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Management accounts

Do you really know where all your cash is tied up and how each element of your business is performing? If not, maybe you should consider compiling management accounts. Daniel Prais, partner at Crawfords Accountants (www.crawfordsaccountants.co.uk) explains how to get started.

Finance

Fraud Risk Strategies for SMEs

One of the key lessons to be learnt from the recession is that few if any companies can ignore the threat of fraud. David Alexander, the president of the UK Chapter of the Association for Certified Fraud Examiners and director of Forensics at Smith & Williamson offers advice.

Finance, Smith & Williamson, The Association for Certified Fraud Examiners

Securing business funding

Andrew Foyle, a member of the famous bookselling family, set up publishing company BLi Education in 2007 and has already built it into a £10 million-plus business. Here he sets out his tips for raising finance to fund business growth.

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Controlling deal costs

In the current climate many people are looking to minimise their legal and advisory costs on transactions. Jenny Robertson, senior associate at law firm Stevens & Bolton http://www.stevens-bolton.co.uk outlines a number of steps that owner managers who are considering a possible exit can take to control costs.

Finance

Rethink the Xmas bonus

With Christmas around the corner, the annual bonus will soon be on the agenda for many companies. With a tough financial year behind and another ahead, how can employers reward staff but still keep the purse strings tight?

Finance

Banking

Capricious lending policies are still driving small businesses to the brink and beyond. So how can you stop your bank dragging you under? EN investigates

Finance

Top ten tax year-end tips for owner-managers

Richard Mannion of Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and financial services group provides his top tips for owner managers:

Finance

Coping with the crunch

Worried about the Credit Crunch? Don't be. Read this advice instead.

Finance

Attracting investment in a downturn

The economic clouds are gathering thick and fast. Is it still possible to attract an investor to fund your growth?

A grey global economic outlook has been made all the more gloomy for new companies seeking to attract investment. In March, 3i announced that it would no longer invest in early-stage technology and media companies.

Finance

Managing Cashflow

Cash is king, as the cliché goes. Join the revolution and help make it more democratic

Finance

  • Fat camps

    Turning excess lard into dough? It’s like taking candy from a baby. EN heads to the fit farm and examines a bulging bottom line.

  • Angels with dirty faces

    EN visited the British Business Angels Association’s annual conference and found a sector torn between confidence and crisis.

  • Slick moves

    Are we emerging from recession into an energy crisis? Probably not, as EN discovers.

  • The unavoidable truth

    EN and Downtown in Business hosted a wide-ranging panel debate following June’s emergency Budget. This is what happened.

  • Day nurseries

    Making money out of nurseries should be child’s play. Shouldn’t it? EN examines the real bottom line.

Five Minutes With

Frank McKenna

Frank McKenna has never exactly been shy about being the public face of the Downtown in Business brand, which he founded in Liverpool in 2004 and now boasts operations in Preston and Manchester (the latter launched earlier this year). His weekly, “Thank Frank it’s Friday” email missives, “Frankie Says” blog and Tarantino-inspired advertisements are cases in point.

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