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Practical tools and articles about:
- Planning for your business
- Forecasting and improving your business cash flow
- Growing your business
Featured articles
Protecting your business against cybercrime
4-minute read
Technology has transformed how people do business today. It helps us work faster and more collaboratively, and it helps us work from anywhere. Yet this transformation is not without risk. In fact, the risk of cyberattack is growing.
Simple tips to improve business cash flow
5-minute read
Forecasting and monitoring cash flow is vital in any small business. It helps you plan for the good times and bad. Yet it can be difficult when your business is rocked by major events like global pandemics or seasonal drop-offs in sales.
The four Cs of credit: What are banks looking for?
4-minute read
The fours Cs of credit are a common set of principles that banks and lenders consider when assessing business loan applications.
Tools and articles
These practical tools and articles can help you with your business plans.
Developing a risk assessment management plan for your business
3-minute read
It is important to consider all possible risks and scenarios that may exist both within your business and your external operating environment.
Funding for your business
4-minute read
A lack of funds will limit your business’ performance. That’s why we’ve put together some approaches to help you decide how to source funding for your business.
Tools and articles
These tools and articles can help you forecast your business cash flow.
Use a balance sheet to keep a handle on your business’ finances
4-minute read
No matter what stage you’re at with your business, it’s important to consider your business’ balance sheet movements. By regularly forecasting your business’ balance sheet, you will have a clearer understanding of what you’re likely to own or owe by a certain date.
How to forecast your business’ profit and loss
2-minute read
Different events can change your idea of how much money your business will make over the next year. Likewise, your view of the business expenses you will incur during the coming 12 months may have varied. Use our profit and loss template to help forecast for the year ahead.
Tools and articles
These practical tools and articles can help you improve your business cash flow.
Shortening your business' cash cycle
3-minute read
Shortening your cash cycle will boost your cash reserves, keeping your business going and providing a buffer in times of financial uncertainty.
Managing your business' overheads
2-minute read
In the current environment, you may have had to take short-term reactive measures to cut your business’s expenses and monitor any overheads closely.
Tools and articles
These practical tools and articles can help you grow your business.
ANZ Business Growth Program
Take part in a globally recognised program that helps Australian businesses to develop the skills needed to establish an organisation that can sustain growth.
Tapping into industry subsidies when setting up offshore
4-minute read
If you’re considering setting up offshore, it’s important to consider how you can leverage offshore resources to leverage industry subsidies and reduce your start-up costs.
Using independent sales reps to grow your business
4-minute read
When looking to grow your business, hiring independent sales representatives may benefit your growth, as these employees often have access and connections to the businesses or types of customers you want to target.
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