by johnireland | Wellness Corner
Business owners and landlords who stay reachable around the clock often believe this makes them more responsible. In practice, constant interruption steadily wears down the focused thinking that good decisions depend on, while poor sleep and unbroken background stress...
by johnireland | Articles
I have spent thirty years sitting with families after someone has died, helping them make sense of what was left behind. Time and again, the people I meet are not just grieving a parent or a partner. They are grieving someone who never quite switched off. A business...
by johnireland | Business Builder
An Employee Ownership Trust (EOT) is a third succession route alongside a trade sale or passing the business to family. You sell your shares to a trust that holds a controlling stake for employees generally, usually paid in instalments rather than a lump sum. Where...
by johnireland | Articles
Most business owners planning their exit think in terms of two roads: sell to a trade buyer, or hand the business down to the next generation. There is a third option that has quietly become one of the most tax-efficient ways to step back from a company you have...
by johnireland | Legal Spotlight
Councils can treat a gift or property transfer as “deprivation of assets” if they decide it was done deliberately to avoid care fees. There is no fixed time limit: a council must show you knew you would need care at the time, and that avoiding fees was a...
