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The Emotional Weight of Selling Your Business: Why Letting Go Takes Time

By |2025-11-21T08:10:11+11:0019/11/2025|Categories: Blog, Exit plan, Exit Planning, Growth tools|Tags: , , , |

The selling your business for many is an emotional time. As the business owner, the idea of selling their business isn’t just a strategic move — it’s a deeply emotional journey. A business is rarely just a commercial transaction. Your business is often a reflection of its owner. It’s the sum of years of sacrifice, late nights, financial risk, personal growth, and countless decisions that shaped who the owner is today. When the moment comes to sell your business and the baton, the process can feel overwhelming, confusing, and sometimes paralysing. In fact, emotional barriers are often one of the [...] READ MORE

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Selling your caravan park

By |2025-11-01T16:52:23+11:0001/11/2025|Categories: Blog, Exit Planning|Tags: , , |

Selling Your Caravan Park needs a robust exit plan that begins now! Selling your caravan park is one of the biggest decisions you’ll make in your business journey. After years of welcoming travellers, maintaining sites, and watching countless red sunsets, it’s time to begin a new chapter. Whether you’ve run a family-owned caravan park for decades or recently taken over management, caravan park exit planning should be part of your long-term strategy. This process isn’t just about numbers on a page — it’s about legacy, emotion, and opportunity. Selling your caravan park gives you the chance to unlock the capital [...] READ MORE

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Managing Family business Disputes

By |2025-11-01T16:22:29+11:0001/11/2025|Categories: Blog, Exit Planning|Tags: , , |

Family business disputes can lead to a premature exit by a key player. If the dispute is not resolved quickly and effectively, it may lead to a breakdown in communication and a loss of trust among family members. The result is that one or more family members leave the business or sell their shares, potentially leading to a significant change in the ownership structure and management. Ultimately, a change of direction, passion, and in some cases, family members hold long-term personal grudges toward each other. Ultimately, the decision to exit a business due to a family dispute will depend on [...] READ MORE

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Divorce and my business :Protecting Your Small Business During Divorce

By |2025-09-26T17:03:05+10:0025/05/2025|Categories: Blog, Dispute management, Estate Planning, Exit Planning|Tags: , , |

Divorce and my business are the number one questions that we often get asked. What happens, and how can we manage the damage when going through a divorce? We are here to help, as divorce can be hard, emotional and full of financial traps. When your ex-partner is also tied into your small business, the financial and emotional toll can be overwhelming. At Gartly Advisory, we understand that the end of a relationship isn’t just personal—it’s business. And it's where you may have questions on how divorce and my business will end up. Whether your partner was a co-owner, silent [...] READ MORE

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April 2025 Newsletter

By |2025-04-23T22:45:12+10:0023/04/2025|Categories: Blog, Business growth, Estate Planning, Exit Planning, Services accounting for small business, small business, Taxation|

Our April edition features pieces on: • We may need to talk about your family trust • Selling property? Buyers must withhold and pay the ATO! • Three great reasons to start a transition to retirement pension • Employees vs contractors: what sets them apart • No CGT exemption for homes held on trust • Concessional contributions: can there be too much of a good thing? Click here to download our April Newsletter Contact us on 03 9597 9966 if you have any questions relating to matters raised in any of our Client Newsletters.

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How to Enhance your business Value before Selling: The Ultimate Checklist

By |2024-10-30T21:17:44+11:0030/10/2024|Categories: Blog, Business growth, Exit Planning|

Business owners who enhance your business value before selling put themself in the optimised position for success . But they also face their most significant financial decisions of their business career before going to market for sale. we know that a well-prepared business can sell for 3-5 times more value than one rushed to market. A complete selling checklist helps owners maximise their business value and attract qualified buyers. The more time you spend enhancing your business value the better result you will get. Business owners can learn valuable steps to boost their business value before selling or putting their [...] READ MORE

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Early access to smsf superannuation when facing business stress

By |2024-09-25T13:00:43+10:0024/09/2024|Categories: Blog, Exit Planning, Services accounting for small business, SMSF|Tags: , |

It might be tempting as a business owner to take early access to smsf and superannuation.  As the economy gets tough for many small business owners, keeping the doors open can feel like a tightrope between survival and financial disaster. With this in mind business owners who also run their own SMSF are faced with these pressures, and it's tempting to access these funds. This may lead some to consider early access to smsf superannuation using the benefits of their Self-Managed Super Funds (SMSF) to keep their small business going.However, before considering this, you must grasp the serious legal and [...] READ MORE

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Selling my commercial business property!

By |2024-02-12T16:09:36+11:0010/01/2024|Categories: Blog, Exit Planning, Services accounting for small business, SMSF|Tags: , , |

How do I sell my commercial business property? When selling your business, your business operations and HQ are an essential and strategic part of your business. Most businesses operate from a premise of some sort, so when it comes to exit planning, your decisions on what to do with your business premises is equally important as one of the essential items that require serious discussion and planning. When it comes to planning, the first thing to do is to review how and what you use your office, factory shop, etc., as part of the business on a day-to-day basis. For [...] READ MORE

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Are you being forced out of your business by an aggressive business partner?

By |2024-02-12T16:57:29+11:0022/11/2023|Categories: Blog, Dispute management, Exit Planning|

Are you feeling trapped and forced out of your business by an aggressive business partner making your life hell?This situation can be incredibly stressful, leaving you powerless and questioning your dreams, motivation and aspirations. But fear not because help is here.Let’s explore the common signs and tactics that aggressive business partners use to push their partners out and strategies to regain control and protect your interests.Being forced out of your business is a nightmare and unacceptable. The good thing is you don't have to face it alone. The first step is to recognise that your partner is becoming aggressive and [...] READ MORE

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Geoff Gartly, Chartered Accountant, SMSF specialist, Business Exit Planner and Certified Business Valuebuilder Advisor, has over 35 Years of experience working with large and small businesses in accounting.

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