Real insights needed for you to make the best acquisition decisions.
Identity verification, limited partnership transparency, and new restrictions on corporate directors. Here's what's changing at Companies House in 2026, and what it means if you source acquisition targets from the register.
UK youth unemployment has hit 16.2%, the highest in over a decade, with 1.01 million young people NEET. The Dutch have a policy answer. Business owners have a faster one: the direct power to create a first opportunity.
If a Burnham government aligns capital gains tax with income tax, the cost of selling a business could nearly double. For owners thinking about exit, the window may be closing.
Andy Burnham has signalled openness to a 50% top rate of income tax. The question is not just how much you keep, but whether employment is the right structure at all.
An AI expert says only five job categories will survive by 2030. The more interesting question is not which jobs are safe, but whether employment is the right frame.
Retail stock trading, property, and crypto are bets on things you cannot control. Buying a profitable business is a bet on yourself. The numbers explain why.
Over 800,000 UK businesses are run by directors aged 60 or above. Most have no succession plan. Here is what the data says and what it means.
AI is reshaping white-collar work faster than most people expected. Some are responding not by retraining, but by buying assets instead.
80% of UK businesses listed with a broker never sell. The buyers getting deals in 2026 are not using brokers. Here is how they are finding businesses instead.
Buying one business gives you a job. Buying three strategically gives you something more resilient. Here is how the buy-and-build model works for individual acquirers.
£158 billion in UK business assets sit with ageing sole directors who have no succession plan. Most will never reach a broker. Here is what happens to them instead.
Most of the best UK SME deals never reach a broker marketplace. Here's the complete playbook for finding, approaching, and closing off-market business acquisitions.
Sending cold outreach from a fresh domain without warming it is the fastest way to get your emails binned. Here's what warm-up actually does and how to do it right.
SIC codes are the secret weapon for finding exactly the right businesses to acquire. Here's how to use them to build laser-targeted acquisition lists from Companies House data.
The biggest mistake acquisition buyers make is leading with 'I want to buy your business'. Here's what actually works when reaching out to business owners.
Companies House holds data on 5 million+ active UK businesses. Here's how acquisition buyers are using it to find and target deal flow, without a broker.
If you've been using BizCrunch, here's an honest comparison of the two platforms and who each one is best suited for.
Off-market acquisition is one of the most powerful strategies for buying a business, but most buyers don't fully understand what it means or how to execute it. Here's everything you need to know.
From brokers and marketplaces to self-serve sourcing tools, here's an honest breakdown of the best platforms for buying a business in the UK in 2026.
Thinking about buying a business in the UK but not sure where to start? Here are the first steps every first-time buyer needs to take, before you look at a single listing.