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Name 3 types of internal finance

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  • Owner’s capital: personal savings
  • Retained profit
  • Sale of assets
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What is owner’s cpaital: personal savings

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-money business owners/ shareholders have invested in their businesses

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What is retained profit

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-once all costs have been covered and divdiends paid to shareholders- any profit left is retained in business and used as source of finance

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What is sale assets

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-in established businesses assets that are no longer needed are sold- generates cash- used for other pdocuts

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Name the 6 types of external finance

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  • family and friends
  • banks
  • peer-to-peer funding
  • business angels
  • crowd funding
  • other businesses
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How can fasmily and friends generate finance in a business

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  • provide extra start-up capital necessary for business start-ups
  • also could provide loans
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How can banks generate finance in a business

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  • provide bank loan

- banks insist on some collateral aa security, either a business asset or personal asset belonging to owner

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How can peer-to-peer funding generate finance in a business

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  • allow individuals to lend directly to other people or businesses without using a bank
  • generally higher rate of interest
  • provide optiuon when banks are unwilling to lend
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How can business angels generate finance in a business

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  • extremely rich individuals who provide capital to high risk small business ventures/ start ups
  • they become involved in strategic management of business in hope of high returns
  • e.g dragons in dragons den
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How can crowdfunding generate finance in a business

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use of small amounts of capital from large number of individuals to finance new business

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How can external businesses generate finance in another busines

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  • large firms seek out small businesses starting up and help them out by providing finance
  • in return for a shareholding
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Name the 5 methods of finance

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  • loans
  • share capital
  • venture capital
  • overdrafts
  • leasing
  • trade credit
  • grants
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What are loans

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  • involves bank/ family providing large sum of cash

- repaid over an agreed period of time with added interest

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What is share capital

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  • when private company is formed- ownership of business is split into shares
  • these shares- sold to shareholders
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What is venture capital

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specialist investors who invest in private companies for a large share

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What are overdrafts

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a facility that will allow you to withdraw more money from your account than is available.

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What is leasing

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a way of renting an asset that the business requires, such as a coffee machine.

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What are trade credits

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when goods/ sevrices provided by supplier arent paid for immediately

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What are grants

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fixed amount of money awarded by the government, EU (European Union) or charitable organisations

given to a business when they meet certain criteria ( providing jobs in areas of high unemployment)

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What is unlimited liability

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owners of the business are personally responsible for all debts caused by the business

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What is limited liability

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the owners or other shareholders of a company are not responsible for all of its debts if the company fails

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What is a business plan

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document setting out a business idea how it will be financed, marketed & put into practise

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Why is it important for a start-up business to have a business plan

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  • attracts finance through shareholders, business angels, bank
  • ensures entrepenuer has carefully considered potential problems
  • point to maintain clear sense of direction
  • has quantitive targets to aim for
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Name the main sections a business plan should include

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  • executive summary
  • product/ service
  • market
  • marketing plan
  • operational plan
  • financial plan
  • conclusion
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What does cash inflow show
shows places and timings from which cash flows into business
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What does cash outflows show
show how much cash leaves business each month
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What does net cash flow/ monthly balance show
shows how much money the business makes per month
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What does opening balance show
amount of cash business had at start of month -this will be last months closing balance
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What does closing balance show
amount of cash in business at end of month
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What does it mean for a business if the closing balance is negative
business needs extra finance
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What does the net cash flow tell the business
indicates how well each month is expected to go for the business
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What is the use of cash flow forecasts
-spot cash problems in advance to prevent major crisis
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Name 4 examples of actions that help to improve cash flow
- producing and distributing products as quixkly as possible- get money quick - chasinf customers to pay asap - keeping stocks to a minimum - minimising soending on equipment- use leasing and rentint instead
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What are the benefits of cash flow forecasts
- advanced warning of cash shortages - ensure business can afford to pay suppliers, employees - spots problems with customer payments
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Name the formula for net cash flow
cash inflow - cash outflow
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How do you calculate opening balance
= closing balance from last month
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How fo you calculate closing balance
opening balance + net cash flow
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How can you calculate cash outflows
wages + materials
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What is an asset
property or equipment purchased y for business use
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how are cash flow forecasts used for financial descision makig
- identify timing, significance of potential shortfalls | - give confidence about short term survuval
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definition of equity
the value of ownership in something
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Name 3 types of internal sources of finance
-owners capital- only relevant in start-up/ small businesses] ] -retained profit- business must have made a profit & not spend it on anything else -sale of assets-
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Name 6 types of external sources of finance
- family and friends- limited to small businesses - bank- - peer-to-peer funding- rare- particularly risky for start ups - business angels- rare- start-up/ recently started - crowdfunding- start-ups - other businesses- rare- start-ups
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What is liquidation
when companys owners close down company -sells assets to generate cash to pay off debts of business
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Name the 4 types of finance likely to be used by sole traders and partnerships
- owners capacity - trade credit - leasing - bank finance
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Name the 6 types of finance likely to be used by private limited companies and public limited companies
- share capital - trade credit - leasing - peer to peer/ crowdfunding - angel/ venture capital - bsnk finance
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Why is doing business with a sole trader/ partnership less risky
- if business runs into problems | - customers/ suppliers can legally pursue owners for debts owed
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Why is being a sole trader/ partnership more risky
- unlimited liability | - owners have no protection of personal assets if something goes wrong
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What is inflation
% rate at which average prices rise during a year within the whole UK economy
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What happens if prices are rising throughout an economy
costs for raw materials, property and labour ^
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Name 3 circumstances when inflation has a major effect
- when rates of inflation are significantly above 2% - when prices are rising faster than acerage earnings -> - when UK inflation is higher than that in most other countries
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Name 3 effects of inflation on businesses
-firm with a long-term fixed price contract ->
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What are the advantages to a bank loan?
don't need to give % of profit/ share in your company. Banks do not take any ownership of the businesses Quick and easy to organise interest rates tend to be low
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What are the disadvantages to a bank loan?
Have to pay off interest & original loan. can be hard to apply for a loans -> must be able to repay borrower’s personal assets can be seized if loan cant be repayed
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What are the advantages to a Bank Overdraft?
quick and east to arrange –> provides a good cash flow backup Short-term can be cheaper than a loan good way to cover the period between money going out of and coming into a business.
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What are the disadvantages to a bank Overdraft?
Interest is repayable on the amount overdrawn and can be expensive if used over a longer period of time interest and fees on overdrafts are often at a higher rate than loans face large charges if you go over the agreed overdraft limit
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What are the advantages to a business angel?
-access to investors knowledge, contacts -no repyment, interest
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What are the disadvantages to a business angel?
-give up a share of ur business -may take a long time to find suitable investor
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What are the advantages to Share issue/Share Capital?
there is no need to mortgage property on these shares - Have access to money you wouldn’t normally have access to for the business.

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