Improving the value of your business

First and foremost we are business people. We know and understand how to run and develop a business.

We have devised an evaluation and action process that is easy to understand and will lead to a clear plan of how to increase the value of your business.

The first step is to value your business now. This acts as a benchmark and helps quantify the increase in future value. Addressing the issue of increased capital value is not only motivating, it also provides a genuine opportunity to make significant improvements to the business.

In many cases, the value for strategic purposes is based upon a multiple of maintainable EBIT (earnings before interest and tax, depreciation and amortisation).

For privately-owned businesses the multiple will depend on a number of factors including:

• the industry sector
• where the business is in its lifecycle (developing, mature, decline)
• dependency on any particular individual or customer
• and the quality of the management team.

Once the value has been established we then explore the areas which need to be improved and address these with you in a series of workshops. This information is then converted into an action plan with deadlines and responsibilities.