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Financial Management

Currency dilemmas 

UK companies are adapting to sterling’s decline

Financial Management

Financial Management

Shareholder revolts on the up

Shareholder activism is on the march, provoked by bad corporate stewardship, the inevitable disappointments of business in a downturn, changes in the law and a new breed of opportunistic investor. GrowthBusiness investigates.

Financial Management

Constructive cost-cutting

Steve Barnes, CEO of online marketing company Infoserve, doesn’t much like the term cost-cutting.

Financial Management

Investing outside the family

Diversifying your investment portfolio is all very well, but it can be tough when the lion's share of your wealth is tied up in the family business.

Financial Management

Keep out: accountants at work

In many SMEs, the finance function simply doesn’t deliver the information the business needs.

Financial Management

How to reduce your tax bill

Death and taxes may be the only certain things in life – but there are ways of minimising the impact of the latter.

Financial Management

How to improve your year-end numbers

Research from consultancy firm REL suggests that public companies improve their year-end results through a number of well-established ‘games’.

Financial Management

Grow profits by going green

Appease the green brigade and put a smile on your FD’s face at the same time

Financial Management

How to improve your year-end numbers

Research from consultancy firm REL suggests that public companies improve their year-end results through a number of well-established ‘games’.

Financial Management

Grow profits by going green

Appease the green brigade and put a smile on your FD’s face at the same time

Financial Management

Closing the gap for short-term finance

According to Paul Breen, CEO of payroll-based lender WageRoller, only 35 per cent of businesses possess invoices that are eligible for factoring or invoice discounting.

Financial Management

Managing exchange rates and currency transactions when trading abroad

Trading abroad is a regular part of business for many UK companies, so when it comes to effectively managing exchange rates and currency transactions, it pays to look around. Marc Barber reports.

Financial Management

Q&A: Direct debit

How much does my company need to earn before I can receive payments by direct debit instead of standing order?

Financial Management

Blood from a stone – Credit Management Strategies that work

Debt is a perennial problem for businesses in the UK and many find their cash flow crippled by unpaid invoices. Oliver Haill investigates the choice of credit management strategies companies can take.