The JPAbusiness Business Transfer Checklist is designed to help both vendors and buyers ensure they have all the information needed for a smooth transfer process.

The checklist splits this information into 7 categories:

Topics: Business transfer

If you’re considering selling your business and have decided against self-marketing, how do you evaluate the abilities of all the different brokers out there?

There are some obvious attributes you need to look for – experience is a big one – but your own attitude is actually a critical factor.

If you think of a broker as simply someone who takes commission for selling your business, you’re not likely to get value from the relationship.

Working with an advisor or broker can be a partnership, if you’re prepared to think of it as one and you choose the right partner!

Topics: Selling your business, Advice, Business transfer, Partners

Value can be destroyed overnight if a business sale transfer goes wrong.

Whether you are the buyer or the seller, there are numerous issues that need to be considered and dealt with in the transfer process.

Topics: Buying a business, Selling your business, Free download, Advice, Business transfer, Template

In this blog we examine the final two categories in the JPAbusiness Business Transfer Checklist: Legal and Other.

Legal

There are many legal issues to consider in a business transaction process and, as we have often said in our eBooks and blogs, engaging a solicitor with experience in business sales is critical.

Topics: Buying a business, Selling your business, Advice, Legal, Business transfer, Exiting your business

From the JPAbusiness Strategic Business Insights blog archives

In this blog we examine the next three categories in the JPAbusiness Business Transfer Checklist: Customers, Suppliers and Stock.

Customers

In our previous blog we talked about the financial issues related to customers, but there is a separate issue regarding customers and that is ‘relationships’.

A business may have 50 regular and loyal customers and yet 15 of those may represent 60% of the sales on a regular basis.

Topics: Customers, Business transfer, Inventory, Suppliers

There are several important issues a vendor and, by definition, a purchaser need to consider and deal with in the transfer process leading up to settlement.

We have created the JPAbusiness Business Transfer Checklist based on the seven major issues you will need to consider:

Topics: Buying a business, Selling your business, Free download, Business transfer, Template, Checklist, business advice, business buying, Business advisor, Business selling, Parramatta, Central West NSW

In this blog James examines the first two categories in the JPAbusiness Business Transfer Checklist – Employees and Financial. 

Employees

There are a number of business transfer issues related to employee management and two of the most important are:

• Documentation
• Communication

Topics: Advice, Staff, Business transfer, Financial

Goodwill is a measure of your business’ future potential – true or false?

Answer: False, but that doesn’t mean people won’t pay for goodwill.

What is goodwill?

Goodwill is an intangible value associated with a business.

As we have explained in other eBooks and blogs, stock, plant and equipment, and other fixed assets, are tangible items that can be relatively easily valued on a market.

Topics: Business Value, Selling your business, Advice, Business transfer, Due diligence, Exiting your business