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The Ukie Hub Crawl 2021: Selling your Business

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This is part of the Ukie Hub Crawl 2021, a series of 12 different and unique events that cover the entire life cycle of a games business; from incorporation, growing a team, middleware, running the studio, pitching to funders, getting PR exposure – right through to eventually exiting a business.

Taking place every Wednesday 4pm – 6pm, each event will start with an hour of short and informative talks followed by a panel of experts before using the networking platform Gather.Town for conversation and networking. Each talk will be a maximum of 15 minutes.

Week 12 will cover things a business owner might want to consider later in life.

Speakers

  1. Edward Lane & Mark Phillips, Harbottle & Lewis - Gearing Up For A Sale: How To Prepare Your Business (And Yourself)
  2. John Foundling, Partner, Menzies - How to sell your business
  3. Edward Lane & Mark Phillips, Harbottle & Lewis - Navigating A Sale: How It All Works (And The Key Pitfalls To Avoid)
  4. Richard Darlington, Director, Zeus Capital

Panel

  1. Sam Collins, Head of Commercial & Membership, Ukie
  2. James Brooksby, Chief Executive Officer, Absolutely Games
  3. Paul Farley, Chief Executive Officer, Firestoke

Networking

  Networking will take place on Gather.Town in the virtual Ukie office here. Please use your name and company when joining (i.e Leon Cliff - Ukie)   

Partners

Barclays

At Barclays, we’re playing our part to help the UK Games Industry grow and develop. We see the positive impact that games can have in bringing communities together, inspiring creativity, and building an environment to learn.

That’s why we…

Offer innovative products designed for developers including our tax credit loan

Support businesses to connect, innovate and grow with our Eagle Labs network

Partner with games and esports industry leaders

Help games developers at all levels from grassroots up

Website https://labs.uk.barclays/gamestech

Menzies

Menzies LLP is an accountancy firm delivering traditional accounting services combined with strategic commercial thinking. Our services include tax, audit, business recovery as well as business & financial advisory services proven to add value and help your business to grow.

Specialising in eight core UK and international business sectors, Menzies’ local accountancy, and business advisory offices in London, Surrey, Hampshire and Cardiff, all offer our #BrighterThinking approach.

Check out our website.

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