Plan to run a business. Plan profit and cashflow. Plan finance.
These articles are the result of many years in business, not of a close study of textbooks on the subject. They are designed to offer practical advice on the road to success, especially if you are starting up or looking to turn a small company into a bigger one.For any business plan cashflow is the key. Our free cashflow calculator will plan monthly cash revenue and expenditure, VAT, stock assets, letters of credit and factoring / invoice discounting. To create a cashflow forecast enter figures for the year
A brief overview of the rules including VAT on EC imports versus non-EC imports.
An introduction to calculating corporation tax; The rules and how they work.
Corporation tax increases for small business. Company stealth taxation revealed
Factoring, invoice discounting and cashflow. How factoring and invoice discounting can increase both cashflow and profits.
How to import using letters of credit. How letters of credit work in practice, how to finance them and how they affect cashflow and profit.
Finding suppliers and managing import logistics, payments, import charges and exchange rates.
Was the credit crunch born when Glass Steagall was repealed in 1999? Does banking regulation now need a Glass Steagall comeback and should commercial and investment banks dealing in securities be defined and separated again
Bank of England warns business of the dangers of inflation while the Treasury fiddles the CPI to hide the true rate of inflation.
How the credit crunch began - What do CDO, ABS and MBS mean? And how they have led the banks into a financial crisis.
How to handle your business going into receivership / administration and coming out the other side in one piece.
Your bank and their reaction to the credit crunch. How to avoid a loan / overdraft problem in 2008
Will house prices simply turn down or are we facing a full blown house price crash?
What it takes to obtain a business bank loan or overdraft. How 'campari' rules bank overdraft or bank loan decisions for business.
While the Bank of England cuts interest rates, inflation worsens as the pound falls, meaning the pound in your pocket buys less. The credit crunch, falling house prices devaluation and rising inflation are set to hammer the British economy in 2008.
Tips on how to succeed. To succeed in business means successful products: If cash in a business runs out though that business cannot succeed, no matter how successful its products.
Find new products at international trade fairs. How to buy at an international trade fair: Negotiate the best import deals: Deal with agents
Giving credit and cashflow - How to manage credit control; sales ledger; overdue accounts. How to manage credit risk: withdrawal of credit; pro forma sales.
Briefly how to write a successful business plan. How to plan forecasts for cash and profits.
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