Partnerships, Investment & Business Rescue

DXG’s approach has already transformed multiple partner agencies - each now fully profitable and part of a unified group structure.

By combining finance, operations, and growth expertise under one shared system, we help businesses move from firefighting to future planning.

Key proof points:
- 100% of integrated partners now profitable

- Centralised finance, reporting, and operations

- Retained jobs, clients, and brand identities

- Proven turnaround process delivered discreetly

If your agency is under financial pressure, the most important step is to act early. Reviewing cashflow, speaking to creditors, reducing unnecessary overheads, and seeking external guidance can prevent the situation from escalating. Many agencies don’t realise that investment, restructure, or pre-pack administration options exist specifically to protect the business, its brand, and its employees.

DXG provides confidential support for agencies in this position, offering stabilisation plans, investment options, operational fixes, and, if necessary, structured acquisition routes that allow the business to continue.

You’re not alone - and there are solutions long before closure becomes a risk.

Investors look for clear financial visibility, solid demand for your services, and a leadership team capable of delivering growth. To secure investment, you need organised financials, predictable revenue, and a clear operational plan. Businesses often seek investment when they want to scale but lack the infrastructure or capital to get there.

DXG offers both investment and hands-on operational support, meaning we don’t just invest capital - we bring the finance, operations, systems, and leadership needed to help your business grow sustainably.

Broken operations usually show up as inconsistent delivery, poor profitability, overworked teams, and unclear processes.

Fixing them requires rebuilding workflows, improving forecasting, implementing proper systems, and aligning delivery teams with commercial goals. Many businesses lack the bandwidth to do this internally, which is why shared operations and centralised systems are often the fastest solution.

Within DXG, agencies gain access to proven operational frameworks that immediately improve efficiency, cashflow, and delivery consistency — without hiring additional overhead.

Business valuation typically depends on profitability, revenue stability, client concentration, the strength of your leadership team, and the scalability of your operations.

Most businesses are valued using a multiple of EBITDA or a revenue multiple, depending on the maturity of the business. Creative and digital agencies with strong recurring revenue or niche specialisms tend to achieve higher valuations.

At DXG, we assess value holistically - not just the numbers, but the potential to grow within the group structure. Even agencies that are currently underperforming may still hold strong value if the capability, client base, or brand has long-term potential.

Joining a larger group can help your agency scale faster by giving you access to shared operations, finance, HR, and commercial support that would be expensive to build alone.

Many founders choose this route when they want to grow without increasing overheads, when they feel operationally stretched, or when they need a more stable structure around them. Staying independent works well if you have the resources, infrastructure, and leadership capacity to manage growth on your own.

DXG provides a partner model where agencies keep their identity but gain the systems, people, and stability of a wider group - making it a strong option for founders who want support without giving up who they are.

A pre-pack administration is a process where a business sells its assets to a new company - often linked to the existing directors -immediately after entering administration. It allows the business to continue trading while removing the debt or liabilities that caused financial distress.

DXG often works with companies before they reach the pre-pack stage, helping them stabilise, find investment, or restructure so they can avoid insolvency altogether.

Here’s how it works in simple terms:

1. The business becomes insolvent or unable to meet its payments.

2. An insolvency practitioner prepares a plan to sell the company’s assets.

3. A buyer is identified (this may be the current owners or a third party).

4. The sale completes the moment the company enters administration, so there is no trading interruption.

5. The new company can keep trading, keep staff, and retain client contracts - but without the historic debt.

They protect the brand, jobs, and operational continuity. However, they are not the only route - investment, restructure, or turnaround may achieve the same outcome without entering administration.

A pre-pack can be the right option if your business is viable but overwhelmed by debt, creditor pressure, or cashflow problems. It’s often recommended when the company cannot meet upcoming financial commitments and needs a fast, controlled solution that protects the core business.

However, it’s not always the best - and it isn’t the only - option.

A pre-pack may be suitable if:

- Your business has strong clients but weak cashflow

- Debt or HMRC pressure is threatening closure

- You need to protect jobs and trading continuity

- You want to buy back the business in a clean, simplified form

It may not be the best choice if:

- The business can be stabilised through restructuring

- You can secure external investment

- Operational issues (not debt) are the core problem

- A turnaround plan could restore profitability

Many founders are advised to consider a pre-pack before exploring all alternatives.

DXG helps businesses evaluate every route - investment, restructure, turnaround, and group integration - before insolvency becomes the only option. Often, stability can be restored without entering administration.

A pre-pack administration normally does not affect your personal credit rating, because the process relates to the company and not you as an individual. Your personal credit is only impacted if you have:

• signed personal guarantees,

• taken out director-backed loans, or

• used personal finance to secure company debt.

If personal guarantees exist, the lender may still pursue you even after the company enters a pre-pack. If no guarantees are in place, you are generally not personally liable for the company’s debts.

A pre-pack does not create a personal insolvency record unless you are personally bankrupt or enter an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA).

Where it can affect you is reputationally: future lenders or investors may ask whether you have been a director of a company that entered administration. This doesn’t prevent you from running a new business - but it’s something to handle with transparency.

DXG helps founders understand:

- what your personal exposure is,

- whether guarantees can be negotiated or removed, and

- whether restructure, investment, or turnaround can avoid a pre-pack entirely.

For most directors, the outcome is far less damaging personally than they fear - but getting early advice is critical. Get in touch for further support.