Service List
Text Box: For Corporate Divestments we help define corporate strategy and confirm the non-core operations, advising on any required restructuring. For Company Sales we confirm that it is the route which will maximise shareholder value and advise on the strategy, the process and the optimum timing. For Sales or Disposals we prepare all the required presentation material, define the most effective process and approach an agreed short list of qualified buyers. We then manage all aspects of the sale process through negotiation to completion

Company Sales
Text Box: Growing organically can be too slow or costly for response to new market conditions. A well planned and integrated acquisition can create critical mass, encourage wider market access, and introduce new resources into an organisation to implement a growth strategy. We use specialist knowledge and contacts to refine your corporate objectives, and identify companies for acquisition, investment or collaboration in major international markets. In confidence we qualify targets, negotiate transactions and help with post acquisition planning to ensure a fully successful transaction.

Acquisitions
Text Box: Not every company is ready to maximise shareholder value by selling or acquiring. There practical and strategic issues which often should be addressed or they could jeopardise a successful transaction. As part of our qualification process we try to point out the common pitfalls, particularly for companies taking these steps for the first time. Where more formal help is required we can provide short consulting engagements to help in this process.

Strategic Advice
Text Box: Although valuation is an inherent component of our sale, acquisition and strategic projects, we also provide an independent valuation service to advise clients before important financial transactions.  There are significant differences between values realized by flotation, outright trade sale, corporate divestment and management buy-out etc. By understanding valuations and strategic premiums in different sectors, The Difference can provide a detailed assessment of market value and deal structures within the information technology and related sectors.

Valuations