in order well in advance of the sale by discussing the following:

• Employment Contracts
• Intellectual property considerations
• Supplier & Customer Contracts
• EMI Options

Agenda:

6:00pm: Arrival & grab a drink

6:30pm: Presentations and Q&A

7:30pm: Networking and one on one time with speakers

Speakers:

Paul Herman, Founder & CEO of Bluebox Corporate Finance, who has over 30 years’ experience in M&A and has sold over 50 private businesses for values ranging between £2m and £200m across a range of sectors.

Tanya Shillingford, Corporate Partner at RWK Goodman, advises UK and international corporates and individuals in relation to mergers, acquisitions and disposals. She advises clients across a broad range of sectors but with particular experience of the media, technology and professional services sectors.