I am often asked by clients what a profit and loss does; what it actually tells you and what it should actually look like. The normal Profit and Loss Statement is basically a record of all your income and all your expenses; for example a normal Profit and Loss Statement has one income account, and […]
Financial Management
Confident Cashflows | Finding small business money leaks | Scaling business growth | Financial Peace of Mind | Clarity in Small business | Cash flow forecasting
End of Financial Year – Is it ‘Crunch Time’ for Your Business?
June 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The months of May and June of each year are really crunch time months for many business owners. I am seeing evidence of this with many of the clients I work with. End of May is generally the deadline for small businesses to submit their income tax returns for the previous year. In other words, […]
How do I ensure my business is cost efficient?
November 28, 2011 by 2 Comments
Understanding whether your business is cost efficient is obviously the key to ensuring you are making your goal profit. Firstly, you need to understand that there are two types of costs. The first are variable costs: costs that increase and decrease as we sell our product or service. For example, in a service based industry […]
How do I overcome ‘Missing Link Syndrome’?
November 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
Every business spends money on either a bookkeeper or an accountant and in some cases, both. So, why do 87% of businesses fail because they don’t understand their numbers? This is what I call the ‘Missing Link Syndrome’. The missing link is you, the business owner. The information you are missing is what is happening […]
Why budgets in business are a must have!
November 7, 2011 by 2 Comments
Many business owners fail to set a budget and don’t consider this to be important for them. They either think they are not big enough to need one or they have one ‘in their head’. So, why is it important for every business to set a budget? A budget is the success plan for a […]
