Planning & Growth

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By February 21, 2011

Debtors This post marks the half-way point for our series on questions to consider when it comes to writing your business plan. I keep coming back to cashflow as a critical issue for business and this is especially true if you will be providing goods or services on account. What ...

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By December 17, 2010

Human Resources We are almost half-way through our series on questions to consider when it comes to your business plan. Before we jump into questions regarding Human Resources, I’d like to stress something here:  If you are going to employ staff you MUST keep yourself informed about your employees rates and rights.  Frankly, ...

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By October 27, 2010

We haven’t visit the Business Plans series in a while so let’s get back to it with a look at imports. Imports Do you import products or services from overseas? Have you visited suppliers overseas? In what currency do you purchase imports? Do you take forward exchange cover to cushion ...

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By August 12, 2010

Staff Development Some of the questions that should be considered in reviewing staff development as part of the preparation of a business plan: Do you have a staff development plan? Do you encourage your staff to develop their own skills? What additional skills would you like your staff to develop? ...

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By July 26, 2010

We’re up to number 21 in our series of posts on questions to consider when preparing a business plan. You can access previous entries from the sidebar on your right or via the Series Page. Exports Some more food for thought… questions that should be considered in reviewing Exports as ...

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By June 15, 2010

June is a great time to take time out and think about the challenges you may face in an economy that is presenting many challenges for a large number of small businesses. Some of the challenges include:- Business Goals – The debate on the Resource Super Profits Tax has highlighted ...

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By May 22, 2010

Well-managed businesses plan and budget for sales, expenses, cashflow and growth. At the same time they should also plan for and anticipate the various changes that occur to a family business which are caused through death, disability or retirement of a key person or any other event that may cause ...

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