If you are looking for a business for sale online then probably one of the best sites that I have found so far is businessesforsale.com.

With this site you can register for free and browse the businesses for sale without having to register until such time as you want to make contact with a seller of a business.

You can opt to upgrade to a Premium Buyer if you wish for £14.99 per month or £89.99 per annum which entitles you to certain added benefits, like seeing newly advertised businesses 14 days before the non-premium buyers.

In my opinion there is no need to upgrade, as it is highly unlikely that a business would be sold within 14 days so you are paying out money unnecessarily.

If you are looking to sell a business and you are looking for a site to use, then I would also recommend this site too. I would recommend that you disclose as much information as you can too and as a minimum the buying price, the business turnover and annual profit. There are many businesses on this site that do not quote these figures, which in my opinion is crazy and will limit the number of enquiries.

Before you put your business particulars on the site – take a look at what the others have said. Read the ones that would make you interested and then write your advert and read it back to make sure you feel it would make your businesses inviting to potential investors.

Always be honest with the information you provide about your business, if you don’t the true picture will always be found out at the due diligence stage of the purchase, which should be carried out by the buyer – the sale could then fall through. This would be crazy to have this happen, as it can take a long time to sell a businesses and it will also cost solicitors fees to get to that stage.

Click here to go to businesses for sale.

We are looking for a business to buy in the Essex, Cambridge or East Hertfordshire region and can move quite quickly as we have the cash.

If the business you are selling is outside of this region and you consider it to be genuinely relocatable then contact me as well.

I am not too bothered what type of business it is except that I am not interested in hotels and pubs – all other businesses will be considered.

I do have cash available for businesses that are selling for up to £100,000 and can move quickly for the right business. So for example, if you are moving abroad, there is a death of the owner of perhaps you need to sell because of sickness or simply because of retirement.

If the selling price of your business is in excess of £100,000 and you are willing to take “Vendor finance” then please contact me too. I am in a good position to also raise money through loans for the right business and this can be discussed when you contact me.

I would prefer a business that is “recession proof” and is not in dire trouble because of the recent credit crunch and I will need to look at the last three years accounts at the outset.

So if you “Need to sell your business” please contact me via info@in-business.org.uk please with your details.