Business Succession and M&A Support Business

In order to facilitate business succession, it is necessary to take a considerable preparation period and firm measures according to the company's situation.
We will carefully consult with you about worries and problems such as "The successor problem is an issue, but I do not know where to start."
Please feel free to contact us if you are a small business who is worried about business succession!

• You can consult for free.
• Visit consultation is also possible.
• We will guide you through grants related to business succession and M&A

This is a total of three courses for successors and successor candidates with the aim of supporting the next generation of managers in Yokohama. We support the provision of knowledge and know-how as a manager and the creation of a network between managers.
Yokohama Next-Generation Management School 2024 Flyer (PDF: 1,258KB)

Yokohama Next-Generation Management School in 2024 has ended.
Management Strengthening Courses Learned by Top Leaders-Management for Successors-"Yokohama Next-Generation Management School 2024" (3 times in total) | Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation (idec.or.jp) (outside site)

We will hold seminars with business succession know-how and success and failure cases.

<Overview>
For those who are considering or interested in business succession, we will introduce actual failure examples.
We will hold seminars that will encourage many people to think about business succession.
Seminar flyer (PDF: 3,535KB)
■Date and time
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
From 15:00 to 16:30: Seminar
From 16:30 to 17:00: Drop-in booth (voluntary participation)
■Venue
6th floor of Yokohama Media and Communications Center (11, Nihon Odori, Naka-ku, Yokohama)
■Target person
Managers, relatives, and company officials who are considering or interested in business succession
■Capacity
50 people (first come, first served)
■Sponsorship
Yokohama City / Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation / M&A Succeed Co., Ltd.
■Application (Deadline at 12:00 on October 21, 2024) ※The application has been closed.
(Public Goods) You can apply from the website of the Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation.
Application page (outside site)
　

• Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Creation of an organization in which successors evolve-Innovation triggered by business succession-(outside site)
• Wednesday, December 6, 2023 M & A seminar from the sellers and buyers of small and medium-sized enterprises-Success and failure examples seen from actual examples-(external site)
• Thursday, January 25, 2024 M&A Seminar as a Management Strategy

[FY2023] Archive of seminars on business succession and M&A

• Thursday, January 25, 2024 M & A seminar as a management strategy (outside site)

In order to take over the business, those who receive the transfer of business assets, etc., those who intend to consolidate the shares of the operating company by the holding company, those who acquire shares, etc. by individual representatives, or take over the business and take over new business Can be used by those who conduct business.

• Yokohama City Small and Medium Enterprise Loan Program

For the purpose of supporting smooth business succession, Yokohama City has concluded an agreement on business succession M&A with M&A Succeed Co., Ltd. and the Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation (IDEC Yokohama), providing the option of M&A to companies without successors.

• M&A Succeed HP (outside site)

By subsidizing a part of the cost of preparing documents (1) corporate profile, (2) business succession plan, (3) stock valuation calculation, and (4) corporate value evaluation report) that play an important role in the establishment of business succession and M&A, we support the first step toward business succession of SMEs.
Please check here for details.
Business Succession / M&A Start Support Project Subsidy | Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation (idec.or.jp) (outside site)

○Application acceptance period
　From 10:00 on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 to 17:00 on Friday, January 31, 2025
　※Please apply before starting the grant business (request for preparation of documents).
　※Reception will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis, and will be closed as soon as the budget limit is reached.
　※Applications can be made only once per business operator (even in separate corporations and businesses, only once if the representative and Address are the same).

○Subject expenses

• Business expenses for preparing “Corporate Overview” for the purpose of third-party succession (M&A)
• Business expenses for preparing “Business Succession Plan” and “Share Evaluation Calculation Form” for the purpose of succession to relatives, officers and employees (including only one of them)
• Business expenses for preparing “Corporate Value Evaluation Report” for the purpose of third-party succession (M&A)
  ※Expenses that are difficult to distinguish between expenses other than subsidized expenses and subsidized expenses are not eligible for subsidized expenses.
  ※When applying for the Kanagawa Business Succession Subsidy, it is necessary to exclude the target expenses that overlap with the same content as this subsidy.

○Grant rate and grant limit
　 Up to 200,000 yen (subsidized 50% of the cost of preparing a corporate profile)

○Contact information
(Public Goods) Yokohama Corporate Management Support Foundation (IDEC Yokohama) Management Support Division
　〒231-0021 11, Nihon Odori, Naka-ku, Yokohama 7th floor, Yokohama Media and Communications Center
　TEL： 045-225-3714 E-MAIL： [email protected]

Introducing web pages and leaflets that contain examples of business succession and M&A.

• Business Succession and M&A Case Link

You can check the website of Kanagawa Prefecture below.

• Guidance of certification procedure based on law about facilitation of management succession in small and medium-sized business (outside site)
• Business succession tax system for unlisted shares (outside site)

It is information about measures such as subsidies to support smooth business succession of small and medium-sized business.

• Click here for the website of the Small and Medium Enterprise Agency (outside site)

Basic knowledge of business succession, news, and related seminar information are posted.

• Click here for the business succession portal site of the Small and Medium-sized Organization (external site)