Revision Presentation - Improving Cash Flow

What are the causes of cash flow problems and how can a business manage its cash flow more effectively?  This revision presentation looks at those questions, covering topics such as the basics of working capital management, bank finance, factoring, sale and leaseback and sale of assets.

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Cash flow problems and the business of dying

This video addresses a sensitive, but relevant business issue - the rising level of amounts owed by families to funeral directors as a result of the recession…

Q&A - Why are start-ups vulnerable to cash flow problems?

Start-ups and small businesses are especially vulnerable to cash flow problems. Here are some of the main reasons:

Cash flow management - chasing the late payers

AS and A2 students are likely to come across a scenario or two where the case study business is suffering from slow payment of invoices by customers who bought on credit (so called “trade debtors").  An interesting survey out today suggests that small businesses in particular are being more aggressive in chasing up long-standing debts - as the need to maximise cash flow becomes the number one business priority…

Q&A - What are the main causes of a cash flow problem?

A cash flow problem arises when a business struggles to pay its debts as they become due.

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Cash flow management - dividends in the spotlight

For Eurotunnel shareholders, it has been a long wait.  But they have finally received a dividend, some 22 years after the Channel Tunnel was opened. However, shareholders of other quoted and private companies may not be so lucky…

Teaching cash flow management with Cash Flow Clue-Doh!

A few weeks ago, we introduced a new tutor2u resource designed for delegates at our AQA AS Business Unit 2 Teacher Workshops.  Cash Flow Clue-Doh! is a cash flow-based murder mystery game which encourages students to discover the clues that help solve the question “why did Peston Plastics go bust"…

Revision Quiz - Improving Cash Flow

This revision quiz focuses on the basics of managing cash flow, including introductory concepts of working capital management.

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Proposals to help firms with cash flow

As business conditions get tougher, Conservative leader David Cameron has told The Observer newspaper that the government should allow small businesses to defer paying their VAT bills for up to six months.

He also urged local authorities to pay small businesses for their services within 20 days, rather than the usual 30.

Cash flow problems could mean its a wrap…

Are we about to see the return of the dot.com bust as online businesses also struggle to handle the consumer downturn?

Late payment is strangling the cash flow of small businesses

We had a good day for customer cheques and BACS payment today.  However, a new report from Barclays suggests that we are lucky.  Small businesses are being submerged under the increasing burden amounts owed by trade debtors.