Latest Guides & Tips
- 1 | 2
- Next Page »
Keep credit under control
Take command of your cash flow by ensuring you don't fall victim to late payment.
Control Your Cash Flow
Cash flow can jangle the nerves of the calmest business owner. Read our guide to help you beat those late payers and make your company run more efficiently.
Negotiating price
As many as one-third of owner-managers say they do not see themselves as natural negotiators, according to a recent survey. But you don’t have to go in with all guns blazing to achieve more favourable terms.
Growth on a budget
You don’t have to strip your business to the bones to save cash. Here are five top tips on ways to cut costs without having to make staff redundant or move premises.
Common misconceptions about invoice finance
Invoice finance and factoring are important tools for growing companies. As the country begins to emerge from the economic slump, many firms are trying to take advantage of the prospects for expansion that are beginning to present themselves.
Keep the money coming in
Having a healthy cash flow will be crucial to the success of your business in 2010. Read the second instalment of our guide on how to ensure your money doesn’t dry up during the year ahead.
Key to safe cash flow
Late payers, cancelled overdrafts, and extreme lending terms have led to some of the worse trading conditions in over a decade. Read part one of our guide on how to ensure your cash flow is in a safe position in 2010.
Ten ways to improve cash flow
Smallbusiness.co.uk has some top tips for start ups on how to manage their cash flow smartly
Ten recession-beating tips
In these uncertain times it’s important to keep your cool and make the right decisions. Here’s a list of the top ten things you shouldn’t do in order to keep your business afloat
Goodbye to pic ‘n’ mix
The century-old chain of Woolworths is the first high-profile casualty of the year. As it closes its doors for good, what lessons can be learned?
Keep the cash flowing: Part one
Cash flow will be the difference between success and failure this year. Here are ten top tips for ensuring your business stays in the black
Keep the cash flowing: part two
Having a steady cash flow is now more important than ever. Read the second part of our guide to ensuring your business stays in the black
How to forecast more accurately
If you already run a business, you will have a trading history and will be able to use this to make decisions about the future. The real challenge is to accurately predict the likely sales revenues. Click to read a guide to forecasting...
Clever cash flow management
Keeping a strong and steady flow of cash running through a business is critical to a company’s long-term success, enabling it to pay its staff on time, fulfill new orders and purchase raw material and even new equipment. Here are a few simple steps to help you avoid the stress of cash drying up.
Debt advice for small businesses
Many small businesses operate on a very tight budget. Figures published by the Insolvency Service during 2005 show that 12,893 companies went into liquidation and 10,839 self-employed people were declared bankrupt. The need for debt advice for small businesses has never before been in such demand.
