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Month: November 2025

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18 November 2025 . Content .

What Buyers are Looking for in a Business Acquisition

Selling your business is the culmination of your hard work, vision, and dedication, as well as an intricate transaction. To achieve the outcome you deserve in business acquisitions, you must
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12 November 2025 . Michael McGrath . , , , , , ,

When Is It Time to Step Aside? The Five Key Considerations

Warren Buffett has been influencing the world of investing and business for decades. The annual Berkshire Hathaway letters have become an institution, solidifying Buffett’s status not just as a great investor but as a leading finance and investment writer. Nevertheless, even Buffett has to step aside eventually — and that moment comes at the end of this year, at the age of 95.
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12 May 2026 . Michael McGrath

Deals Are Getting Done. Just Not Quickly.

The Peter Warren–Wakeling transaction is a textbook example of a well-structured deal caught in the slow lane — not by market conditions, but by the machinery of government approval.
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22 May 2026 . Content

Why 50% of M&A Transactions Fail: The Strategic Gaps That Destroy Deal Value

Half of all M&A deals fail to deliver the value buyers expected. This isn’t bad luck. It’s a strategic problem
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14 May 2026 . Content

Family Succession vs Outside Sale: A Framework for Choosing Your Exit Strategy

You’ve built something that works. Now you’re trying to decide whether to hand it to family or sell it to
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6 May 2026 . Content

How to Prepare Your Business for Sale: A Strategic 3-Year Exit Planning Framework

Most business exits fail because the owner started preparing when they should have been signing contracts. You can’t fix three
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28 April 2026 . Michael McGrath

When the Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story: The Case for Intuition in Business Leadership

Over nearly four decades advising business owners, one pattern stands out more than any other. The best decisions — the ones that genuinely changed the trajectory of a business — were rarely made by spreadsheet alone.
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21 April 2026 . Michael McGrath

Clean Sweep: CIA Property and Event Services Acquires Cleaning Institute of Australia

Australia's commercial cleaning sector is a significant and growing part of the economy. According to IBISWorld, the sector generates over $20 billion in annual revenue, is supported by more than 44,000 businesses, and employs over 209,000 people nationwide.
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16 April 2026 . Content

How to Build a Business Buyers Actually Want

Here’s the uncomfortable truth: your business might be profitable, growing steadily, and generating solid cash flow—but still be nearly impossible
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9 April 2026 . Content

Critical Questions Business Owners Must Answer Five Years Before Their Exit

Most business exits disappoint. Not because the business failed, but because the owner started planning too late. By the time
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7 April 2026 . Michael McGrath

Steel, Structures and Solar: What the IUP–Ambor Deal Tells Us About the Mid-Market Right Now

We recently facilitated the acquisition of IUP by Ambor Structures — and we think this deal says something important, not just about two companies finding a good fit, but about the broader conditions shaping mid-market M&A activity right now.
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20 March 2026 . Content

Should You Buy, Sell, or Partner? A Strategic Framework for Growth-Stage Businesses

ou’ve built your business past £500,000 in revenue. The early survival phase is behind you. Now you’re facing a different
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