Corporate credit cards can increase internal controls, reduce finance and administration time, and provide extended credit terms and cash flow benefits. Tony Markwell reports.
Employee share ownership plans are no longer reserved just for large, publicly listed companies. As Rebecca Spicer discovers, they can be a useful tool for any business wanting to attract, retain and motivate staff.
Innovation lies at the heart of entrepreneurial success but, often, turning an idea into reality can be financially challenging. Nukte Ogun has put together a list of government and private industry grants and awards programs supporting business innovation, to help you on your way.
Just as a car needs petrol, a business needs cash to keep going. But what happens when small and medium businesses run out of cash? How do they run out of cash in the first place? Tony Markwell examines ways to manage debt collection and credit policies effectively.
The real value of a business can be very different to how the owner values it according to some personal benchmark - Dennis Mattiske outlines the business valuation process and how it can help to improve performance and profit for the sake of improvement, as well as for selling it or for attracting investors.
When you think of the stock exchange, it’s easy to imagine investors anxiously awaiting returns on that ‘sure thing’ they heard about from a friend of a friend that was going to make them millions.
It’s easy to get carried away in the excitement of merging, selling or acquiring a business. But, as Carlo Pasqualini warns, if you don’t do your homework before mergers and acquisitions you probably won’t realise expectations and the deal might even be disastrous.
What is the perfect structure for your business? Peter Bembrick outlines the advantages and disadvantages for each of the main types of business structure.
