This event is relevant to anyone who is in or wants to be in business; whether you want to establish something, buy, sell or succeed to a family member or one of your team.

Topics that will be covered by leading business advisors:

Understanding what your business is worth – Dougal Tylee (Business Valuer)

• The Valuation Process and the different types of Valuation Options
• What you can do now to make your business worth more in the future

Preparing your business for Sale – Lawrence Cheetham (Gollins Commercial Real Estate)

• Aspects of preparing a business for sale
• Real Estate aspects
• Becks to bring along checklist and highlight key areas here to think about here

Buying a Business – Becks Sayer (Southey Sayer Accountants)

• Becks to cover key aspects of checklist(s) around doing Due Diligence when purchasing a business
• Anyone else to include their additional thoughts

Finance to Purchase – Johan Otto (BNZ Bank)

• What does the bank look for
• What information does the bank need

Legal Aspects – Brett Gould (Gibson Sheat)

• Sale & Purchase Agreements
• Warranties
• Buying Shares vs Buying a Business
• Any other legal aspects to be aware of

Succession

General panel discussion around:

• What are the options
  • Vendor finance
  • Slow share buy out
  • Selling to Employees
  • Selling to Family members
  • Entity Structures

Experiences

General Panel discussion and input from the floor around the do’s and don’t’s when entering or exiting a business

• What would you do differently etc…?

Thank you to BNZ for sponsoring this event.