Selling a business is not as simple as placing an advert in the classified section of The Star newspaper. Having the business ducks in a row, and then shooting them down in the correct sequence is absolutely fundamental to not only selling the business and agreeing on the best price and terms of payment, but also to keeping the impending deal under wraps, providing information to only the minimum of "need to know" parties, and complying with all legislation.

There are many reasons for having a professional market related business valuation conducted on a business; Capital Gains Tax monitoring, divorce or partnership dissolution, investigating the viability of selling, another opinion on the value of an acquisition target, etc.

Many business owners are floundering about in a daze, believing that they need to sell part of their business to a black partner in the next months. This is not necessarily so, and we can show you how to avoid the transfer of shares, or defer transfer to a more beneficial time. Of course if you are indeed in need of an empowerment partner in the next months, we can help you here too.

Selling a business is a life changing experience, and the seller would be well advised to appoint a professional agent to prepare the business for sale and present it to a discerning and qualified audience using tried and tested means that work.