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Tag Archives: Profit
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
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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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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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Company Valuation Methods – You Need to Plan Ahead
There comes a time in the life of many a small businesses when the owner wants out. There can be a variety of reasons; retirement, the call of a new opportunity or simply boredom. This is the point where the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Business Valuation, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur Country, Exit Plan, Finance, Profit, startup, Strategy, Theo Paphitis
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Proactive Positive Laziness – Part two
Pareto is your friend Pareto was a wonderful guy. He left us with that wonderful 80/20 rule that seems to apply to just about everything. A few examples: 20% of your customers provide 80% of your income. 80% of your … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Bev James, Coaching, Entrepreneur, Finance, Gill Fielding, James Caan, Pareto, Profit
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Mothercare and Clinton Cards in delusional weather warning
Two more profit warnings have hit the press – This time it is Clinton Cards and Mothercare The Telegraph article opens by saying that shares in Clinton Cards and Mothercare fell sharply on Thursday after they became the latest retailers … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Adrian Fowles, Christmas, Clinton Cards, Finance, Majestic, Mothercare, Profit, Retail, Weather
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HMV – three years ago
As a postscript to my blog entry this morning, I thought I’d mention that just under three years ago there was a blog post about HMV on the Interactive Investor site : Is HMV in the ‘buggy whip’ business? A … Continue reading
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Tagged Accounting, Cash, Finance, HMV, Profit, Retail
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HMV – Highstreet Media Vanishing?
Another interesting article in the Telegraph has caught my eye: HMV profit warning: can it survive? Now, I am going to have to confess some pro-HMV bias here. I’ve been involved with them on a number of occasions over the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Cash, Finance, HMV, Profit, Retail
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Success? It’s down to you all the way: Lord Sugar
This morning I read a fantastic article by Lord Sugar on the Telegraph website. Success? It’s down to you all the way: Lord Sugar What I really love about his article is the simplicity and honesty of it. Lord Sugar … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Fowles, Banks, Entrepreneur, Finance, Lord Sugar, Networking, Profit
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