The Same Business, a Million Pounds Apart: Trade vs Private Equity
Two offers, same accounts, a million pounds between them. How trade buyers and private equity actually build their numbers, and how to judge the money that is certain.
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What Your Homecare Business Is Worth - and How to Exit Within Three Years
UK domiciliary care is a £15bn market and consolidating fast. How homecare businesses are valued, the numbers underneath, and the three realistic routes out.
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Refinancing a Hotel: Where It Actually Goes Wrong
Full rooms do not make a refinance admin. The two valuation figures, the brand agreement, the twelve months lenders actually read, and why you start six months out.
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Twenty-Eight Days: How a Mistimed Move Kills an Auction Purchase
You are legally committed the moment the hammer falls. Where auction purchases actually stall, and the one decision that decides them.
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Earn-Outs: How They Pay Out and How You Are Taxed
Most earn-outs pay a fraction of the headline. The 21p reality, the five protections that matter, and the UK tax traps to fix before signing.
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Deal Origination: How the Best Targets Are Found Before They Are for Sale
The businesses worth buying are rarely on a list. How proprietary sourcing works, why un-auctioned deals price better, and when to start the target list.
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What Your Nursery Is Worth - and Why Buyers Are Suddenly Circling
Consolidators are chasing nursery owners. How day nurseries are really valued in 2026, what moves the multiple, and why the first offer is rarely the best.
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Care Home Finance: How a Lender Can Offer More Than the Property Is Worth
Care homes are valued as trading businesses, not just buildings. How going concern lending works, and what drives the terms.
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Buying a UK Business from India: The Practical Guide
The money route, the deal process, and the four chokepoints nobody warns you about - on both sides.
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What's Actually Happening to Your Loan Application
Three weeks of silence isn't a mystery - it's a process. What lenders actually do with your file, and how to get to a yes.
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Buying a Physiotherapy Practice: What Actually Matters
A buyer's guide to the UK physio market - where the value really sits, what to check, and how to keep it after completion.
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Preparing Your Business for Sale: What to Do 12-18 Months Before
Why the work starts a year or more before the buyer appears - and exactly what to do with that time.
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Beyond the Checklist: What Good Due Diligence Actually Looks Like
What the buyer is really checking, where deals get into trouble, and how to come through it.
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Understanding Business Valuation: Beyond the Headline Number
How buyers actually arrive at a number - and why the headline price is rarely what you take home.
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Buy & Build: A Practitioner's Playbook
From target identification to post-acquisition integration - what actually works.
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The UK Assisted Living Opportunity
A comprehensive analysis of the UK integrated retirement community sector. Demographics, revenue models, and what it takes to enter.
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