M - Business Planning Flashcards

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What is RLB’s 2030 Strategy

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  • Maintaining culture / value and reward colleagues
  • Sustainable growth
  • Profit but not at the expense of quality
  • Digital transformation
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How do you contribute to your companies business plan

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  • Deliver high level service
  • Working efficiently
  • Client retention / gain
  • Timekeeping
  • Developing younger staff
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Why is a business plan important?

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  • Focuses priorities
  • Budgeting
  • Setting business and staff KPI’s
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What is a business plan?

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  • Document that summarises the operational and financial objectives of a business.
  • Timescale of at least 3 to 5 years
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What does a SWOT analysis identify?

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Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats

Strategic planning method (business strategy)

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Mentioned RLB 2030 strategy, how do you input into RLB achieving their short and long term goals?

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  • Working efficiently
  • Client retention / gain
  • Timekeeping
  • Developing younger staff
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What procedures does your firm utilize to ensure they are profitable

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  • Timesheets
  • Fee/cost reconciliation
  • Project reviews,
  • Yearly performance reviews
  • Business dev strategy
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What components would you include in a Business plan

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  • Exec summary
  • Marketing strategy
  • Vision & Mission statements
  • Services
  • Management team & Structure
  • SWOT analysis
  • Financial target
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What is a Business Model

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  • Strategy implemented to generate revenue & make profits
  • May detail services offered, niche or sector operated in, target clients or costs
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How can businesses analyse their performance

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SWOT & PEST

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What is PEST analysis?

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Political Economical Social and Tech
Way of understanding how external forces impact a business

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What is a Business strategy

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Outlines the actions and decisions a company plans to make

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Requirements when setting up a business

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Inform RICS
Inform HMRC and Companies House
Business Plan
Complaints Handling Procedure
Company and Client Bank Accounts
Insurance - PI and Run Off, Building and Public

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