How acquisition actually works, how to fund it, and how to find the businesses worth buying before anyone else does.
Budget 2026 halves the Business Asset Disposal Relief limit from April 2027. What that costs sellers, which owners it applies to, and how buyers should respond without rushing a bad deal.
The real sequence of a UK SME acquisition: sourcing, first conversations, heads of terms, due diligence, legals and completion, with honest notes on timing and where deals fall through.
Deferred consideration, earn-outs, seller finance and bank debt: how UK buyers acquire businesses without paying the full price on completion day, and where those structures go wrong.
The public signals that identify UK businesses approaching an ownership change: director age, tenure, sole directorship, and how to combine them into a target score.
What the UK company register contains, what's free, where the data quality traps are, and how to turn 4.9 million records into a target list.
A practical guide to finding UK businesses to buy before they're listed: building criteria, working the Companies House register, and approaching owners directly.
The realistic case for buying an established UK business instead of staying employed or starting from scratch — what's actually possible, what it takes, and who it's really for.