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How to find business angel networks
Finding a business angel investor using a business angel network.
Advantages and disadvantages of business budgeting
The benefits and potential drawbacks of budgeting for businesses.
Creating a business budget: key steps
Managing the financial side of your business, including advice on how to create a budget.
Self Assessment tax return deadlines
Important deadline dates for your Self Assessment tax returns.
Creating a budget for your business
How to create, review and manage a budget for your business, and what elements to include in it.
Budgets and business planning
Definition of a budget and the advantages of using one, including clear allocation of resources.
Purpose of business angels
How business angels operate and how they choose the businesses they invest in.
Business budgeting
The importance of managing a budget as part of your business planning and how to create one.
Using your budget to measure business performance
Benchmark your business using your budget projections and key performance indicators.
What should be included in a business budget?
Projected costs, revenues, cashflow and profit are some of the elements to include in a budget.
Reviewing your business budget regularly
When and why to review your budget and the main steps involved.
What should my record-keeping system include?
The legal requirements for a record-keeping system.
Cash sales and purchases/expenses books
Recording money that comes in and goes out of your business - your cashflow.
Set up a basic record-keeping system
What you need to record and for how long, with step-by-step guidance on setting up your own system.
Record-keeping best practice
Good record keeping habits and the "four S" approach: system, separate, security, storage.
5 tips for record-keeping
Record-keeping tips to help you pay the tax you owe and keep an eye on financial activities.
Digital financial records
Reasons for keeping computer-based financial records and how to choose bookkeeping and accounting software packages.
Purchase ledger
What to record in a purchase ledger to keep track of how much money you owe.
Sales ledger
The basics of using a sales ledger to monitor the money coming into your business.
Wages book
The value of maintaining a wages book and how to manage it if you employ staff.