Confidential enquiry privacy notice

We collect your objectives, business and approximate financial information, timing and fee preferences, contact details, comments and your acknowledgement of this notice. We also record the submission time, enquiry reference, which guide or topic led you to the form, the page you came from, the landing and referring page, campaign details where present, when you acknowledged this notice, and (only if you tick the separate optional box) your consent to receive occasional information, with its wording and time. Aggregate form usage (for example, how many visitors reach each step) is recorded without your answers or contact details. A hashed connection address is used to limit abusive submissions.

Authorised administrators and advisers use your information to assess your circumstances, contact you and manage your enquiry. Experienced advisers may review the enquiry where relevant. An internal recommendation is not acceptance as a client, and submitting the form does not appoint an adviser; any advisory engagement requires a separate agreement. Your business is not publicly advertised or disclosed to prospective buyers because you submitted this form.

To assess your enquiry and discuss suitable options, Exit Partners Limited may share the information you submit with appropriate transaction advisers, including affiliated advisory businesses, whose services may be relevant to your circumstances. Only the information needed for that purpose is shared, and your business is not advertised or disclosed to prospective buyers as a result. Any adviser you later choose to engage will explain how they handle your information under their own agreement with you.

Enquiries are held in access-controlled Lovable Cloud storage. Access is restricted to authorised administrators. An internal email notification summarising your enquiry, including your contact details, is sent to designated staff, and you may receive an acknowledgement email. Advisers keep internal notes and an activity record, and may later send you a short follow-up summary they have written and approved. If enabled in future, the enquiry may be sent securely to Zoho for enquiry management. Submitting the form does not enrol you in marketing; you receive occasional updates only if you tick the separate optional box.

Where you submit an enquiry but do not become a client, we will normally retain your enquiry details for up to 24 months after our last meaningful contact with you. We may delete information sooner where it is no longer needed. Where information must be retained longer for a legal obligation or to establish, exercise or defend legal claims, we will retain it only for as long as reasonably necessary for that purpose.

If you subsequently become a client, different retention periods may apply to records associated with our professional engagement, as explained in our applicable privacy information.

For questions about processing, or to request access, correction or deletion of your enquiry information, contact info@businessexits.co.uk. Applicable data-protection rights and any lawful retention requirements will be considered when handling your request.

If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information, please contact us so that we can investigate. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, at www.ico.org.uk.