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The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is often seen by the uninitiated as the company’s number-cruncher. True, they are responsible for overseeing the company’s finances, including accounting, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting. However, the CFO is much more than just a numbers person. They are also a strategic thinker, a problem-solver, and a leader and a general […]
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Research & Development (R&D) tax-credit claims are being subjected to increased scrutiny (and in our view, with good reason). As a self-assessed benefit, HMRC have a duty to occasionally conduct compliance checks into R&D claims to ensure they are legitimate. These are known as ‘enquires’. As part of an effort to reduce fraud and error […]
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In late November 2021 I had a most enjoyable day lined up with 3 meetings in the diary. Not the usual Covid fare of Zoom/Teams/Wonder but real, face to face ones. And to complicate things they were in different locations. So the plan was this: Coffee with Mike in Stroud (Sophie dropped me off) Lift […]
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And this means that they are expecting some significant businesses to go bust owing lots of money. Many of us already use credit status reports from the likes of Experian, Creditsafe and Equifax. But these only tell you part of the picture as, in the corporate world, the data is scraped (in the UK at […]
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This week we tried a new platform – not Zoom this time but something called Wonder – go on, try it! The aim was to have a highly interactive session with the author of the book, FRUGAL INNOVATION, Jaideep Prabhu. Jaideep is Professor of Marketing at the Judge Business School at the University of Cambridge. […]
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Every month we meet a top-drawer author and put them through their paces. This month it was the turn of Gary Bloom, an elite sports psychotherapist who works extensively with the business community (as well as high profile sportsmen). These are my takeaways from our one hour session with Gary. But the real value add […]
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Now, four months into lockdown and sales for a number of businesses are still weak. What’s on the proactive owner/manager’s to do list? There are a number of big decisions to make. Here is a bit of a hit list with the objectives: Promoting your business – getting it rapidly back on the rails Preserving […]
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We have consistently stressed the importance of cash management and it is even more crucial now. Tectona are perfectly placed to help you manage your cash ups and downs. Here is our ELEVEN Point cash preservation strategy pulled together from experiences based on working with our client base which will help you make your cash […]
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If I said that working capital is (or should be) a key management tool then I would probably get some pretty strange looks. But I would then go further and say that: Managing working capital should be one of the key responsibilities of your CFO or FD as it is a really accurate barometer for […]
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At some point, your business will probably need to consider raising money to take it on to the next stage – or even simply to survive. This article provides a quick overview as to what you should be thinking about and outlines some of your options. What are your choices? Historically, you had 2 choices […]
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