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Certificate of Achievement

Gwyn Jones

has completed the following course:

Starting a Business 5: Managing Finances

University of Leeds

This course introduced learners to the importance of managing finances when starting a business. The course provided time to plan, share ideas with others and start to document thoughts in a structured business plan.

2 weeks, 2 hours per week

Nigel Lockett

Professor of Enterprise

University of Leeds

92%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Discuss why forecasting and planning are key skills within any successful business.
  • Discuss sales revenue forecast, net profit and the purpose of a cash flow forecast.
  • Evaluate the entrepreneur’s business challenge: How can Hannah make her business more profitable?
  • Identify business finances in a business plan.
  • Assess costs, prices, gross profit and cash flow forecasts.

Syllabus

  • The importance of financial information
  • An introduction to key financial information: sales revenue forecast; profit and loss forecast; and cash flow forecast
  • Analysing and interpreting financial performance
  • How to increase profitability
  • Marketing a product in terms of price and number of sales
  • Key financial forecasts: determining the viability of a business opportunity
  • The business plan: business finances

Issued on 2nd January 2021

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Starting a Business 5: Managing Finances

University of Leeds