Beginners Guide to Accounts and Finance
 

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If you are setting out in business on your own for the first time often the financial and accountancy side to your business can seem quite daunting.  This section tries to answer a lot of those questions and will hopeful put give you an idea as to your fist steps in accountancy and finance.

What records should you keep?
Book-keeping isn't just a means of satisfying the tax man, it can tell you an awful lot about your business - how well it is performing, how you could cut costs, which of your customers are buying from you the most etc. So book-keeping is extremely important.  In order for your accountant to provide this information for you, they will need a certain amount of data which you have pulled together over a twelve month period.
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Tips to raising finance
If you are considering raising capital through a third party i.e. a bank, then you will need to be well organised and prepare your argument well.  What will you need to prepare? how should you prepare it?  what will you need to do? all these are important issues to consider.
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