Managing cash flow

Effective cash flow management is crucial. Learn tips and techniques to help you maintain a positive cash flow and keep your finances in the black.

Most customers these days will pay using a payment card. Discover how you can start taking card payments for invoices, online orders or in person.

When your business is ticking over nicely, you can keep spending focused on the right areas. Limiting expenditure could keep you in the black.

Effective cash flow management is vital so your business has the funding needed to keep trading. Our guide to controlling your cash with confidence.

Read our list of tips for controlling your cash flow, including chasing debts and avoiding the dangers of overtrading.

To avoid the risk of late payment - or no payment at all - it's essential to vet the people you offer credit to and make your terms clear.

Almost every business will experience late payment at some point. This practical checklist will help you recover the money you are owed.

A helpful checklist on drawing up your business budget, including what to put in it and who to involve in the process.

Staying on top of your finances is vital if you want your business to succeed. Read our handy hints on controlling your budget.

Our helpful checklist will show you the areas to target when you're trying to understand or reduce business costs.

Poor stock control can seriously impact your cash flow, lead to inefficiency in supplying customers, increased storage costs and wastage. Here's how to control your stock levels.

Credit control helps you optimise your cash flow and avoid late payment or non-payment. Read our guide to setting up a credit control system.

While you can't know exactly what the future holds, budgeting reduces uncertainty and helps you anticipate problems. Here's how to create a budget.

While you may not be able to influence how much customers spend, you can do is to control your costs and look at variable and fixed costs.

Supply contracts set out key terms and conditions, but what should you do when a supplier's performance falls short of the mark? Here are some tips.

Cash flow is vital to every business. Rory MccGwire explores ways you can improve your business's cash flow from using accounting software to increasing sales, stock control to reviewing pricing.