Board

2012

Business Outlook

Darren Bond Director and Head of Valuation Services

“ The uncertain economic climate made for different demand drivers in 2011. As a result Christie + Co’s specialist Valuation Services team was able to use its strong sector knowledge and expertise to support the debt restructuring work of lenders as well as providing expert pre-transaction assistance and valuations.”

Simon Hughes UK Managing Director

“ Christie + Co enters 2012 with an encouraging number of new instructions to bring businesses to market. Of the businesses we sold in 2011, 25 per cent had a distressed background and we expect banks to continue driving transactional activity over the next few months. The current transactional landscape is not new territory for Christie + Co’s experienced business advisers and agents. We are confident in our ability to value businesses for sale and are also buoyed by the fact that the market mechanism continues to function, as buyers come forward to absorb the stock that becomes available.”

Andreas Scriven Director and Head of Consultancy

“ With their combined expertise allied to the company’s heritage, Christie +Co’s Consultancy team can genuinely say they’ve seen it all before. Therefore, in a turbulent year like 2011, we were able to leverage our considerable experience of economic ups and downs to deliver genuine, sustainable solutions of value to our clients.”

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