Succession Planning
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Business succession planning
Family succession, management buyouts, employee ownership trusts, and the multi-year work of preparing for transition.
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Business succession planning UK: the complete guide
UK business succession planning is the multi-year process of preparing a business for transition — to family, to management, to employees, or to external buyers. The earlier it starts, the better the outcome. The four main routes are family succession, management buyout (MBO), employee ownership trust (EOT), and trade sale.
Management buyout (MBO) explained
A management buyout (MBO) is the acquisition of a UK business by its existing management team — typically partially funded by debt and/or private equity. MBOs work when the management team is credible, the business has stable cash flows to service debt, and the seller is willing to accept a moderate multiple in exchange for a clean exit and team continuity.
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