Privacy Policy

How we found your details

If Simon Read has emailed you about selling your business, your details came from the sources below, and you can be removed at any time.

Where your details came from

Your name and role come from the public register at Companies House, which lists the directors and people with significant control of every UK limited company. Your email address is either published on your company's own website or follows the format your company uses for its addresses, and we check that it is valid before we use it.

We only email business addresses on a company's own website domain. We never use personal or free webmail addresses, and we do not email sole traders or partnerships.

What we hold

We hold your first name, your business email address, and your company's name and registered details. We do not hold your home address, phone number or date of birth.

Why we may contact you

Our lawful basis is legitimate interests. We help owners of businesses like yours to sell them, and letting a company owner know that buyers are looking for businesses like theirs is a normal part of that work. We have weighed this against your interests: we email no more than once in any four weeks, and you can stop it with one click.

How to be removed

Every email we send ends with a line that removes you with one click. You can also reply asking to be removed, or email enquiries@pestcontrolbusinessforsale.co.uk. Once you are removed, we keep your email address only on our suppression list, so that you are never contacted again.

Your rights

You can ask what we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to us using it, by emailing enquiries@pestcontrolbusinessforsale.co.uk. We always act on an objection to marketing. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.

Who we are

Pest Control Business Sales is a trading division of Reads Advice Partners Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales (Company No. 12124192). We are the data controller responsible for the personal information collected through this website.

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or how we handle your personal information, you can contact us at enquiries@pestcontrolbusinessforsale.co.uk or on 01285 704466.

What information we collect

We collect the following categories of personal information when you use our website:

• Contact details: your name, email address, phone number, postcode, and company name when you submit a form requesting a valuation, downloading a guide, or asking a question.
• Business information: details about your pest control business that you voluntarily share, including turnover ranges, team size, accreditations, and timeline for selling.
• Technical information: your IP address, browser type, device information, referring website, and pages visited. This is collected through standard server logs and privacy-respecting analytics.

How we use your information

We use the personal information you provide for the following purposes:

• To respond to your enquiry and arrange a confidential initial conversation.
• To prepare and deliver a free indicative valuation based on the details you share.
• To identify qualified buyers from our register who may be a good match for your business, always on an anonymised basis until you give explicit approval to share identifying details.
• To send occasional updates about market conditions, tax changes, or content that may be relevant to pest control business owners, where you have opted in.
• To comply with our legal, regulatory, and accounting obligations.

Legal basis for processing

We process your personal information on the following legal bases:

• Consent: where you have actively provided your details through a form on this website.
• Legitimate interests: to respond to enquiries, provide our brokerage service, and maintain our buyer register in a way that respects your confidentiality.
• Legal obligation: where required by law, regulation, or court order.

Confidentiality

Confidentiality is central to how we work. We will never share your business details, company name, or identifying information with any buyer or third party without your explicit written approval. When approaching buyers, we use anonymised teasers that describe the business in broad terms only. Every buyer who receives identifying information first signs a non-disclosure agreement, a promise to keep what they learn confidential.

Who we share your information with

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it in limited circumstances:

• With service providers who help us operate our website, customer relationship management, and email systems, under strict data processing agreements.
• With qualified buyers, but only after you have personally approved the introduction and the buyer has signed an NDA.
• With our professional advisers, including lawyers and accountants, where necessary.
• With regulators, law enforcement, or other authorities where required by law.

How long we keep your information

We keep your personal information for as long as is necessary to provide our service and to comply with our legal obligations. If you ask us not to contact you again, we will remove your details from our active database but retain a minimal record to ensure we honour your suppression request.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights in relation to your personal information:

• The right to be informed about how we use your information.
• The right of access to the personal information we hold about you.
• The right to rectification of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• The right to erasure of your personal information in certain circumstances.
• The right to restrict processing.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to object to processing.
• Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling (we do not use automated decision making).

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at enquiries@pestcontrolbusinessforsale.co.uk. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection: ico.org.uk.

Cookies

Our website uses a minimal number of cookies to ensure the site functions correctly and to help us understand how visitors use our content. We do not use third-party advertising cookies or share cookie data for marketing profiling purposes. You can disable cookies through your browser settings if you prefer.

Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. Information you submit through our forms is transmitted securely, and our systems are hosted on reputable providers with strong security standards.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, our services, or our processes. The updated policy will be published on this page with a revised "last updated" date. Significant changes that affect how we use your information will be communicated directly where possible.

Contact

For any privacy-related questions or requests, contact us:

• Email: enquiries@pestcontrolbusinessforsale.co.uk
• Phone: 01285 704466
• Trading entity: Reads Advice Partners Ltd, Company No. 12124192