buying businesses

Why we’ve chosen to grow our businesses through acquisition

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Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan
Managing Director at Rutland Capital Partners
Faisal is an entrepreneur investor, focused on buying and growing £1m-10m UK SME Businesses. Building a £30m revenue construction group. In his personal life he enjoys spending time with his wife and six children.
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Facebook has acquired 72 companies. Amazon has bought 101. Tesco has acquired at least 11. Virgin bought FlyBe. Sainsburys tried to buy Asda. Business acquisitions are going on all around us. But what’s the logic to this madness? The question everyone asks is, “Why don’t you just start your own companies?” Our answer is covered …

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The advantages and disadvantages of buying an established business

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Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan
Managing Director at Rutland Capital Partners
Faisal is an entrepreneur investor, focused on buying and growing £1m-10m UK SME Businesses. Building a £30m revenue construction group. In his personal life he enjoys spending time with his wife and six children.
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It’s true. Buying a business is less risky than starting a new one! Buying a business is the alternative to starting a new one. And, if you follow the statistics published by the government, you’ll already know that a vast majority of start-ups fail. (More than 90% of businesses don’t last longer than ten years, …

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33 questions to ask when buying a business

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Faisal Khan
Faisal Khan
Managing Director at Rutland Capital Partners
Faisal is an entrepreneur investor, focused on buying and growing £1m-10m UK SME Businesses. Building a £30m revenue construction group. In his personal life he enjoys spending time with his wife and six children.
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When buying a business, there are several things that you need to consider beyond the purchase price and how you intend to fund and pay for it. When you’re visiting or speaking with the owner of a business, you should ask questions that cover the following – History Culture Accounts Regulations Employee benefits Contracts Premises …

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