Exit strategy planning : grooming your business for sale or succession / John Hawkey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkey, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sale of business enterprises--Great Britain.

Sale of business enterprises.

Strategic planning--Great Britain.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Gower, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For private business owners, managing a successful exit from their business is one of the most important events in their business lives. This book shows you how to do so with the minimum of fuss and maximum return. It is unique because the author writes from the owner's point of view, bringing together in one place all you need to know about planning this complex process. Exit Strategy Planning emphasises the need to place exit planning on a firm foundation, with taxation planning and business continuity planning providing the basis to ensure a smooth transition that will yield the maximum return. The first three parts of the book ('Laying the Foundations', 'Choosing your Exit Strategy' and 'Preparing and Implementing your Plans') present a best practice approach to this complex subject. Here the book highlights the importance of planning, often several years in advance, and explains the need to make the business 'investor ready' by identifying and removing impediments to sale. Part 3 culminates in a step-by-step guide to producing and implementing your Master Exit Strategy Plan. Following on from this the extensive appendices in Part 4 discuss in detail each of the exit options open to you (many of which you have probably never considered) and show how to choose the optimum exit route. Exit Strategy Planning is a book that will do more than save you time and money now and in the future; it will help you to maximise on what may well be a lifetime's investment.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: The Story of Bill and Carol

Part 1: Laying the Foundations

1 The Importance of Time and Timing

2 How to Plan for the Continuity of your Business

3 Establishing the Value of your Business

Part 2: Choosing your Exit Strategy

4 What Are the Exit Options for your Business?

5 How to Choose the Best Exit Strategy

6 Impediments to Sale

Part 3: Preparing and Implementing your Plans

7 Business Planning: The Essential Elements

8 Short-Term Exit Strategy Planning

9 How to Design your Master Exit Strategy Plan

10 The Integrated Financial Plan

11 Putting your Master Exit Strategy Plan into Action

Part 4: Appendices

Appendix 1 What about Tax?

Appendix 2 Valuation Principles and Methods

Appendix 3 Agents and Franchisees

Appendix 4 Family Succession Planning

Appendix 5 Management Buyouts and Buy-ins

Appendix 6 Flotation or Public Listing

Appendix 7 Franchising or Licensing

Appendix 8 Trade Sales

Appendix 9 The Sole Trader Merger

Appendix 10 Ceasing to Trade

Useful Web Sites

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-315-58143-4

0-566-08946-7

9781315581439

OCLC:

55663803