by johnireland | Articles
Every so often a book lands on our desk that has nothing to do with wills, trusts or inheritance tax, and yet ends up shaping half our client conversations that month. Chris Voss’s Never Split the Difference is one of them. Voss spent over two decades as an FBI...
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...
