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Things a new business needs to spend on.

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Property-Their building
Vehicles-Van/Lorries to transport goods
Advertisement-Inform potential customers about their existence
Machinery and equipment-To manufacture your product
Raw materials-To be made into the products

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Things established businesses need to spend on.

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Expansion-Increase scale of enterprise or acquisitions
Improve efficiency-Training employees or purchasing new tech
Develop new products-Research and new production facilities.

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Internal sources of finance

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Owners funds-Money put into the business by its owner.(No interest).
Retained profits-Profit made in previous years. (Only available to successful companies).
Selling assets-A business sells assets like property to generate money.

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Selling assets-A business sells assets like property to generate money.

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Internal

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Retained profits-Profit made in previous years. (Only available to successful companies).

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Internal

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Owners funds-Money put into the business by its owner.(No interest).

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Internal

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Expansion-Increase scale of enterprise or acquisitions

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Established businesses

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Improve efficiency-Training employees or purchasing new tech

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Established businesses

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Develop new products-Research and new production facilities.

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Established businesses

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Property-Their building

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New businesses

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Vehicles-Van/Lorries to transport goods

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New businesses

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Advertisement-Inform potential customers about their existence

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New businesses

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Machinery and equipment-To manufacture your product

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New businesses

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Raw materials-To be made into the products

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New businesses

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External sources of finance

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Bank loans-Requires interest and may ask for collateral
Mortgages-Solely for property, longer repayments than loans
Overdrafts-Borrow more than in account. Flexible loans.
Issuing shares-A business chooses when to IPO but new businesses with little value won’t get as much. Also means letting go of control.
Friends and Family-Free of interest, easier to get.
Hire purchase-Pay off tech/machinery over a long period of time
Government grants-Business that fit with government aims will receive money from the government, usually startups.

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Bank loans-Requires interest and may ask for collateral

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External

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Mortgages-Solely for property, longer repayments than loans

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Overdrafts-Borrow more than in account. Flexible loans.

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Issuing shares-A business chooses when to IPO but new businesses with little value won’t get as much. Also means letting go of control.

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External

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Friends and Family-Free of interest, easier to get.

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Hire purchase-Pay off tech/machinery over a long period of time

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Government grants-Business that fit with government aims will receive money from the government, usually startups.

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External

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Influences on choosing which source (New businesses)

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Amount of personal finance available
Legal structure
Risk-Is there space in the industry

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Amount of personal finance available

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New businesses

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Legal structure
New businesses
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Risk-Is there space in the industry
New businesses
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Influences on choosing which sources (Established businesses)
``` Profitability of the business Assets owned Past history and future prospects Legal structure Amount of finance needed ```
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Profitability of the business
Established businesses
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Assets owned
Established businesses
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Past history and future prospects
Established businesses
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Legal structure
Established businesses
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Amount of finance needed
Established businesses
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Advantages of using retained profits
No interest payments | Can be arranged immediately
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Disadvantages of using retained profit
Only available to profitable businesses | Shareholders may oppose the decision
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Advantages of selling assets
No interest payments | May keep assets (if leased back)
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Disadvantages of selling assets
Many businesses do not have suitable assets | Leasing assets back means regular payments
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Advantages of bank loans and mortgages
Can be arranged quickly | Allows repayments over a long period of time
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Disadvantages of bank loans
Interest has to be paid | Banks may require an asset as collateral
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Advantages of selling shares
No interest payments
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Disadvantage of selling shares
The owners may lose control of the company | Only available to companies
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Advantages of Government Grants
Many Government Grants do not have to be repaid
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Disadvantages of a Government Grants
A business may have to meet strict conditions to receive a grant Businesses may have to invest money alongside the grant
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Influences on what source of finance to use (new businesses)
Amount of personal finance available to the entrepreneur The business’ legal structure How risky the new business is judged to be
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Amount of personal finance available to the entrepreneur
New businesses
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The legal structure of a business
New businesses
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How risky the business is
New business
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Influences on what source of finance to use (established businesses)
``` Profitability Assets owned by the business Past history and future prospects Legal structure of the business Amount of finance needed ```
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Profitability
Established businesses
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Assets owned by the business
Established businesses
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Past history and future prospects
Established businesses
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Legal structure
Established businesses
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Amount of finance needed
Established businesses
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What is cash flow
Cash flow is the money that flows into and out of a business on a day to day basis
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Inflows
Income from sales Loans from banks Money invested by the business’ owner
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Income from sales
Inflow
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Loans from banks
Inflow
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Money invested by the business’ owners
Inflow
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Outflows
``` Buying raw materials Wages Rent or mortgage Interest on loans Taxes ```
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Buying raw material
Outflows
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Wages
Outflows
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Rent or mortgages
Outflows
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Interest on loans
Outflows
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Taxes
Outflows
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Benefits of having a positive cash flow
No need to borrow (avoid interest) More able to arrange long term loans Reduces the risk of businesses getting into debt and failing
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What is a cash flow forecast
A table of the inflows and outflows of cash that are expected by a business’ managers
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What is a cash flow statement
A cash flow statement is a table of past month’s cash flow to help predict and prepare for the future
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Importance of cash flow forcastes
It can identify times when the business might be short of cash Enables the business to take actions to avoid cash shortages becoming a major problem
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Causes of cash flow problems
Poor management The business is making a loss Offering customers too long to pay
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Solutions to cash flow problems
Reschedule payments Cut costs Use overdrafts Find new sources of cash inflows
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Influences on choosing the best solution
The cause of the cash flow problem | The business’ circumstances
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Price
Price is the amount a business asks a customer to pay for a single product.
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2 factors affecting price?
The prices set by the competition | The cost of production
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What are sales?
Sales is the number of products sold by a business over some time. Usually a week, month, quarter or year.
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What are costs?
Costs are the spending that is necessary to set up and run a business. A business normally has to pay two main types of cost: fixed costs and variable costs.
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What are fixed costs?
Fixed costs do not alter when a business changes its output. For example, a shopkeeper still needs to pay the same amount of rent, regardless of sales.
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What are variable costs?
Variable costs are costs which vary based on output. For example, if a shopkeeper is serving more customers, he will need to buy more inventory.
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Equation for total costs
Fixed costs+Variable costs
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Equation for total variable costs
Variable costs of a single unit X Number of Units
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What are total costs?
Total costs are a business’s expenditure over a time period.
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What is profit?
Profit is the amount by which a business’s revenue from all its sales exceeds its costs.
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What is loss?
A loss is the amount by which a business’s costs are larger than its revenue from all sales.
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What is a balance sheet?
A balance sheet sets out the assets and liabilities that a business has on a particular day.
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What does a balance sheet show?
It shows where a business’ finance has come from and how the business has spent the money that it has raised. It is only a snapshot of the business’ position.
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Types of assets
Non-current assets and Current assets.
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What are non-current assets?
Non-current assets are assets which a business will normally keep for many years. Examples of non-current assets include shops and vehicles. They create revenue for the business and enable it to earn profits.
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What are current assets?
They are assets that the business only expects to have for a short time (normally less than one year). Examples of current assets include cash and inventories of raw materials. Current assets (especially cash) are used by the business to settle debts such as paying for raw materials.
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What are assets?
An asset is something that is owned by a business.
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What are liabilities?
Liabilities are the amounts owed by a business to other businesses and individuals.
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Types of liabilities.
Non-current liabilities and Current liabilities.
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What are non-current liabilities?
They are debts that will be paid back over many years. Loans from the bank or a loan to buy property (mortgage) are examples of this type of liability.
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What are current liabilities?
They are debts that a business will pay within a year. Examples of current liabilities include money owed to suppliers and tax the business has to pay.
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What is total equity?
Total equity is part of a company’s money that belongs to shareholders. If a company stops trading and sells all its non-current and current assets, it would normally have a large sum of money remaining. This would be used to pay all the company’s liabilities. The money that is left once this is done is called total equity.
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What are net assets.
The sum of all the assets a business owns.
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What will equal the amount of money put into the business (total equity) on a balance sheet?
Net assets.
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If the shareholders of a business raised extra finance to buy new vehicles than what would increase by the same amount?
The value of the business’ non-current assets and the shareholders’ total equity.
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Key indicators of a business’ performance over time from its income statement.
The revenue from sales of goods and services and gross and net profits.
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What are financial ratios?
Financial ratios are ratios that compare two figures from a business’ financial statements. For example profit to revenue.

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