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Office manager reviewing company documents, illustrating business continuity planning if a limited company director dies
  1. Exit Planning
Business Continuity Planning for an Unexpected Exit
In short: A limited company does not end when its director dies or becomes too ill to work, but it can stall. The directorship ends on death, it ...

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Family company director reviewing share transfer papers with her son, illustrating the tax involved in passing a business to family
  1. Exit Planning
Passing a Business to Family: Tax Considerations
In short: Passing a business to family usually means transferring shares in your limited company, and a gift of shares is taxed much like a sale at ...

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  1. Exit Planning
How to Prepare Your Business for Sale
In short: Preparing your business for sale means getting it into a state where a buyer can understand it quickly, trust its numbers and see that it ...

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Business owner reviewing ways to increase the value of their business before selling with an adviser
  1. Exit Planning
How to Increase the Value of Your Business Before Selling
In short: To increase the value of your business before selling, you need to work on two things a buyer prices separately: the earnings they can rely ...

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Company director reviewing surplus cash and options to extract cash from a company before selling
  1. Exit Planning
How to Extract Cash From a Company Before Selling
In short: Most owners selling a profitable limited company have cash in it that the business does not need. Before a sale, that cash can be taken out ...

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Business owner reviewing the tax on selling a business in the UK with an accountant
  1. Exit Planning
Tax When Selling a Business in the UK
In short: When you sell a business in the UK, the tax you pay depends mainly on who is selling and what is sold. If you sell your shares in a limited ...

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Company owners comparing an asset sale and a share sale with their accountant before selling a UK limited company
  1. Exit Planning
Asset Sale vs Share Sale: Key Differences for UK Sellers
In short: In a share sale, the owners sell their shares and the buyer takes over the company as it stands, including its history and liabilities. In ...

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Business owner preparing financial records in an online data room for due diligence when selling a business
  1. Exit Planning
Due Diligence When Selling a Business: A UK Seller’s Guide
In short: Due diligence is the buyer's investigation of your business after heads of terms are agreed and before the sale agreement is signed. It ...

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Company director reviewing a EBITDA multiple on a laptop before selling a UK limited company
  1. Exit Planning
EBITDA Multiples and Adjusted EBITDA Explained
In short: EBITDA is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. Buyers use it as their starting measure of what a business earns ...

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Construction accounting software open on a laptop in a site office
  1. Construction
Construction Accounting Software: What to Look For | Pulse
In short: The best construction accounting software for a limited company is the one that handles CIS, domestic reverse charge VAT, job costing and ...

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Engineers reviewing design drawings on a UK construction site, illustrating R&D tax relief for construction companies
  1. Construction
R&D Tax Relief for Construction Companies | Pulse
In short: Construction companies can claim R&D tax relief, but only where a project sets out to achieve an advance in science or technology and ...

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Construction site with plant and machinery, illustrating holding companies and group structures for UK construction businesses
  1. Construction
Construction Holding Companies and Group Structures | Pulse
In short: A holding company is a limited company that owns the shares in one or more trading companies beneath it. For construction businesses, a ...

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