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How to Buy a Business in the UK: The complete Step-by-step guide for Acquisition Entrepreneurs

How to Buy a Business in the UK: The complete Step-by-step guide for Acquisition EntrepreneursSteve Rooms Published on: 26/03/2026

Buying a business in the UK is one of the most powerful routes to business ownership — but ...

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The Dealwise Reading Guide: Where to Start If You Are Buying a Business, Selling a Business, or Building From Scratch

The Dealwise Reading Guide: Where to Start If You Are Buying a Business, Selling a Business, or Building From Scratch

The Dealwise Reading Guide: Where to Start If You Are Buying a Business, Selling a Business, or Building From ScratchSteve Rooms

Over the past twelve weeks, the Dealwise blog has published 24 posts covering every significant aspect of buying, building, and selling businesses in the UK. The library now spans ten content categories, three deal autopsies ...

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Tax-Efficient Group Structures for Acquisition Entrepreneurs: How to Build a Holding Company Architecture That Works

Tax-Efficient Group Structures for Acquisition Entrepreneurs: How to Build a Holding Company Architecture That Works

Tax-Efficient Group Structures for Acquisition Entrepreneurs: How to Build a Holding Company Architecture That WorksSteve Rooms

Most acquisition entrepreneurs buy their first business and focus entirely on the commercial and operational work of running it well. The corporate structure through which they hold it ...

Business Buying
Why the Same EBITDA Is Worth Different Amounts in Different Sectors: Understanding UK SME Valuation Multiples

Why the Same EBITDA Is Worth Different Amounts in Different Sectors: Understanding UK SME Valuation Multiples

Why the Same EBITDA Is Worth Different Amounts in Different Sectors: Understanding UK SME Valuation MultiplesSteve Rooms

A business generating £400k of normalised EBITDA might sell for £1.6m in one sector and £2.8m in another. The earnings figure is ...

Business Valuation
The First Meeting With a Seller: The Questions That Reveal Everything — and How to Read the Answers

The First Meeting With a Seller: The Questions That Reveal Everything — and How to Read the Answers

The First Meeting With a Seller: The Questions That Reveal Everything — and How to Read the AnswersSteve Rooms

The first meeting with a business seller is one of the most information-dense conversations in any acquisition process — and one of the least well prepared for by ...

Business Buying

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