The Autumn Budget 2025: Key considerations for business buyers and sellers

11 November 2025
Corporate and M&A

The UK’s Autumn Budget 2025 is scheduled for November 26 and is expected to be an important event for businesses across the country. In our latest podcast, join Stuart Mullins, Corporate Partner at Clarkslegal, and Nicky Goringe Larkin, Founder of Goringe Accountants and Co-Founder of Succession Planning, as they discuss some of the likely implications of the Autumn Budget 2025 for those looking to buy and sell businesses.

For those looking to buy a business, the podcast will cover topics such as:

Changes in pensions
Income tax and wage pressures
EMI and share schemes
LLPs

For those businesses looking to sell, the discussion will include:

Capital Gains Tax and VAT
Employee Ownership Trusts (EOTs)
Inheritance Tax and company structure
ISA changes

If you would like to discuss any of the topics covered, please contact Stuart Mullins and Nicky Goringe Larkin, who would be happy to help.

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About this podcast

Subject

The Autumn Budget 2025: Key considerations for business buyers and sellers
Author

Stuart Mullins
Expertise

Corporate and M&A
Participants

Nicky Goringe Larkin – Succession Planning
Published

11 November 2025

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