Two separate sets of books…for the right reasons

Following on from our previous scaling up posts , the next MUST HAVE is keeping two separate sets of books. One for compliance or tax reporting and the other for internal management reporting – the goal of which is to simplify the numbers. Right about now you are probably thinking, how does this save me time and benefit me… “now I need to have two accounting programmes for different reasons”…  Read more

Cash Acceleration Strategies

Cash acceleration strategies Because cash is king, we thought we would reshare our blogpost on our useful tips on how to accelerate the flow of cash through your business. Understand your cash conversion cycle (CCC) Being able to improve how cash flows through your business requires an understanding of your cash conversion cycle. Your cash conversion cycle measures how long it takes for a Rand spent on anything (payroll, rent,…  Read more

Trend analysis and early warning systems to support better prediction

Let us commence by understanding and answering the following questions that are relevant: 1. What exactly is Trend Analysis? – This is a technique used to analyse an entities financial data by collecting information from multiple prior periods and using this information to generate valuable insights, to assist in understanding the past and making data based decisions to change the future. 2. What can Trend Analysis be used for :…  Read more

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