by johnireland | Articles
Why This Book Belongs on an Estate Planner’s Shelf John Warrillow’s Built to Sell is written as a short business fable: Alex owns a struggling advertising agency, discovers that no buyer wants it, and rebuilds it into something saleable with the help of a...
by johnireland | Business Builder
Most UK SMEs with more than one shareholder never put a shareholders’ agreement in place. Without one, the Companies Act and model articles decide what happens — and the defaults are poor. Shares pass to the deceased’s family under their Will, so you can...
by johnireland | Articles
The Document Everyone Means to Sort Out Two people start a company. They incorporate online, take fifty shares each, use the default model articles, and get on with the work. Five, ten, fifteen years later the business is worth a serious amount of money — and the...
by johnireland | Business Builder
A management buyout lets you sell your business to the people who already know it best — your management team. In 2026, MBOs represent a growing share of UK SME exits as a generation of founders approaches retirement. The advantages are significant: continuity...
by johnireland | Articles
The Exit Nobody Talks About When business owners think about selling, they typically imagine two scenarios: a trade sale to a competitor or a sale to a private equity firm. But there is a third option that many overlook — selling to the management team who already run...
