Table of Contents

• Introduction
• 1. Data and Decisions
• 2. Who uses Accounting Information and why
• 3. The language of Finance
• 4. Profit and Loss Business Drivers
• 5. Cash and Profit – Understand the Difference
• 6. The Balance Sheet
• 7. Budgets and Forecasts
• 8. The Management Accounts Pack
• 9. Capital Investment (Capex) and Investment Appraisal
• 10. Health Checks and KPI’s
• Glossary of Finance and Investing Terms
• Appendix A: Sample Management Accounts Pack
• Appendix B: Sample Full Published Accounts
• Appendix C: Sample Abbreviated Published Accounts
• Appendix D: KPI Summary
• Appendix E: List of Regulators
• Appendix F: Sample Budget
• Index

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Learn to understand the language of finance so you can confidently make the correct financial decisions within your business.

About the Author

Jo Haigh is Head of Corporate Finance and a Partner at ATF Group Ltd and Head of Corporate Finance for MGR, an accountancy and financial management firm. Jo has been the Institute of Directors (IOD) Business Adviser of the Year and Business Woman of the Year and is the author The Business Rules; Buying and Selling a Business and Tales from the Glass Ceiling. All published by Piatkus/LittleBrown.