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Advantages and disadvantages of raising finance from friends and family
The advantages and potential problems of finance from friends and family.
Financing from friends and family: loan or investment?
How giving a share in your business is an option if you need long-term funds from friends and family.
False accounting
How following good business practice can help you avoid false accounting and prevent fraud.
Financing from friends and family: tax implications
Understand the tax implications of investment and interest-bearing borrowing from friends and family.
Setting up a loan or investment with friends or family
Why you should treat finance from friends and family as a formal arrangement.
Legal agreements with friends or family
The importance of ensuring that a formal agreement clearly covers the terms on which money is provided.
Business organisational structure
Different types of business organisational structure, their pros and cons, and the reasons why you might want to change your business structure.
Hierarchical organisational structure
Understand the features, advantages and disadvantages of hierarchical organisational structure and find out how tall hierarchy could benefit your business
Flat organisational structure
Understand the features, advantages and disadvantages of flat organisational structure and find out why you may need to flatten your organisation.
Business continuity and crisis management
What is a business continuity plan, how to create it, and steps to follow to keep your business operating following an incident.
Potential business crises
Understand the different types of crises your business could face, and the role of crisis management in preventing disruption.
Floating on the stock market
The pros and cons of making a company public and how the stock market flotation process works.
Change management
Change is constant in business - find out why you should manage it, and how to prepare your staff and business for change.
Is your business suitable for the stock market?
Before you consider floating your business on the stock market, you need to determine whether it is suitable life on a public market.
What is change management?
Introduction to organisational change management and its role in creating and sustaining a successful business.
Types of organisational change
Discover the different types of change in business, and their impact on individuals, groups and the whole organisation.
Foreign currency issues when importing or exporting
What you need to know about foreign currency transactions and the key decisions you face.
Foreign currency and exchange rate risks
Why exporters and importers need to consider the implications of fluctuations in exchange rates for their business.
Advantages and disadvantages of stock market flotation
Stock market flotation can help you raise capital and realise your investment but may undermine your control of the business - consider the advantages and disadvantages
The process of floating your business on a stock market
Getting ready for a flotation - ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and making key information available.