Buying or selling a business is never stress-free, but it can be made easier – if everyone pulls in the right direction.

If you are selling your business, you are bound to have strong ties to it. After all, you may have conceived of the idea, and nurtured it through good times and bad. Your longest serving employees may be like old friends, and most of all - part of YOUR identity is within that business.

If you’re buying a business you want to ensure you get the best possible deal, and that the due diligence is up to scratch. You’ll be aiming to carry on the trade, or to splice it into your existing company, but whatever your plans, you need to ensure that what you are buying is what you agreed at the outset.

Wherever you are in the business buying/selling process, there are numerous issues to be considered, and every business transaction is a separate and independent event.

At Cutler Buttery our partners have experience in business transactions at every level, and for every size of organisation.