Member Article

Due Diligence

Are you protecting your business, its assets and its profitability?

As a business owner, how far do you go to check the facts and details of the following:

• Investment
• Merger
• Acquisition
• New supplier
• Major new client
• New business partner
• New key employee

How robust is your due diligence process. Apart from some checks with Company House or Land Registry, or some phone enquiries from the office, or checking a website, what do you actually do to confirm that the information presented is accurate or actually real. We offer that solution. We will research and investigate the issues at hand for you.

Portcullis offers bespoke intelligence and information solutions to promote safer, and reduced risk business.

Work smarter:

Make your due diligence process more effective.
Help reduce risk in your business.
You can make better informed decisions to protect your company, its assets and its profitability.

In relation to your business dealings, who are you actually doing business with:

• What do you actually know about the work ethic of the person you are considering collaborating with on a new project?
• What is the true performance of the company who may become a major supplier to you?
• Does your new customer have the ability to pay?
• What is the demeanour of the management team in the business you are considering purchasing?

Our intelligence service adds extra value to your due diligence process.

Due Diligence + Service

If you are considering an:

• Investment
• Merger
• Acquisition
• New supplier
• Major new client
• New business partner
• New key employee

Then you need to make sound, informed decisions, to reduce risk, protect your company, its assets and its profitability.

Owners and managers strive to make their businesses work effectively and profitably. Our intelligence provides extra, detailed information on the performance of companies and the ethics, ability, working background, reputations and expertise of people in business. This allows you to make better decisions about who you want to do business with and when. It delivers vital information to you, driving business insight, and allowing adaptation, business agility, change, growth and risk reduction.

Our in depth, robust research and investigations will get beneath the veneer and gloss. We will research company history and trading details, establishing the actual facts, compared to those presented in the deal. We will investigate business owners and managers’ reputations and expertise. We will research and investigate the information that is presented, and beyond, to develop an accurate picture for you.

Portcullis will either confirm that the information provided to you is sound and reliable, or otherwise, as the case may be. This will be combined with the additional information collated, to provide an accurate assessment of the issue under consideration.

Details like these allow you to make informed decisions, reducing risk, and assisting in your commercial success.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Mark Trotter .