Rod Hore of HHMC Global joins us again on The Deal Room to talk about their latest M&A market update in the recruitment sector — the trends, drivers, strategies and issues that impact recruitment companies as well as the mergers and acquisition activities within this space.

Today we discuss the importance of having a wealth management plan before and after a business sale transaction, with our guest Michael Massey of Koda Capital. In this episode, we also talk about the common mistakes made in this area, with some great tips for advisors and owners of businesses.

Can you trademark your personal name? Listen in as we bust some common myths in this area of law and discuss the benefits, risks and issues in using your personal name in your branding with our resident trade mark specialist Grace Yi.

Today we are joined by Oscar Jones of Copperstone Capital to talk about issues in the tech startup ecosystem, and we drill into why founders ought to seriously consider their exit sooner rather than later.

In this episode, we take a quick run through the area of financial due diligence with Luke Malone from Prosperity Advisors. We cover some of the terminology in this space, and many of the issues that should be considered on both the buy side and sell side - including timelines, working out the right level of DD, and some interesting stories about skeletons that can be found in the cupboard.

Today we explore the concept of employee engagement - what it is, how do you measure it, and how do you increase it. To help us give depth to this topic, we brought back Natasha Hawker of Employee Matters to talk about how higher levels of employee engagement can lead to increased profitability in your business.

Today we go through the areas we consider during legal due diligence for a business acquisition, particularly in the context of a higher risk or larger value transaction.

Today we are joined by Ben Walker the founder of the accounting practice Inspire CA to talk about his brand new book, where he outlines 7 steps to pull more money, time and happiness from your business.

In this episode, we run you through the sorts of things we would be looking at during legal due diligence in an acquisition of a business, particularly in the context of a lower risk or smaller value transaction.

In this episode we are talking to business exit expert Stuart Goodfellow of Small Business Big Exit to walk us through his simple 5-step process to preparing a business for sale, and getting more money out of it.