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Selling a business – Midlands Business Insider

November 2021

HGF Partner Kerry Rees comments on Intellectual Property considerations when ‘Selling a business’ in the Midlands Business Insider.

The Tyre kick test

More business owners are opting to carry out vendor due diligence (VDD) before a sale, letting the experts sift through books and contracts before taking the company to market. No one buys a business without at least ‘kicking the tyres’, so why not get the experts in to give a good pre-sale servicing?

See the full article and Kerry’s comments here.

 

 

 

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