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Acquisitions: |
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Definition: |
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An acquisition is when you buy a business and end up owning it, liabilities and assets. |
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How your business could benefit: |
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The following are some of the good reasons for growing your business through an acquisition or merger. |
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People skills: |
Accessing funds or new assets for growth: |
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Add quality staff with additional skills and knowledge of your industry sector and/or other business sectors. For instance, a business with good management and process systems will be useful to a buyer who wants to improve their own. Ideally, the business you choose should have systems that complement your own and that will adapt to running a larger business. |
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Better production or distribution facilities are often less expensive to buy than to build. We will help you find target businesses that are only profitable and have unused capacity which can be bought at a small premium. With a larger asset base equity finance is usually easier to find. We can help you identify sources of growth funding. |
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Your business underperforming: |
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A wider customer base and more market share: |
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For example, if you are struggling with regional or national growth it may well be less expensive to buy an existing business than to expand internally. |
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Your target business may have distribution channels and systems you can use for your own product and services. |
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Increasing products, services: |
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Reducing your costs and overheads: |
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These can provide immediate increases in revenue and profit by selling into existing customers and developing new customers. |
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Through shared marketing budgets, increased purchasing power and lower operating per unit costs. |
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Improving your competitive position: |
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What is best for your business? |
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Buying up new intellectual property, products or services may be cheaper than developing these yourself. Increasing market share and profitability improving you position in the market. |
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No two businesses are alike, needs and timing differ. We will evaluate the best option for you, ask for an initial no cost assessment. |
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