More and more associations, chambers of commerce and other local HUBs are interested in business transfers, a challenge for SMEs in the region.
Quoted in the newspaper La Provence, Daniel Margot, first vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), said: “Managers are not connected to their future; they do not work enough on the issue of business transfer. “And to add that more than 50% of those who are over 55 years old have no plan to prepare the transfer of their business. However, as we often repeat in our articles, the transfer of a business can be anticipated. Depending on the specificities of your structure, it will be necessary to plan up to 5 years of preparation. However, the CCI has noticed that after transfers, firms record an increase in activity of 53% in the first 3 years.
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The CCI encourages business transfers
70% of transfers are due to retirement. Of all the registrations at the Chamber of Trades, only 8% concern takeovers. Some local authorities are taking up the phenomenon. For example, Initiative Alpes de Haute-Provence, a platform that helps create and take over businesses, which provides honor loans and support for the project.
This support is more than necessary as the buyers indicate a lack of information. There
are still many administrative difficulties and the aid mechanisms are not well known. Territories can be perceived as unattractive, even though there is a local fabric that is more dynamic than one might think.
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The advantages of the transfer of a company
Although the transfer of a company is not natural in France, it offers unique opportunities. It allows you to be operational immediately and to benefit from an existing clientele. In the same way, some managers, by buying a company, see the direct interest of losing a competitor. It contributes to the economic dynamism of a region by preserving jobs and sometimes by benefiting from the seniority of a team of several decades.
At all stages of the transaction, let Actoria’s consultants, experts in transmission for more than 20 years, accompany you.
