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Are you a prolific corporate acquirer or starting your buy and build strategy to grow your business?

Looking to buy a business?

Whether you are a prolific corporate acquirer or starting your buy and build strategy to grow your business, identifying the right target and negotiating the best deal structure for you are crucial.

The GS Verde Group offers end to end support, helping to identify the right targets, completing due diligence and legal transfer. We combine multiple disciplines into one team to help you acquire.

We are the business focussed experts in getting deals done.

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End to end support

The process of buying a company can be time consuming and ensuring you pay the right price is essential. To navigate smoothly through the acquisition process, you will need a team of expert advisors, including someone to guide you on the financial and strategic elements as well as legal advice and support. As dealmaking experts, the GS Verde Group offers all these expertise under one roof.

  • Buyer Strategy
  • Target Pool
  • Valuation
  • Deal Structure
  • Due Diligence
  • Deal Negotiation
  • Completion

Target Identification

Our point of difference

Identifying and engaging the right targets is an essential part of the Acquisition process.

With both GS Verde Corporate Finance and the GS Verde Business Transfer agency, our reach is vast, utilising the broadest suite of technology, marketplaces and data insight to help identify businesses actively looking to sell while also identifying targets not currently on the market.

Identify and engage your business acquisition target with GS Verde's vast contact network and platform access

Benefits of acquisitions

  • Increase regional footprint
  • Grow client base
  • Expand product/service offering

Augmenting Reality : Increasing Success
Multiple Disciplines : One Team

Expertise
All the required expertise you need to buy a business is provided by us - helping to add value to your existing management team.

With finance, communications, tax and legal advisers acting as one team, you have all the advice needed to get the deal done.

Reach
Our group spans the entire business sales spectrum, with access to considerable pools of buyers as well as extensive marketplaces of acquisitive parties.

By using our Group, you can be sure that no stone would be unturned, and no opportunities missed.

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Saves you time
Using one team removes the need to update several advisors at a time and reduces the chance of delays or anybody 'dropping the ball'.

Commerciality
Our group understand our clients needs and are specialists in corporate transactions. Knowing what is important to you from start to finish prevents unforeseen issues or delays.

Reduce risk
Our Group takes a holistic view of the whole process, identifying areas that could cause a deal to stall or abort, and pro-actively look to resolve them.

All part of the service

When buying a business there are a number of support services you will need, including:

  • Valuation
  • Negotiation
  • Targeting
  • Deal structure
  • Heads of terms
  • Due Diligence
  • External communications
  • Completion

Find out how the GS Verde Group can support your business purchase with all of the above

Contact us to discuss your sale options

Key Contacts

Nigel Greenaway

Title

Group CEO

GS Verde Group

GS Verde Group

Craig Blackmore

Title

Group CFO

GS Verde Corporate Finance

GS Verde Corporate Finance

David Dulieu

Title

Group CCO

GS Verde Group

GS Verde Group

Mike Fenwick

Title

Head of Corporate Finance

GS Verde Corporate Finance

GS Verde Corporate Finance

Lauren Couch

Title

Head of Corporate Finance

GS Verde Corporate Finance

GS Verde Corporate Finance

Joel Dunning

Title

Head of Tax & Accountants

GS Verde Accountants

GS Verde Accountants

Recent Business Acquisitions

TMA Security makes landmark first acquisition

TMA Security makes landmark first acquisition

London-based TMA Security Services, who provide consultancy, training, and guarding services, has acquired Gloucester security service company, Glevum Security Ltd, in a deal advised by GS Verde Group

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Travel management company makes strategic acquisition to expand group

Travel management company makes strategic acquisition to expand group

QA Travel, a leading travel group, has acquired an Aberdeen-based travel company in a deal advised on by the GS Verde Group.

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A Reflection on H2-2023 M&A Activities in the UK & Ireland

A Reflection on H2-2023 M&A Activities in the UK & Ireland

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are increasingly pivotal for both large corporations and the agile, dynamic SMEs navigating competitive sectors.

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Testimonials

“This acquisition was extremely important in our ambitious growth strategy, and having GS Verde there to support each aspect of the transaction was incredibly helpful. Knowing that we had various aspects of support all in one place was reassuring and their expertise in handling the transaction, securing funding, and negotiating the deal was invaluable.”

Paul Ragan, UPVC Direct

"Carole and her team at GS Verde, previously Astrum have been instrumental in our exponential growth over the last four years. They have literally been like an extension to my arm which has literally felt like an internal finance department. Whether it is investment, recruitment, invoicing, or payroll GS Verde are amazing!"

Kevin Dunn, BNI

“It was an absolute pleasure to have the team at GS Verde acting on my behalf. Nothing was ever too much trouble and the whole experience was fantastic due to their conscientious and professional approach at all times. I would recommend them in a heartbeat.”

Richard Jones, MD, Paramount Interiors

“We have used the GS Verde Group to advise us on several acquisitions. They are pro-active, commercially minded and help us through the entire process. They understand our needs, and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend them”

Grant Santos, CEO, Educ8 Training Group

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