Companies need to be smart if they want to survive and thrive in the current economic climate. At breakfast meetings across the country Orchard Growth Partners is holding seminars for local businesses with the message that even though the economic situation looks serious, there are plenty of opportunities for sensibly managed businesses that continue to be positive and outward looking. Businesses need to adapt to the changing climate, adopt the basics of financial management, sharpen up their sales and marketing skills, make the best use of their people and keep a careful watch on their cash balances.
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The recent PLUS Markets seminar held in Guildford was a great success. The three speakers discussed PLUS Markets as a strategic option for growong companies and how to achieve a quote on PLUS and what you need to do before to are ready for a quote. Below you can download the two presentations from the event in PDF format.
Preparing your company for a PLUS quote - The FD's role : Orchard Growth
Helping Growth Companies to Achieve their ambitions: PLUS Markets Group
It's a VAT jungle out there and whilst everyone's been impementing adjustments to their systems for the decrease in VAT from 17.5% to 15% from 1 December 2008, don't forget that VAT presents an opportunity to create a competitive advantage if you can get around the obstacles to better VAT management. Find out how to begin to address this in the article below.
Surviving the VAT Jungle In the Current Credit Crunch
What are the key financial relationships in your business? Your bank certainly. And your investors and other finance providers? Definitely. But how about your customers? Your suppliers? Your employees? Your sales and marketing resource? Find out how to managing your business finances effectively can ensure that your business relationships and your profits prosper long after Valentine’s Day has been and gone.