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... going to last forever Later we’ll have to plow; still later we’ll have to learn howto make plowshares; later than that we’ll have to learn howto smelt the iron to make the shares The most ... into one another.” The more you consider the implications and testable hypotheses emerging from this simple statement, the more it unfurls to release further revelations about the nature of the ... order of their particle size to show distinct layers or bands The bottom band is the coarse-grained sand component of the soil, the middle layer is silt, and the very top layer holds the finest...
... selling, the ability to sell So I sold kitchen stoves for a few years, in Scotland, and it was damned hard work too ” = “ The more prospects you talk to, the more sales you expose yourself to, the ... to sell the product The biggest secret is to develop great listening skills Learn what your customers want and tell them how you’re giving it to them Don’t ever give your potential customer a ... OgilvyOne The top finalists are flown to Cannes, France, for the final competition at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival on June 21, 2010 The winner earns the job, the title,...
... call it the business cycle They produce and deliver a product or service, they invoice the customer, they pay their bills, they get paid by their customers, and they the books We are going to set ... balance, as shown in Table 2.2 We’re ready to move on tothe next step – we need to recruit someone to work for us installing these alarms Luckily there just happens to be a guy walking down the street ... in the books Raw materials To be able to install these alarms we’re going to have to buy in the alarm components – the electronics, wiring, alarm bells and so forth These raw materials are represented...
... box round them, in a single column; sometimes the figure above the box is the total of the things inside it, sometimes the total is below it, and sometimes the total is not shown 32 Howto Understand ... It will match the amount of money that the owners have in the company In other words, it is prepared to share the risk with the owners but not prepared to put more money in than the shareholders ... come from? Well, £30,000 came fromthe initial stake the owners put in to start the company Then there is a further £8,000 retained earning that we carried across fromthe P&L account (Table 2.8)...
... information 48 Howto Understand Business Finance The tale of ‘spreading jam’ A common problem is the way that businesses ‘spread’ their overhead costs across customers: that is, they spread them evenly, ... suppliers to fund their business to a greater or lesser degree This is why the US convention is to have your creditors on the bottom half of the balance sheet (where the money came from) Some ... yourself, ‘Where I fit into this?’ The aim of this chapter is to show how each function is linked tothe financial performance of the business, and how each can make its own contribution to financial health...
... all the funds on the bottom half of the balance sheet and in UK accounting is the same as the top half of a balance sheet Clearly, the lower the gearing, the less the company owes the bank and the ... depreciation, to take account of the reducing value of the assets as they wear out It is normal to hold a fixed asset register which lists all the fixed assets a company owns and how they are depreciated to ... negotiated with our customers, to see how well we are managing our debtors To see the exact amounts outstanding we would examine the aged debtors profile – the actual sums owed to us within 30, 60...
... ownership of the asset, leasing it tothe client in exchange for a monthly/quarterly rental payment over the period of the agreement At the end of the agreement, the asset is returned tothe Asset ... capital To denote what each owner has in the company a number of shares (or stock) are issued These often have a notional face value rather than the full value of the funds put into the company by the ... at, or they will not want to sell their shares to this other company This is called the share premium In a hostile takeover the shareholders are approached directly by the company wanting to buy,...
... to be paid The rate is in the region of 20–25 per cent (depending on the size of the company etc) and the cash has to be handed over tothe Inland Revenue about nine months after the end of the ... on the balance sheet The balance sheet will show these materials as an asset, under ‘stocks’ Clearly, there is a cost to this stock, but it appears in the balance sheet and is only realised into ... additional stock, debtors and creditors) created in doing the project We take this capital charge and any resultant taxation fromthe operating profit generated by the project to arrive at the economic...
... to their production lines at the exact point where the component is fitted tothe car Then they ask their suppliers not to invoice them until a short time later when the finished car rolls off the ... owed to us by our customers This is directly related tohow long customers take to pay their bills The longer we give them to pay, the more we will have owed to us at any one time Inevitably customers ... on whether the accounts provide a true and fair statement of the company’s business The auditors have to investigate the accounts to establish this, and if they are not satisfied with them they...