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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 UK SME M&A Market in 2025: What Is Actually Happening to Multiples, Deal Volumes, and Deal Structures

The UK SME M&A Market in 2025: What Is Actually Happening to Multiples, Deal Volumes, and Deal Structures

The UK SME M&A Market in 2025: What Is Actually Happening to Multiples, Deal Volumes, and Deal StructuresSteve Rooms

The most useful market commentary is not the one that tells you what happened last quarter. It is the one that tells you what the conditions you are operating in right now actually mean for the decisions that you need to make ...

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Recurring Revenue & Business Valuations: Why Subscription and Contracted Income Commands a Premium (and How to Build It)

Recurring Revenue & Business Valuations: Why Subscription and Contracted Income Commands a Premium (and How to Build It)

Recurring Revenue & Business Valuations: Why Subscription and Contracted Income Commands a Premium (and How to Build It)Steve Rooms

If you want to understand the single most powerful lever for increasing the value of a UK SME business, it is this: the proportion of revenue that is ...

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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 ...

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The Seven Valuation Destroyers: What Silently Reduces Your Business Multiple and What to Do About It

The Seven Valuation Destroyers: What Silently Reduces Your Business Multiple and What to Do About It

The Seven Valuation Destroyers: What Silently Reduces Your Business Multiple and What to Do About ItSteve Rooms

Most business owners spend their time thinking about what makes their business valuable ...

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