Buying a business:
Deciding to buy
You can acquire a business in various ways, which we illustrate in the following example related to the business of estate agency.
- Setting up on your own:
- Buying your first business:
- Mergers:
- Acquisitions:
A surveyor, having gained business experience as an employee, decides to set up on her own.
A surveyor, whilst working as an employee, discovers that the owner of a one office estate agency is planning to retire. She decides to buy the business.
A surveyor with a successful estate agency decides he wants to expand, and an acquaintance of his in a neighbouring town is in a similar situation. They decide to join together, considering that this would enable them to save on various costs and that they would, between them, be able to open a third office without needing to employ another surveyor.
A national estate agency considers that its presence in one particular geographical location is weak. It decides to buy out the main competitor in that area.
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Listed below are some of the issues which you may come across when deciding to buy...
- Should I buy a business or set up from scratch?
- Should I buy a business or invest further in my existing business?
- The risks of acquiring another business
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