Dr Mike Sweeting talks to North East entrepreneurs - 29 July 2010

Dr Mike Sweeting, one of the UK’s most renowned experts on buying and selling businesses, is set to show North East entrepreneurs the best strategy for selling their companies and maximising the sale price at a special event being held later this month at Northumbria University.

The headof partnering for international M&A specialists, BCMS Corporate, Dr Sweeting will be one of the headline speakers at afree half-day seminar which is being hosted in the Sutherland Building in Newcastle by Commercial Catalysts and the Institute of Directors on the afternoon of Thursday, July 29.

Dr Sweeting, who has over 25 years of hands-on experience at the sharp end of industrial, commercial, and construction businesses, will focus on the ‘eight keys to selling your company for its maximum value’.

A Fellow of both the Institute of Directors and of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management, he will cover key areas of the business sale process which are necessary to achieve a maximum sale price including locating the most desirable buyers, proactive selling and negotiation techniques.

Says Dr Sweeting, Head of Partnership at BCMS Corporate: “If you are a business owner or shareholder of a company with a turnover exceeding £1m then this event will provide essential information for you; whether you are considering a sale now, looking at a possible sale in the next few years, or are simply curious about the value of your business.”

For further information or to book a place at this free seminar, visit: www.bcmscorporate.com or call Emma Giffen on 01635 299616.