Structuring With Exit In Mind

Whatever the product or service which you plan to sell, it is essential to set up your start-up with your attention focussed clearly on your ultimate goal, which in most cases will be an exit at some point in the future.  If you get your structure right from the outset, your business is more likely to be an investable proposition and you will maximise the tax breaks which you can take advantage of along the way.

The UK is currently starting to be seen as a "tax haven" when it comes to some of the key rates of tax, and as a result growth companies in particular are increasingly asking us how to set up in the UK so as to bring their product or service to market over here or so as to tap into the many specialist VCs which we have.  However, whilst money may be tight in the early stages of a company's life cycle, spending a little more to get the structure right will pay dividends (literally!).