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From Christine Nicholson, an award-winning professional business mentor, author and speaker.
Making the Most of Your Business Value in 2024
Most business owners have a sizeable portion (if not all) of their pension tied up in their business and yet have no clear idea or plan for how they are going to get it out. In order to live the kind of retirement they’ve been dreaming of. So if you are here to hear more […]
How to Make Your Business Worth More Today
Your guide to making your business worth more so you have a richer, happier future. A Cautionary Tale Once upon a time, not long ago and not far away there was an ordinary man, called Trevor, who had built up his business over nearly 20 years. He employed nearly 100 people and generated about £10m […]
Building Your Business for a Successful Sale and More Money
The number of business owners that get a successful sale is tiny and that’s a tragedy. there are many working parts to a successful sale and this podcast covers most of them. BUSINESS MENTOR UK PODCAST GUEST on PROFITS FIRST I was pleased to guest on the fantastic GROW MY ACCOUNTING PRACTICE PODCAST with Mike […]
Make Your Business Worth More With Ownership Mindset
Business owners think of the business in a way that no one else does, including the employees. But how would it feel if your business had every employee acting and thinking as if they also owned the business? Imagine igniting that passion and energy in everyone who comes to work every day. Here’s how. This […]
How to: Get More From Your Accountant
Bridging the gap between the business owner and their accountant I was recently interviewed by Melissa at the International Accounting Bulletin where I shared how I want accountants to get acquainted with what she refers to as the ‘C’ word to they can help their client more (not just talk about it). Accountants should be […]
3 Steps To Make Your Business Worth More And Enjoy Complete Peace Of Mind
Like death and taxes, a stone-cold certainty as a business owner is that someday, you’ll leave your business… and you can’t always know when. But you can make your business worth more! If you don’t plan your exit, bad things happen: for you, for your family, for your clients, for your employees, for your suppliers. For society, in […]
Get Better Exit Options And A Bigger Business Value
Getting Started Having established the business in 2012, the owners knew their business had reached a cross roads about their exit options. One shareholder was looking at retirement whilst the other “had another 20 years” in them. But they didn’t know what exit options they had to enable one to extract the value out of […]
How to Make More Money and Leave a Legacy With Your Business
You want to make more money and leave a legacy after a lifetime of work building your own business – don’t you? Yet only 2% of business owners know what their business is worth today. And over 90% of business are unsaleable! Getting Started – Decide to Make More Money Experts in their field, the […]
How to Make Your Business Worth More for a Bigger Pension
Most business owners have a sizable portion (if not all) of their pension tied up in their businesses. Yet they have no clear idea or plan for how they are going to get access to it. Or make the business worth more to enable the pension pot to be bigger. Have you given thought to […]