Contact details
ask@hornblower-businesses.co.uk
Hornblower Business Brokers Ltd, The Smiths Building, 179 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PL
+44 (0) 20 8090 9380
www.hornblower-businesses.co.uk
Hornblower Business Brokers act for owner managers of SMEs in the sale of their business. We specialise in selling businesses in the engineering, technology and business-to-business service sectors.
To gain a feel for the types of businesses we work with, please read the Case Studies for our recent transactions which can be found on our Recent Deals page. Equally please have a look at our Businesses For Sale.
Hornblower is set-up to offer a personal one-to-one service based on an ethos of honesty and straight-talking. Selling a business is often a once in a lifetime event which can be both daunting and emotional; we will make sure you know what to expect at each step of the process.
We are a team of experienced business brokers / M&A consultants, and as a client you will have one point of contact who will guide you through the complete process of selling your business from the initial appraisal meeting to the successful sale of your business.
Being focused on selling engineering, technology and B2B service businesses means that our database of buyers is focused on these sectors too, this certainly gives us a head start. In addition, we fully research our clients’ market to draw up a list of the most suitable strategic buyers and approach them directly.
We prefer to work with a smaller number of clients so that we can apply the resource that is required in order to achieve the optimum deal value and a high success rate.
As Hornblower also offers an acquisition search service for prospective buyers, we always make clear from the outset which side we are acting for, buyer or seller.
- Specialists in business sales and acquisitions for the engineering, technology and B2B service sectors
- We sell Both in the UK and Internationally and have offices in London within close proximity of the financial centres of the City of London and Canary Wharf, Nottingham in the UK East Midlands and Bristol in the South West UK. Our international offices are in Dublin, Ireland and Frankfurt, Germany.
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Testimonials
“Just to say I have felt incredibly well looked after throughout the process and feel particularly grateful to Philip (of Chalmers HB Chartered Accountants) for recommending both Hornblower and B&K – excellent finds! It is also impressive that the buyers, EMB, have commented on how good my advisers have been – which I imagine is quite an unusual endorsement. A formidable team!
Many, many thanks.”
Emma B. Market Research Agency
“From start to finish Hornblower was there for me as the seller. I have very little experience with accounts and Sally being very knowledgeable with businesses guided me through everything and helped prepare the things we needed to get done for the sale. Everything was clearly laid out and presented to the client in a very professional way with guidance to myself along the way
I would highly recommend using Henry Campbell-Jones and Sally Tankard at Hornblower and if I was ever to sell a business in the future I would be using them again.
Thanks for all your work with the sale and I am certainly exactly where I wanted to be right now .”
Shaun F. Ambulance Service Provider – Patient Transport and Event Medical Cover Solutions – UK
“I would like to thank Derick Humphrey and all at Hornblower for the efficient, professional and speedy service we received when selling my business. Derick helped us through the process, advising and guiding us throughout. We were happy with the deal achieved and would definitely recommend Hornblower to anybody looking to sell their business.”
Grant D. Tile & Stone Wholesale & Retail Distributor – West Midlands UK
“We employed the Services of Hornblower Business Brokers to find us a suitable investor to enable us to realise our exit from the Business we’d built up over the past 20years. Mark Sykes took on the difficult task of selling our niche company and following a few near misses over the past 5 years he paired us up with RDCP Investments with whom we’ve secured the deal that finally paves the way to our retirement”
Carl P. Concrete Hydrodemolition and Drainage Company – North West UK
“After checking out quite a few other business brokers and taking up references we chose Hornblower Business brokers to sell our Commercial Cleaning business. They were excellent… from the initial advertising of the company, selecting a buyer, through the due diligence process and finally arranging a suitable solicitor to handle the legal aspects of the sale. 100% professional and communicative throughout. There are cheaper online business sale options out there, but If you are serious about selling your business and want ‘to get the deal done’ then you wont find a better service than Hornblower.”
Richard J. Commercial cleaning company –
South East UK
