Financial Management & Forecasting

Financial Management | Quick Guides

Currency control

Exporters and financial experts explain how to make currency moves work in your favour.

Sticking to those new year’s resolutions

Although most people will have made and broken their personal New Year’s Resolutions by 24 January, there are seven good habits every business should stick to.

Pre-Budget Report 2009: the key points for businesses

Alistair Darling has pledged some help for growing businesses in what might be his last pre-Budget report, but employers will be less pleased about the planned rise in national insurance.

Financial Management | Analysis

The rise of the renminbi

Hugh Metcalf, senior economics lecturer at Newcastle University Business School, sheds light on the factors affecting China’s currency.

Get your house in order

There are four lessons that businesses can learn from the MPs’ expenses experience which would go a long way to ensuring that expenses are kept in line in the business world.

The changing role of the FD

The credit freeze has tested the skills of a chief finance officer like never before. GrowthBusiness meets the accountants who have both an entrepreneurial spirit and a keen sense of control.

Financial Management | Profiles

Constructive cost-cutting

Steve Barnes, CEO of online marketing company Infoserve, doesn’t much like the term cost-cutting.

Research

Directors' Pay AIM 2009

What should an AIM company pay its CEO or FD?
What should a non-executive director or chairman expect to be paid?
What benchmarks should AIM remuneration committee members be using when
setting pay?

VCT Special Report 2009

This reports principle aim is to provide business owners seeking funding with information about the amount of funds that VCTs have to invest.

Cash Shells Special Report 2009

A comprehensive overview of cash shells on AIM and PLUS, companies that have become a significant feature on the market landscape.

5 Things You Need to Understand About Your Nexus Footprint

Understand how to monitor your business activities as well as how states enforce Nexus.

ABA Banking Journal

Covers the commercial banking industry in the United States, focusing on a wide variety of banking technologies and solutions.

Accountants World Daily Newsletter

Provides a large collection of relevant news stories that are sourced from over 2,000 different publications daily.

Trying to raise business finance?

The Vistage Guide to Raising Finance in The New Economy. It tells you what your options are and how best to present your case for business finance. Simply visit www.neweconomyblog.co.uk/rf2 to request your free copy.

Barclaycard Commercial – Ease your business cash flow

Our Visa and MasterCard credit and charge cards give you greater control over your expenses, help with cash flow and could safeguard your business by providing extra financial protection. Find out more about our credit and charge card solution.

Barclays Business Start Up Account

Everything you need in one place from help with planning to getting more customers, to FREE seminars and a credit checking service to help you get paid quicker. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online

Out with the old, in with affordable.

Bring in IBM System x3650 M2 Express servers powered by Intel® Xeon® and dramatically lower IT operating expenses. Use IBM’s online evaluation tool to see ROI in as little as three months. Find out more

Enterprise-class e-commerce for mid-sized businesses

Online shopping has become ubiquitous and has changed customers' expectations. But how can mid-sized companies tackle e-commerce?

View now the ATG webinar with Forrester Research to find out how enterprise-class e-commerce can work for you. Click here to find out more

Selecting the right IT strategy in 2010

Owner managers and CEOs of fast-growing companies want IT-applications that accelerate competitive advantage and improve operational efficiency. This free whitepaper helps you plan and choose the right IT strategy for your business in 2010. Download ‘Selecting The Right Software Vendor’.

Compare public liability and business insurance quotes now

Compare quotes in minutes from leading insurers, including Zurich, Aviva, AXA and Hiscox. Tailor your cover levels with public & employer’s liability, business premises, professional indemnity or business interruption cover among others. Find out more now

The Perfect Accounts Package?

Finding the right Accounts Software and the right partner to provide it needn't be a challenge. Our free service delivers tailored quotes from the best providers. Compare quotes now.

Secure early payment for your unpaid invoices with Simply Business

Simply Business works with a carefully selected panel of the UK's leading factoring and invoice discounting providers. Find out your cash flow options in minutes, you could have 90% of your invoices paid in 24 hours. To find out more click here

Get started with Barclays Business Banking

Choose from 3 great Start-up packages offering a range of business and banking solutions, from cashflow management software (QuickBooks or Sage) to VAT management solution. Plus, up to 2 years FREE banking (conditions apply). Apply online.

Weekly Advice & Tips on Raising Capital

Free weekly information and advice on raising capital for your business, easing cash flow or boosting your bottom line. Find out more or sign up today.

Financial management & financial forecasting

Raising and managing of funds by business organizations. Such activities are usually the concern of senior managers, who must use financial forecasting to develop a long-term plan for the firm. Shorter-term budgets are then devised to meet the plan's goals. Other duties of financial managers include managing accounts receivable and fixing the optimum level of inventories. When deciding how to deploy corporate assets to increase growth, financial managers must also consider the benefits of mergers and acquisitions.

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The UK's hottest VC prospects

From the founder of Glasses Direct to the CEO of microlending company Wonga, GB talks to the leaders of five of the UK's hottest VC-backed companies about how they raised the cash and what they're doing with it.

Are fundraising prospects improving?

Mark Tasker, a specialist in the technology sector at corporate law firm Fox Williams, considers the current outlook for businesses seeking funding.

Funding a technology business

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Brits hit the Bay Area

UK entrepreneurs cross the pond to woo wealthy West Coast investors.

The return of the IPO

The IPO market shows signs of emerging from hibernation, despite the much-publicised cancellation of a few big-name floats.

Assessing government VC funds

A report from the National Audit Office slamming the performance of state-backed venture capital (VC) funds has caused an outcry from sections of the VC community. GrowthBusiness investigates.