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Buying a business

Start with the business. And the life around it.

Explore what you want to own, what the everyday work involves, and what you still need to find out. Keep your preferences and the evidence in view together.

Choose what helps today.

Follow the path, or jump to the question you have.

  1. Guide + worksheet / Free

    Describe what would fit

    Put your working preferences, boundaries, and questions into a brief.

    Open this resource
  2. Practical guide / Free

    Understand the owner's week

    Look beyond opening hours to the work behind the business.

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  3. Practical guide / Free

    Keep questions and evidence together

    Separate what you have been told from what you have checked.

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  4. Practical guide / Free

    Find the record and understand its status

    Keep versions, access checks, missing evidence, and the purpose of the record clear.

    Open this resource
  5. Interactive tool / Free

    Organize records around the work

    Prepare a reusable register and a selected records list for a specific job.

    Open this resource

Keep your open draft?

Continuing will discard your unsaved changes. You can return to the draft and save or download it first.