Opinion
Getting your business ready for an exit
The end game for many SME owner managers is to retire in the confidence that they are leaving the business - their ‘baby’ that they have…
Sunday 20 September 2026
As director of Seneca Investments (part of Seneca Partners Limited), Melanie sources and executes deals involving SMEs – managing an investment portfolio and investor relations together with driving the strategy for the businesses. Melanie joined Kroll – global leader in risk mitigation – in 2004 to focus on corporate assignments within the national and international markets.
The end game for many SME owner managers is to retire in the confidence that they are leaving the business - their ‘baby’ that they have…
The UK’s small businesses are owed more than £32bn in late payments – a perennial issue that can push SMEs over the edge into insolvency.
Small and medium sized businesses will undoubtedly continue to be a driving force in the UK economy.
The increasing unlikelihood of there being an interest rate increase before the general election this May means that rates have remained at a record low of…
Many SMEs with limited financial support have undoubtedly emerged scarred from the worst post war recession which saw the demise of businesses - large and small…
While more than 99% of the UK’s 4.9 million businesses are SMEs, few will grow sufficiently to become a corporate entity.
World class corporations are a different breed of business compared to SMEs but they have much to teach their smaller cousins about performance, profitability and how…
Spectacular business failures have dogged some of the world’s most successful business people at early stages of their careers yet resulted in no long lasting harm…
When a company’s financial predicament is such that it is facing insolvency, there is normally a significant impact on its equity, as its perceived viability falls.…
Over 70 per cent of UK businesses are family owned but research indicates that only a fraction - some 13 per cent - survive beyond the…
In today’s tough economic climate you would think that business owners and managers would keep a close eye on the financial health of their company.