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Tag Archives: Adrian Fowles
What do you want from 2012 – and how are you going to get it?
I think it is fair to say that, for many businesses, 2011 has not been the best of years. The recession has been long and hard. The recovery stills seems as distant and intangible as it did three years ago. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged 2012, Adrian Fowles, Business Bootcamp, Business plan, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Finance, Mentoring, Recession, Recovery, Strategy
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Do you really need the cost and commitment of a full time finance director?
There is something has been bothering me for years now and, going by recent experience, it is still an issue. I’ve seen it on far too many occasions and I’ve seen how damaging it is to small-to-medium businesses across the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Cash, Entrepreneur, Finance, Recruitment, startup, Strategy
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What about the cash, Duncan!
Like most people reading this, I’m a bit of a fan of Dragon’s Den. So I was pleased to see that last night (October 3rd) the BBC was running one of the spin-off programs – “How to Win in the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Coaching, Finance, SME
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Business plan, Cash, Coaching, Dragon's Den, Duncan Bannatyne, Entrepreneur, Finance, Mentoring, Profit, startup, Strategy
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Managing Differed Consideration in Corporate Finance Transactions
I attended an interesting Corporate Finance Workshop yesterday (the 27th September) run by Roffe Swayne as part of a Surrey Chamber of Commerce monthly series. The Title was ‘The Corporate Finance Transaction – Unplugged’ – a presentation and discussion around … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Business plan, Corporate Finance, Entrepreneur, Finance, Profit, RoffeSwayne, Strategy, Surrey Chamber of Commerce
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Sightpath – Success comes to those who plan for it
Right now I’m in the middle of reading a great book by a friend of mine; Robert Copping: The Heart of Business Success – How to overcome the Catch-22s of growing your business It is available from Amazon right here … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Banking, Banks, Business plan, Cash, Entrepreneur, Finance, Profit, Sightpath, startup
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Crowdfunding – Success or Failure?
First of all, congratulations to Sue Acton at Bubble & Balm. Sue has successfully raised her full £75k target through Crowdcube. It is a brilliant achievement. To quote Crowdcube founder, Darren Westlake: “In the current climate with banks being risk … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Finance, SME
Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Banking, Cash, Crowdcube, Crowdfunding, Entrepreneur, Finance
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Meet The Cash Coach…
‘Turnover is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is reality’ I’m guessing that you’ve heard this phrase before – but what does it mean in the real world: Well, I’ve seen too many businesses spending their time chasing low-margin orders, … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Banking, Banks, Cash, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Finance, Pareto, Profit, startup, Strategy
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Be careful out there!
The other day the phone rang – it was HMRC It turned out that they had the wrong number. The number they had was our number but we’d never heard of the business they wanted to discuss. Of course, data … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Finance, HMRC, Internet, Networking, Security
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The Attributes of a Great Finance Director
Have you just been promoted to Finance Director? Or perhaps this is your career ambition for the future? If you’ve made it, then congratulations for completing your studies, and your training, and for landing your great new role. If you’re … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Coaching, Finance, Finance Director, Mentoring
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Be the blade of grass
So, I’ve been mowing the lawn this morning and it got me thinking: Nobody told each and every one of these blades of grass to grow so tall and green – they just did it – and what a great … Continue reading
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The Business Of Success 