Good Accounting Practice for Businesses
52mGeneral2025-01-13
Authors

CRFT Productions
Full-Service Learning Content Company

Naeem Anwar
Course details
Effective accounting practices are essential for improving profit margins and cash flow. In this course, Naeem Anwar, a Chartered Accountant based in the UK, highlights 18 practical tips to strengthen your company’s financial health. From distinguishing between needs and wants to managing cash flow with forecasts, learn how to make informed decisions that impact your bottom line. Explore ways to negotiate with suppliers, handle difficult customers, improve staff retention, and avoid false economies. Dive into actionable strategies for improving debtor and creditor days, building strong supplier relationships, and ensuring faster customer payments. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with easy-to-implement accounting tools and techniques that will help your business thrive.
Skills covered
Accounting SkillsBusiness StrategyFinance and AccountingLimited SeriesBusiness Analysis and StrategyLeadership and Management
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Good accounting practices for businesses
1. Strategies to Help Increase the Business's Profits
- 02 - Identify financial needs vs. wants
- 03 - Incremental annual price increases
- 04 - Improve staff retention
- 05 - Dealing with difficult customers
- 06 - Beware of false economy
- 07 - Find better deals to help finances
- 08 - Stick to the budgets you set
- 09 - Negotiate with suppliers to lower costs
- 10 - Make full use of internal and external accountants
- 11 - Overcoming analysis paralysis
- 12 - Make best use of staff time
- 13 - Write unbiased business plans
2. Strategies to Help Improve the Business's Cash Flow
- 14 - How to get customers to pay you quicker
- 15 - Build strong relationships with suppliers
- 16 - Calculate debtor and creditor days and review aged reports
- 17 - Manage cash flow using cash flow forecasts
3. Longer-Term Strategies
- 18 - Establish a strong brand
- 19 - Increase the business net assets
Conclusion
- 20 - Keeping up with good accounting practices
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