The market for SMEs is very inefficient, with the majority of businesses (estimated to be 90%) sold without the intervention of a specialist business broker or the business owner seeking valuation advice and procuring a business valuation analysis. This, and a general lack of business valuation advice sought by vendors and purchasers of small businesses, produces significant variations in the returns reflected in the transactions that do occur.
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