by Jim | Jun 15, 2022 | How to
Larger companies prepare regular budgets or forecasts. Yet, in most owner-managed businesses there are no budgets or forecasts. Ask them why and they’ll give you all sorts of reasons. They haven’t got time. The current climate is so uncertain its nearly impossible to... by Jim | Jun 2, 2022 | How to
I remember once attending an Insolvency Update. One of the speakers, who regularly works on examinerships, commented on the lack of good accounting information in most of the companies that go into examinership. This really struck a chord with me. In most of the... 
by Jim | Oct 12, 2020 | Home page latest blog
What should a business owner do to make sure he has the best possible information at his fingertips? How do you start putting this accounting knowledge into practice? We’ve already discussed how to identify the key transactions of the business. Also, how to record the... 
by Jim | Jan 17, 2020 | Managing
The financial management capability of Irish SMEs varies significantly. I have been working with many Irish SMEs over the past 20 years. During this period I was helping them to assess and improve their financial management capability. Over time, I have observed a... 
by Jim | Mar 20, 2017 | How to
Feedback I get regularly from the clients is that they don’t know where to start with the financial projections. So in this article I want to give you a framework and an overview of how I go about doing projections. My approach is something that has built up over...