Buyer Newsletter December 2025

Nicola Draper Founder of Draper HInks Seasons Greetings.    I’m Nicola Draper, I run Draper Hinks. We facilitate the buying and selling of accountancy practices/fees.  We have completed over 490 deals to date and expect to complete more before the year is out. We like it best when we are very busy.    It is a very good idea to …

Newsletter October 2025

Nicola Draper Founder of Draper Hinks We are getting to that time of year when vendors, looking to sell now, are having to consider a completion date in March or even April next year.  If you are looking to buy a practice and complete before then you may find that sellers are not ready to complete that quickly.   If …

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 …