Flying Scotsman

Member Since: 19th Mar 2009

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Accountancy practice broker , Commercial mediator & negotiator, Business broker 25+ years professional experience, charity trustee and community worker with a broad (but not-always "PC") view of the country's financial, business, political and social problems. Tel: 0800 2800 321. Follow me on Twitter

Norman Younger

Director Maximiti Limited

21st Sep 2020

Beancounters not negotiators: Time to redefine?

The setting is a traditional accountancy practice inside the practitioner’s office. The actors are the aforementioned beancounter and a new...

General practice

20th May 2019

Shortcut to disaster: Poorly managed business sales - and the accountant's role in preventing them

Selling a business is a minefield for your clients, but how can accountants help when they are often the last one to find out? The only way...

Practice strategy

19th Mar 2018

Client mediation: Expect a few surprises

You have taken the plunge and are scheduled to attend a mediation session in the near future. What should you expect from the mediation,...

General practice

26th Oct 2017

Mediators: New kids on the block to resolve SME disputes

Dispute resolution often fails to get to the heart of the issue, and only results in enriching the legal profession. In the first of a...

Skills

2nd Feb 2017

Selling your practice: They think it’s all over

In the final part of this series Norman Younger asks after you’ve sold your accountancy practice, what next? In the first four articles...

Practice strategy

12th Sep 2016

Selling your practice: Ethical issues

While professionals have always worked within an ethical framework the whole concept now threads its way throughout the business and...

Practice strategy

8th Jun 2016

Avoid the pitfalls of selling your practice

In my first two articles on practice disposal, the seminal decisions of taking the plunge to sell and how to market your practice were...

Practice strategy

11th Apr 2016

Selling your practice: DIY or agent?

Now that you’ve taken the decision to sell your practice you have reached second base, which is how to market your business, explains...

General practice

5th Feb 2016

Practice succession: What selling up means

Most accountants hardly give a second thought to practice succession and exit strategies, says Norman Younger. After all it is usually a...

Practice strategy

Beancounters not negotiators: Time to redefine?

Shortcut to disaster: Poorly managed business sales - and the accountant's role in preventing them

Client mediation: Expect a few surprises

Mediators: New kids on the block to resolve SME disputes

Selling your practice: They think it’s all over

Selling your practice: Ethical issues

Avoid the pitfalls of selling your practice

Selling your practice: DIY or agent?

Practice succession: What selling up means

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