Abbott & Abbott

Project Highlights

• Management Consultancy

• Project Management

• Interim Management

• 2022 - Present

• Bexhill On-Sea, England.

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Acquisition & Mergers

I’ve supported a number of M&A projects across both share and asset purchases, most recently the acquisition of Taylor Engley, a well-established estate agency in Eastbourne.

Share purchases tend to bring added complexity, with increased legal, financial, and operational considerations. My role is to bring clarity through that process, from early-stage assessment through to integration and delivery.

I worked closely with the leadership team throughout the full lifecycle of the deal, supporting pre-completion discussions, sense-checking risk and valuation, planning for integration ahead of completion, and then working hands-on within the business post-completion.

With Taylor Engley, that meant aligning two established businesses into a clear and consistent way of operating, implementing practical systems, processes, and standard operating procedures to improve efficiency and day-to-day performance.

A year on from the acquisition, the business is firmly re-established as a market leader in its local area.

Alongside this, I supported the next phase of development, including a full rebrand, office refit, and relaunch, ensuring the business was positioned for long-term, sustainable growth.

I took a lead role in coordinating the integration, working across the business to ensure alignment, maintain momentum, and bring structure to what is often a complex and fast-moving process.

Throughout, I worked alongside the leadership team to provide clarity, support decision-making, and ensure clear communication across the business during a period of significant change.

Acquisitions don’t create value on their own, it’s what happens before and after that makes the difference.

Client Testimonial

We write this to convey our immense thanks to Bill Neech at Sands & Co .

Bill came into Abbott & Abbott just over a year ago to help us co-ordinate the takeover of several new businesses. I doubt that we could have found anyone more skilled or personable than Bill.

We needed new structures in place to facilitate the smooth transition of the takeovers, and Bill was extremely competent and immediately saw the areas that needed to be actioned, and wasted no time in getting down to work and swiftly putting the necessary infrastructure in place. This really did improve the whole business transaction and ensure that we did not loose any of the existing or new customers during the takeover process.

Bill is very much a people person, he can work alongside any member of staff, Director or team and we have yet to meet a person who doesn’t like him! Furthermore, his front of house customer skills are second to none and we found that all our customers really liked him and he negotiated some excellent deals for our business, both attracting new customers and enlarging existing customer business.

We could go on and on detailing his positive input into our business, but obviously nobody wants to read that much information. We do not have a bad thing to say about him or the service he gave and continues to give. Everyone should have a Bill!

I am more than happy to discuss Sands & Co further with anyone who would like more detail.

Peter Stavri, Director