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Forbes Magazine and IoD on Cost Management
21 Jan 2013 | Filed under: FREE Business Health Check, Industry News, RecessionLeading business magazine Forbes recently conceded: ‘A dollar gained in revenue is a very good thing …but remember, only a small portion reaches earnings. A dollar saved from cost, however, goes directly to the bottom line. So while focusing on the top-line, don’t forget to engage in a systematic approach to governing costs as a [...]
One in six charities fear closure as crisis hits, say charity chiefs
08 Jan 2013 | Filed under: Charities, FREE Business Health Check, RecessionThe Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) published the results of a poll in early December where one in six charities believe they may face closure in the coming year amid public spending cutbacks and falling donations from the public. Small and Medium sized charities seem to have been affected the worst, deficits for 2011 reaching £300m against [...]
Energy Management How the FD can make a difference
01 Mar 2011 | Filed under: Energy market, RecessionI’ve just been reading a report published by FinancialDirector and AccountancyAge of the results of a survey carried out by British Gas Business of 200 Finance Directors. The survey was designed to obtain an understanding of the twin issues of energy use and cost and how this would affect businesses in 2011. When asked to rate their [...]
Speaking at Care Show Exhibition Birmingham
08 Nov 2010 | Filed under: Recession, UncategorizedA last minute drop out has presented me with an opportunity to present a seminar session at the Care Show Exhibition in Birmingham on the 11th of November. http://www.careshow.co.uk/birmingham/ Auditel currently provide Cost Management services to 112 clients in the Care and Residential sector. The subject of my session is “Protecting Profit by Managing Cost” [...]
Large firms ‘face green stealth tax’
21 Oct 2010 | Filed under: Energy market, RecessionOne of the more unexpected results of yesterdays government spending review is the news that the funds raised by the CRC will now go to government directly and not to the participating organisations that reduce their Carbon usage the most! More reason than ever for large ‘carbon’ users to reduce their consumption. The following short [...]
Charity regulator urges professionals to help charities to cut costs
30 Sep 2010 | Filed under: RecessionDuring a Chamber of Commerce meeting I attended yesterday 3 local charities all spoke about the challenges they face in meeting their donation targets this year due to the recession. In one case £4.7M. Also this week. Dame Suzi Leather, Chair of the Charity Commission for England and Wales, has called on finance professionals to [...]
Auditel Chamber of Commerce Members lower the cost of doing business
20 Sep 2009 | Filed under: Industry News, RecessionNow in their 15th year, Auditel, the UK’s leading franchised network of cost and purchase management specialists, have been chosen by yet another Chamber of Commerce as their approved supplier to provide their services to the membership. Doncaster Chamber of commerce, seeking to find ways and means of easing the damage caused by the recession, [...]
Trading during the recession
27 Feb 2009 | Filed under: RecessionTo rise to the challenge of the recession, Business Owners, Directors and Managers will seek to focus their attention on effective cash flow management and forecasting, maintaining profit margins, looking for ways to spread business risk and managing costs. This represents a significant challenge in the best of times and, just as resource and experience [...]
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