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Business control is vital – at both ends of the business spectrum After the first flush of start-up, many business owners find themselves faced with common problems caused by business control. Those problems tend to polarise into coping with potential failure or run-away success – the ‘zero or hero’ scenario. The heroes are fast-growing, successful […]

The Olympic Games allows top athletes the chance to compete against the best in the world and gives TV audiences the opportunity to watch non-stop sports for three weeks, but it’s usually an economic disaster for the city that hosts the event. The fact that host cities are left with a few over-sized stadiums (so-called […]

People might have laughed when twin brothers Alan and Gerry Keery first said they needed to raise around $100,000 to open a café that would only offer breakfast cereals, but thanks to the widespread publicity they garnered from their appeal on the crowdfunding site, Indiegogo, they were able to raise the funds they needed. Although […]

Do you dream of selling your business for a very tidy profit so you can retire and spend your days on luxury cruises or working on your golf handicap? Well, without an exit plan, your dream may be just that; a dream that never comes to fruition. Sell at the wrong time or without thinking […]

All too many business owners think that the battle is won once the marketing rolls out and the product is sold. They see that their investment of time and resources has paid off and therefore, assume that their goal has been achieved. However, the fruit of these hard-won victories will quickly run out if the […]

Ask any bank manager who their worst customers are and they will quickly tell you: the people who have no idea what is going on in their business. Some customers ask for finance or expect to maintain an overdraft, yet they cannot even produce up-to-date accounts! As a business grows, it will need to delegate […]

Despite some analysts’ grim financial forecasts, 2016 can be a year of exponential growth for your business. The key is to think big and to think outside the box. Instead of making a list of all the ways you can cut back, make a list of all the ways you can increase your revenue tenfold. […]

  In today’s business world, the job of a CFO is not simply to keep track of a company’s cash-flow but also to find ways of improving it. The CFO analyses accounts and contracts, identifies those which are reaping returns, those that could reap better returns and those which should be pruned. In other words, […]

The CFO Centre has developed a quick and efficient tool for rating your company’s finance function: the ‘F Score’ test.  This test takes around 7 minutes to complete, covers the 12 key areas of your finance function and provides you with a detailed eight page report. The purpose of this report is to provide you […]