Expert thinking on productivity, intangible asset valuation, growth strategy, and building more valuable businesses.
Most intangible asset diligence stops at an inventory. The inventory is not the deliverable. What a buyer actually needs is the line from each finding to a number in the model, a clause in the agreement, and an owner in the first hundred days.
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Most of a modern company's value sits in intangible assets, yet the tools for measuring and valuing them are scattered across spreadsheets, advisory firms, IP reviewers and software. This guide maps the categories, names the main providers, and sets out how to choose the right one for your situation.
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An IP collateral pack turns an intangible-asset audit into a credit-committee-ready bundle: ownership, valuation, evidence grading and collateral-suitability, ordered the way a lender reads.
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A practical guide to the Greenfield method — the IVS 105 technique for valuing customer relationships, distribution channels, and other going-concern intangibles by modelling the time and capital it would take to rebuild them from scratch. Learn the theory, the inputs, and how the Asset Valuator in Opagio Intangibles runs it.
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A practical guide to the Market Approach — the IVS 105 method that values trade marks, patents, and going-concern brands by triangulating from arms-length transactions in comparable assets. Learn the theory, the inputs, the adjustments, and how the Asset Valuator in Opagio Intangibles runs it.
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Registering a charge over IP at Companies House: how security is created and perfected under s.859A, IPO recording, and insolvency priority.
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DSCR for IP-backed loans explained: why cash flow gates the loan, the ~1.20–1.25x benchmark, the financials lenders require, and IP as fallback collateral.
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How advisers help clients access IP finance: the five-stage playbook to identify, value, evidence and place an IP-backed loan — and own the fee.
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Learn how much you can borrow against a patent in the UK: indicative 20–50% LTV, the three lender tests, IVS valuation, a worked example and how to.
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IVS 210 vs RICS Red Book compared for lending: what each standard is, how VPGA 6 and Appendix A apply, and the credit-grade valuation a lender needs.
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Price is only half a deal. How it is structured — share or asset purchase, completion accounts or locked box, what the warranties cover, how much sits in an earn-out — decides who carries the risk. A UK buyer's guide to the mechanics.
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Selling a business follows a defined path — preparation, teaser and IM under NDA, heads of terms, diligence, the SPA, then completion. Here is what happens at each stage, and where the price is won or lost.
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