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Business Succession

One of the most important tasks to secure a company in the long run, is to take care of succession. This decision requires timely preparation and focus on goals in order to secure the existence and the further development of the company. The IHK assists companies in questions regarding succession through personal interviews and events.

In addition, companies can use the successor exchange nexxt change to find a successor.

The Exchange Platform: nexxt change

Who wants to start up a business does not necessarily have to found new company. A time proven path to entrepreneurial independence is also taking over an existing company. Opportunities exist, entrepreneurs also retire and a solution to succession cannot always be found within the family.

New entrepreneurs, as well as companies looking for a successor, have the opportunity to discreetly meet in Germany’s biggest successor exchange nexxt change. In nexxt change, the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK), the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH), the KfW Mittelstandsbank (KfW SME Bank) and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology combine many small exchanges to a concise and efficient data base. It can be searched for different criteria.

Here some details about the nexxt change successor exchange:

  1. The admission to the data base is free of charge.
  2. The offers are to be submitted directly by suppliers and enquirers to the IHKs or to other partners of the network. Third parties may also be authorized to act on behalf of suppliers and enquirers.
  3. The IHKs take no responsibility for the correctness of the information in the advertisements.
  4. Excluded from procurement is the amortisation of company parts like real estate, equipment and GmbH Shells (e.g.) .
  5. The replies of the interested parties must be directed to the ads individually.

The nexxt change Successor Exchange may not be used for service offers with canvassing goals beyond the described scope.