Building a Future-Ready Business: AI, Sustainability & the Secrets of Business Valuation

Wed, 5 March 2025
Location
Online

Webinar

How to Prepare Your Business for Growth, Investment, or Sale

The Business Landscape is Changing. Are You Ready?

The way businesses are valued, bought, and sold is evolving.

AI is reshaping industries, sustainability is becoming a factor in business valuation, and more buyers than ever are looking for investment-ready businesses.

Even if you’re not planning to sell your business right now, preparing it as if you were can increase its value, unlock new opportunities, and make it more resilient in uncertain times.

In this insight-packed session, we’ll cover the three key forces shaping the future of business ownership:

The impact of AI on entrepreneurship and business valuation, what’s changing and how to stay ahead.
Why every business should be prepared for sale, even if you’re not planning to sell.
Lessons from successful (and unsuccessful) business sales, learn what buyers are really looking for.

Your Host and Expert Speakers

Hosted by:

James Vincent, Performance Director, ActionCOACH UK

Featuring:

Andrew Markou, CEO, BusinessesForSale.com

Andrew Markou has worked with thousands of businesses on successful exits. He knows what makes a business valuable, attractive to buyers, and positioned for growth.

Andrew Childers, CEO, Beyond Procurement

Andrew Childers specialises in business sustainability and procurement, helping companies reduce costs, increase efficiency, and prepare for future regulations that affect business valuation.

Together, they’ll provide practical insights and real-world case studies on how to future-proof your business and make it more valuable—whether you plan to sell or not.

What You’ll Learn

The impact of AI on entrepreneurship and business ownership: How AI transforms industries, increases efficiency, and creates new challenges for business leaders.
Why every business should be built to sell: The steps you can take now to increase value, attract investors, and strengthen your business, even if you’re not planning to sell.
Lessons from successful (and unsuccessful) business sales: Discover what separates businesses that sell for a premium from those that struggle to find buyers.
**The commercial impact of sustainability: **How environmental responsibility is becoming a factor in business valuation, investment, and buyer decisions.
**Where carbon reporting is heading: **What you need to know about future regulations and how they could affect business transactions.

This session will give you practical, actionable insights to help you build a business that’s future-ready, investment-worthy, and positioned for growth.

Who Should Attend?

This session is designed for:

Business owners looking to increase their company’s value
Entrepreneurs considering a future exit strategy
Leaders navigating the impact of AI, sustainability, and business trends
Investors and acquirers seeking future-ready businesses

Even if selling isn’t on your radar right now, knowing what makes a business valuable and attractive to buyers will help you make smarter, more profitable decisions in the years ahead.

Secure Your Place Now.

At ActionCOACH, we’ve been helping business owners for over 30 years achieve their dreams. Our business strategies and techniques have made a big impact in every industry and we want to help more businesses achieve the success they deserve.

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-Lorraine Hornsby

Hosted by James Vincent

Performance Director & Business Coach

James-vincent Ambassador of coaching excellence… James Vincent has dedicated his life to coaching and the success of all others around him. Now has accumulated over 40,000 hours of coaching experience, worked with and alongside some of the worlds best coaches, athletes, business leaders, leadership thinkers for over 2 decades. A globally recognised speaker in his own right, James Vincent takes great pride in taking ‘edutainment’ to the next level in all of the keynote presentations he delivers, in order to make sure you have the highest level of impact on your success as you move forward.

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