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A Quick Guide to Business Continuity Planning

Each month, we put your most pressing financial planning questions to our CEO Steve Martin and COO Dr Mark Todman, in our Ask Smart Financial blog series. If you’d like expert advice from Steve or Mark simply tweet us using #AskSmartFinancial, email us or even add your question as a comment below and we’ll blog the answer in a future … Read More

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Can I Sell My Business On My Own?

There’s a short answer to this question – yes, of course. The longer answer is yes…but can you ensure the best selling price, the smoothest transition and the avoidance of legal or tax implications? Prepare Early Firstly, whether you want to sell your business alone or with the help of a specialist, you should plan your exit in good time. … Read More

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3 Compelling Reasons You Need a Business Continuity Plan

Running a business is a very involved process, and can take most of your attention on a day-to-day basis. You may not even have thought about what would happen if you suddenly became incapacitated to the point you couldn’t run your business for a period of time – or permanently. What if, for example, you suddenly became seriously ill and … Read More

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Meeting the Challenge of Succession Planning for Law Firms

The law firm landscape is one of the most rapidly-changing in the UK today. If your firm, like many, is a smaller practice with four or fewer partners, you’re at risk of disappearing as small firms are swallowed up by larger firms with lots of capital available, wanting to grab a bigger slice of the market. What do these challenges … Read More

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