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Due diligence when buying a business

Due diligence when buying a business

Managing seasonal demand

Managing seasonal demand

Raising capital for your business

Raising capital for your business

Improve your cash flow

Improve your cash flow

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Identity theft and reputational fraud

Understanding and improving working capital

Understanding and improving working capital

Achieve growth by buying another business

Achieve growth by buying another business

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Manage your debt and get paid on time

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Finding hidden cash to start up your business

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Four reality checks your business will succeed

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Four strategies to strengthen your start-up after launch

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Developing a unique selling proposition (USP)

Lowering your carbon footprint

Lowering your carbon footprint

Developing new products and services

Developing new products and services

Understand your key financial documents

Understand your key financial documents

Unlocking the cash in your business

Unlocking the cash in your business

Assessing a new market for viability

Assessing a new market for viability

Developing an early warning system

Developing an early warning system

How to form strategic alliances

How to form strategic alliances

Why separate business and personal accounts

Why separate business and personal accounts

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Decrease the chance of running out of money

Crowdfunding explained

Crowdfunding explained

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Identifying what to track to better predict ahead

Ten ways to retain great employees

Ten ways to retain great employees

Start-up FAQ’s

Assessing a new growth market

Assessing a new growth market

Defending competitive advantage

Defending competitive advantage

Checklist to set up your business

Checklist to set up your business

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Profiling customers to target your marketing

Calculating your break-even point

Calculating your break-even point

Finding the right successor for your business

Finding the right successor for your business

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Raising cash quickly in a crisis

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Gaining inspiration for new ideas

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Email marketing to get qualified leads

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Eight ways to build competitive advantage

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

Six tips to stay afloat in a crisis

SEO tips to improve your ranking

SEO tips to improve your ranking

Automating new lead generation

Automating new lead generation

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

How to value goodwill when buying or selling a business

Budgeting for expansion

Budgeting for expansion

Avoid running out of money

Avoid running out of money

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

What to put in a confidentiality agreement when selling your business

Easy and effective market research

Easy and effective market research

Protecting your competitive advantage

Protecting your competitive advantage

First steps to selling your business

First steps to selling your business

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Calculating and reducing your cash burn-rate

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Trading in a rising interest rate environment

Five ways to understand the competition

Five ways to understand the competition

How to validate your new idea

How to validate your new idea

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Lower the risk of payment fraud

Outsourcing to build capability

Outsourcing to build capability

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Building credibility and authenticity to compete

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Protecting your business from theft and fraud

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Uncovering hidden dangers when buying another business

Writing your business plan in 5 easy steps

Writing your business plan in 5 easy steps

Check your business can scale

Check your business can scale

Five strategies to increase profit

Five strategies to increase profit

How to protect your business idea

How to protect your business idea

Bootstrapping to start up

Bootstrapping to start up

Preparing your business for outside investment

Preparing your business for outside investment

Create a smart promotion plan

Create a smart promotion plan

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Funding growth: friends, family and bootstrapping

Tracking the flow of money

Tracking the flow of money

Market research tips for busy business owners

Market research tips for busy business owners

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Complete a cash flow template accurately

Buying a business - how much should you invest?

Buying a business – how much should you invest?

Selling your business to your employees

Selling your business to your employees

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Sure-fire marketing plan in eight easy steps

Building and improving capacity

Building and improving capacity

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Managing and mitigating the major risks of climate change on your business

Letting go and delegating control

Letting go and delegating control

Defend and justify your pricing

Defend and justify your pricing

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Leasing or buying assets – the pros and cons

Protecting your intellectual property

Protecting your intellectual property

Keeping track of your finances

Keeping track of your finances

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Preparing for due diligence by a prospective purchaser

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Cyber Security FAQ’s

Driving online traffic to your website

Driving online traffic to your website

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Five steps if your business is operating at a loss

Pricing and costing accurately

Pricing and costing accurately

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Five fresh ideas for growing your business

Improving your profit margin

Improving your profit margin

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Four systems to put in place to increase profits

Using social media to grow your business

Using social media to grow your business

Researching the viability of your new idea

Researching the viability of your new idea

Examine your offshore competitors

Examine your offshore competitors

Finding the right employee

Finding the right employee

Making your dollar go further

Making your dollar go further

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Do you have enough money to start your business?

Structuring an earn-out

Structuring an earn-out

Determining your exit strategy

Determining your exit strategy

The difference between cash flow and profit

The difference between cash flow and profit

Extending your cash burn rate

Extending your cash burn rate

Finding ways to save money

Finding ways to save money

Five tips to get started

Five tips to get started

When to hire your first (or next) employee

When to hire your first (or next) employee

Key steps to increase your profit

Key steps to increase your profit

How to sell more to current customers

How to sell more to current customers

Creating a cash reserve

Creating a cash reserve

Working out an effective marketing budget

Working out an effective marketing budget

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Tips for generating a cash surplus

Preparing your business for sale

Preparing your business for sale

Collaboration and partnering

Collaboration and partnering

Reducing your overheads

Reducing your overheads

Identify what drives your business

Identify what drives your business

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Five questions to answer in a crisis

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

Decide if a venture capitalist is right for your business

What you should know about angel investors

What you should know about angel investors

Calculating the cost to start up

Calculating the cost to start up

Write a great business plan

Write a great business plan

Six steps to better cash flow

Six steps to better cash flow

How to reduce business costs

How to reduce business costs

Tactics to increase profit

Tactics to increase profit

Improve your spending efficiency

Improve your spending efficiency

Low-cost marketing strategies

Low-cost marketing strategies

Avoiding credit card fraud

Avoiding credit card fraud

Cashflow forecasting

Cashflow forecasting

Sources of small business funding

Sources of small business funding

Asset finance guide

Asset finance guide

Finding new business verticals

Finding new business verticals

Value your business accurately before selling

Value your business accurately before selling

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Setting up cash flow warning triggers

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Why you should consider contractors before you hire a new employee

Building competitive advantage

Building competitive advantage

Choosing a business model

Choosing a business model

Four signs your business is set to expand

Four signs your business is set to expand

DIY marketing tactics

DIY marketing tactics

Managing a cash crunch

Managing a cash crunch

Building an online distribution channel

Building an online distribution channel

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Revisiting your marketing strategy

Working with cash flows and budgets

Working with cash flows and budgets

Five steps to improve your marketing

Five steps to improve your marketing

Develop a pricing strategy

Develop a pricing strategy

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Keeping employees productive while working at home

Four strategies to build business resilience

Four strategies to build business resilience

Understanding financial ratios

Understanding financial ratios

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Ways to identify new markets and customers

Collecting debts effectively

Collecting debts effectively

Dealing with a cash crisis

Dealing with a cash crisis

Alternatives to a business loan

Alternatives to a business loan

Improve your chances of getting a loan

Improve your chances of getting a loan