1. Rugby World Cup and Elections effect on Business Sales
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

...  all are seeing significant buyer interest. There seems to be a growing sense of frustration in the buyers I talk to, especially around the quality of the businesses that are on the market. I suppose ...

2. The Market Situation in New Zealand
(Sell Your Business/The Market)

... time for business buyers with very little choice available and anything that is quality selling for pre-recessionary pricing due to the scarcity of competitive options.  ...

3. U-Sell (Park & Sell Yard)
(Franchises/Franchises for Sale)

In simple terms U-Sell (Park & Sell Yard) offers consumers wishing to sell their vehicles a space on a traditional style car yard for a simple monthly payment. Buyers are then free to browse, test drive, ...

4. Let’s save the businesses the banks would destroy
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... competition between buyers and this drove up the business sale price being asked and achieved. So businesses were being sold to purchasers at elevated prices and, in a lot of cases, up to and over ...

5. Does GST increase affect Business Sales?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... shops etc have either not done anything or taken the opportunity to hike prices by over 10%. I think Kiwis by and large are a lot more discerning buyers now and the profiteers will notice very quickly ...

6. Common Sales Tactic Backfires
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... on getting listings at all costs. In these current times buyers just won’t waste their time responding to a business that is obviously overpriced. They are a discerning bunch at the best of times ...

7. When a deal can go wrong: A very willing buyer, a motivated seller but can their lawyers speak to each other?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... broker who is also working for the seller you know as a broker you have a problem. You market the business, work through the process with all the buyers who respond, get those who wish to proceed to ...

8. Urgency
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

In recent posts I have talked about the fact that there is a lot of buyer interest in the market at present, and this remains the case. But there seems to me to be no real sense of urgency for buyers ...

9. Are you telling the truth about wanting a business do-up?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... still remember their advertising campaigns from the 80’s. The buyers were keen to re-enter this category, the business was tired and scruffy but it’s clients perception of the service was still at ...

10. Are you getting good advice?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... again and these buyers end up wasting more and more of their own money and more and more of the vendors and our time. Don’t get me wrong, it is not all accountants, because when I hear the current ...

11. Business Acquisitions follow up
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... been prospective buyers listening. We now have in the last 4 weeks or so since the 21/9/09 post, and last week’s blog being published in The Herald, (David Newport: Deluge of businesses to hit market) ...

12. Sell your business now or risk baby boomer Tsunami?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... there are still more buyers than sellers in the market, and a good business is achieving a multiple somewhere in the range, 2.5-3.25 times income area. (Business with enterprise value under $2m which is ...

13. What have they got to hide?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... offer. There seems no excuse for me though in these very popular categories, manufacturing or import distribution, to not have all of the relevant information available for buyers to apply to their personal ...

14. Benefits of ‘Growth by Acquisition’
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... a process involved that needs to be followed for you to get the best deal you can and that starts with having a good Buyers Agent. If it is something that could be on your radar then come in for a ...

15. Spring is here, the best time to sell!
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... do with it. Buyers seem a lot more positive this time of year and response levels to advertising increases markedly with the coming of the sun. A lot of potential business buyers have also had a midyear ...

16. Is business ownership for me?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... Google search engine and 112 million pages were available. Read what other people in your position have done before. Look for websites that can help buyers prepare personally for business ownership. ...

17. The Banks are holding out on Business!
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

...  After all of the doom and gloom though there are plenty of buyers in the market. We released a service industry business with very little tangible assets about 2 weeks ago, multiple was just over 3 times, ...

18. Media Links
(Business Sales Blog/Media Links)

... homes 21 June 2010 The New Zealand Herald - David Newport: Vendor finance - swear word or saviour? 16 May 2010 The New Zealand Herald - Buyers face a lengthy wait 16 March 2010 The New Zealand ...

19. The results are out: Your thoughts on Business Brokers
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... between brokers regarding EBIT, EBITDA and EBPITD and what makes up each. Buyers find it very hard to compare business opportunities offered by different companies because of the inconsistency on what ...

20. Where is our Industry going?
(Business Sales Blog/Business Sales Blogger)

... are a new buyer wondering if business ownership is for you. This week’s post about Business Buyers and Brokers having different views makes me realise that the frustration felt by the majority of the parties ...