Why SMEs need more financial management and how to achieve it
You may be thinking you are too small to make sense of your numbers on budgets and forecast and financial management is not for you. Maybe when you grow bigger. … Continue reading
Profit drivers for architecture & design companies
Every industry has specific profit drivers that determine the efficiency of delivery and impact how much is available for overhead budgeting. For Architecture and Interior Design companies, similarly to other … Continue reading
A new day
Methods, scenarios and sources of data for 2021 forecasting The worst is behind us. This statement is contingent on where you are in the world, but with the new vaccine … Continue reading
How to pick yourself up and overcome planning paralysis
Non-essential B2B businesses need concrete scenario planning This article proposes three concrete scenarios to help you start planning for the medium and long- term future and move out of the … Continue reading
What can Artificial Intelligence do for my SME?
Like in most knowledge-based professions these days, we too get this future-inspired question: ‘What’s the point of you as financial analysts when you (like my accountant) will be replaced by Artificial … Continue reading
Financial and data analysis – what’s in it for me?
I am glad you asked. You see, big publicly traded companies must report their numbers in detail. It is a legal requirement. But behind the scenes, there is an army … Continue reading
What to think when you think about debt
The whole point of a business is to make money to cover its costs, including your staff and yourself, and ideally something extra to be reinvested or given back to … Continue reading
Time for Monthly Cashflow Projections
September is here, things are still looking weird, so now it’s the time to switch to emergency short-termism. In other words, cashflow monitoring on a monthly basis. We spoke about … Continue reading
How I spent the summer of 2019
If you are an owner of a UK-based company, chances are you may be spending your summer days worrying if things will take a downturn this autumn. If this is … Continue reading
Who is showing you the money?
Here’s the scenario: you have a business in professional services and employ a number of people. You’ve been successful for a while and are still growing steadily. One of your … Continue reading