Keeping Your Security Business Sale Confidential
How a managed, staged process keeps a security business sale confidential, protecting your staff, clients, monitored accounts, and competitors from finding out before you are ready.
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BADR Changes from April 2026: What Security Business Owners Should Know
Business Asset Disposal Relief rose to 18% on 6 April 2026. What the change means for security business owners with qualifying gains, and what to weigh up about timing.
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Martyn's Law and the Security Business Opportunity
The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 will lift demand for protective security at venues and events from 2027. What it means for the value of a security business.
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The PSTN Switch-Off and Alarm Signalling: What Buyers Check
The analogue phone network switches off on 31 January 2027. Why buyers check whether monitored accounts have migrated to IP signalling, and what it means for your valuation.
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Preparing Your Security Business for Sale
The practical steps that separate businesses achieving strong multiples from those that do not. Accounts, accreditations, recurring revenue, owner dependency, and timing.
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Public Sector and Framework Contracts: Premium Value for Security Businesses
Why public sector contracts and approved supplier frameworks add premium value, why buyers pay for that access, and how to protect it through a sale.
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Recurring Monitoring Revenue: The Multiplier Buyers Pay For
Why a book of monitored alarm receiving centre accounts attracts the highest multiples in electronic security, and how buyers value contracted monitoring income.
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Manned Guarding vs Electronic Systems: How Each Is Valued
Manned guarding and electronic security businesses are valued on very different bases. How margins, contracts and recurring revenue decide the multiple a buyer pays.
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How NSI Gold and SSAIB Accreditation Affect Your Valuation
Why NSI Gold, SSAIB, SIA Approved Contractor status and BS 7858 vetting matter to buyers, and how accreditation moves the value of a security business.
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What Is My Security Business Worth?
The framework we use to value security businesses. EBITDA multiples for guarding and systems, recurring monitoring revenue, and why the reliable answer comes from a conversation.
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