Newsletter September 2025

Nicola Draper Founder of Draper Hinks We have been contacted by a number of sellers that do not want to have to deal with MTD next year.  I believe that some will leave it to the last minute and I am expecting there to be a rush of vendors wanting to sell with little time to spare.   Have a regular …

Newsletter June 2025

Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks At Draper Hinks we receive referrals from many different places and we are grateful to anyone and everyone that passes our name forward, thank you.   We are proud to announce that we have completed well in excess of 465 deals to date.  This does not mean we know everything, but we do have a lot …

Newsletter April 2025

Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks Did you know there are good and bad times in the year to buy an accountancy practice?  Now is the best time to register with us if you want to buy accountancy fees.  We are busy with vendors telling us they do not want to do another January.  Tell us where you are looking to buy, …

February Newsletter 2025

Nicola Draper Founder Draper Hinks How was your January?  Busy as ever? Have you decided to grow your practice and buy some fees?  Now is the busiest time of year for us where vendors want to sell.  Make sure you are registered with us. We need to understand what you are looking for so we can put forward only the …

December Newsletter 2024

Nicola DraperFounder Draper Hinks  Season’s Greetings.  I’m Nicola Draper, I run Draper Hinks, a business brokerage facilitating the buying and selling of accountancy practices.   We have completed  over 448 deals to date and look forward to doing many more. I was asked by the ICAEW to be a keynote speaker again, on a webinar discussing selling your accountancy practice.  If you …

September Newsletter 2024

Nicola Draper founder Draper Hinks   At Draper Hinks we only deal with accountants in practice and have sold many hundreds of practices.  We still come across scenarios that we have not seen before because we find that accountants can be very creative when it comes to numbers and how to structure a deal. We have been known to advise …

July Newsletter 2024

Nicola Draper founder Draper Hinks  Looking to grow your accountancy practice?  You have two options, either grow organically or buy some fees.  Buying accountancy fees can entail buying a whole practice or buying a tranche of fees.   We understand that buying fees can be the quickest way to build your practice but there are stages involved.  If you have significant …

May Newsletter 2024

Nicola Draper founder Draper Hinks  Draper Hinks prides itself for being one of the top brokers in the country for facilitating the buying and selling of accountancy practices. Last month Nicola celebrated her 20th Anniversary of running Draper Hinks on her own.  In that time, she has built up a fabulous reputation in the industry for giving good sound advice …

April Newsletter 2024

Invitation to everyone! This month Nicola is celebrating her 20th Anniversary of running Draper Hinks on her own.  Chris Hinks, her business partner, retired 20 years ago. You are invited to join us for a cup of coffee and a slice of cake to celebrate with us on Monday, 15th April between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm.  RSVP by 12th …

February Newsletter 2024

How was your January?  Busy as ever? Have you decided to grow your practice and buy some fees?  Now is a good time to make sure you have registered with us for the start of 2024. We have brokered well over 400 deals so know a little about the process and can give you advice where requested. We are excited …