by johnireland | Business Builder
The Succession Wave Is Real Nearly a third of UK SME owners aged 43 and over plan to sell within five years. That is roughly 58,000 mid-sized businesses approaching an ownership change, all at a time when the tax cost of selling or passing on a business has increased...
by johnireland | Articles
The Numbers Behind the Wave A quiet but significant shift is taking place across the UK’s small and medium-sized business landscape. According to the Generation EO study published in late 2023 by Ownership at Work and ThinCats, nearly a third of SME owners aged...
by johnireland | Business Builder
A profitable business heavily dependent on its founder often carries a lower transferable value and creates greater estate planning complexity than owners realise. Many business owners spend decades increasing revenue while unintentionally reducing transferability....
