Cash Flow Screw Ups Or, how to screw up your cash flow. Not the positive note you are supposed to start any article with, but this is pretty much the biggest thing to go wrong with small businesses. Let’s be honest, if you screw up your cash flow then you have pretty much lost control
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International trade does not have to be a cash-flow challenge, there are simple ways to finance importing goods. Just because your supplier may be on the other side of the world does not mean that it should make things difficult. There are two misconceptions about trade finance. One It is difficult and can only be
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We often find ourselves asked how to get paid quicker, or paid at all, without going down a route of factoring. When we ask why not use factoring the answer is commonly that ‘my clients won’t like it’ or ‘my clients like to deal with me’, at which point our answer is a simple OK.
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It is a generally accepted principle in business that credit is given on invoices raised, it is also accepted that many customers will be late in paying. The question we ask is what is the actual risk to you? This is not about how well you know the customer or whether they always pay in
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