Alan Dufty - Business Broker

We were fortunate to list our manufacturing business with Alan, and within a very short time had reached a successful sale. We highly recommend Alan as a business broker - very experienced, highly professional and a pleasure to work with. Thankyou Alan. Matt and Libby Caughey

We used Alan to market our business and as a result achieved an excellent sale. Alan was very professional and did an excellent job of marketing the business.  Ultimately we received multiple offers and Alan helped us work through the process of choosing and settling on the right buyer. We have no hesitation in recommending Alan to sell your business.

To whom I may concern,With three separate trading entities all in the beauty industry I wanted to sell then together in a group so knew it wasn’t going to be a standard sale. After not feeling confident in the Brokers I spoke to in Christchurch I decided to look elsewhere. I contacted Alan at Barker Business Brokers and Alan returned my call straight away which was a lot different from the response I got from Brokers in Christchurch, they took 3-4 days which gave me no confidence at all.I found Alan to be professional, motivated and got us an outstanding result which had the settlement of our businesses sold in 3 months. Although he was based in Auckland, he was very effective and his communication skills are great too, he always kept me up-dated. I would highly recommend him if you are selling your business even if you’re in the South Island.Thanks AlanJohn & Deborah Musgrave - ChristchurchDash Face & Body (Northlands & Riccarton Christchurch)The Hair & Beauty Company (Riccart0n Christchurch)

Alan successfully sold my business within my expected time frame and I was very happy on the outcome. He showed professionalism dealing to both myself and potential purchasers throughout the entire process, guided and helped me through a unfamiliar territory. I fully trust in Alan and his work, no doubt if I ever wanted to sell another business it would be through him. 5 Stars all round.

Even though our business was in the women's apparel industry, we knew that Alan was a great choice as someone to sell our business. Alan was great to deal with, listened to us and understood our business, worked hard, and achieved a premium price for us. Really pleased we chose him, and would highly recommend him to anyone who wants to sell their business.

7.3.2020Kelvin and Shelley Robinson270 Tiki Road CoromandelTO WHOM IT MAY CONCERNI am writing this letter as I feel that not enough people in the world praise people for a job well done.Two years ago, we sold our shuttle business and then purchased a motel in the Coromandel. In both of these cases social media plays a large role, customers are quick to draw your attention to negatives (even if they are not correct), but people that only have nice stuff to say seldom leave comments.With the view to sell our shuttle business we contacted Alan Dufty on a recommendation from another business owner. After many conversations and great advice from Alan we decided to hold onto it for a few more months and this proved to be an amazing move on Alans behalf.Finally, we decided to go to market and Alan was fantastic. He kept us well informed on where we were at with the market and predicted the buyer. We only had to meet with two separate parties and Alan had done most of the hard work for us. The first one he could see was not a right fit, however he told us it would be a good practice run for the next one.Alan sold our business within three (3) months (also this was listed early December right on Christmas).While this was happening we asked Alan to look for a particular kind of lifestyle business that we wanted to purchase and he came up trumps with that as well.While we were away in London we decided to buy the other business and Alan was great, he started the ball rolling for us on the Sale and Purchase agreement. He managed to negotiate a great deal that suited both parties. It was subject to our property selling in Auckland which took a little longer than predicted so he handled all the amendments along the way - he certainly earned is commission.We are now living down in the Coromandel and Alan has been to see us to make sure that everything is okay and also keeps in regular contact with us.To sum up, if you need a broker that will work for you and be honest, reliable and loyal, then Alan is your man. I have no hesitations in recommending Alan to anyone wishing to buy and or sell a business you will not be disappointed.Kind RegardsShelley

After making the decision to sell my business, I engaged the services of Alan Dufty from Barker Business. With three sides to the operation, the business was fairly complex consisting of an import wholesale division, a service division and also operating as a master franchisee. We had toyed with the idea of splitting the sale up, but after talking with Alan he recommended we sell all sectors together.Right from the start I felt we were in good hands. It was obvious Alan had a great deal of experience and throughout the process I found him to be honest, informative and knowledgeable.Alan received over 150 confidentiality agreements. However, because of the intricacies of the business it took a while to sell and was by no means easy - but Alan was like a dog with a bone and we got the job done.I would not hesitate to recommend Alan to sell your business. He is a dedicated, experienced broker who will put the work in, to get you a great result.Thanks Alan for your diligence throughout the process.Derek Beckett, ShieldIt