business finance
Guide to vehicle and fleet financing
As banks become positively Scrooge-like in their lending policies, companies are becoming increasingly conscious of better managing their working capital. Even so, fleet transport in one form or another may be critical to business. Here John Lewis runs through the forms of financing available and their tax implications.
How to approach working capital
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Many British businesses are ignorant of working capital and need to understand forecasting, cashflow and the financial supply chain. But there are solutions to both ignorance and problematic working capital. Gerry O'Kane talks to working capital expert John Mardle.
How to boost working capital with a broader view of supply chain finance
As a continuation of John Mardle's ideas here is an example of how a deeper and broader view of your supply chain may offer opportunities for boosting working capital and long-term strategic company development.
Top 10 tips to reducing working capital
As part of our series in improving working capital to companies we have ten blunt tips from CIMA on how to assess your business and which pitfalls to avoid.
British businesses need help with working capital and reporting
The issues facing British companies now are how to improve working capital and financial forecasting. In the coming weeks Finance Week will examine the alternative sources of financing available including factoring and asset-based lending and how to reduce days' working capital.
Adaptive Planning responds to slump with Recession Survival Kit
Online planning and reporting specialist Adaptive Planning has put together a £5,000 Recession Survival Kit to help businesses revise forecasts and planning scenarios in response to the economic downturn.
How CEOs and owner-managers should overcome recession
We have another set of top ten tips for navigating the choppy economic waters. This time Tony Price, acting chief executive of Vistage International, shares his ideas for retail business success.
A land of opportunity and risk - Russia is open for business
Charles Hecker gives a personal view on how Russia has changed since the economic crisis. While corruption is rife and strategic sectors will see repeats of the TNK-BP fiasco, there are opportunites, he believes.
Raising capital through debt
The risks of raising additional finance through an overdraft facility were highlighted in the second half of 2007, when big banks passed on their own ...
The Bottom Line:If Mr Cable has his way...
"If Mr Cable had his way, all the big banks would be broken up and bonuses would be virtually eliminated - a sure-fire way in my view of guaranteeing an end to the UK’s ability to compete as an international financial centre. Let’s not forget that this is a man who is on record as saying that everyone who works in a bank has an ‘aristocratic lifestyle’ clearly demonstrating his lack of understanding of the sector." A tough line on bankers’ bonuses could make a brain drain of financial talent a distinct possibility, warns Paul Marsden. Read more