Profitable business with a history of strong growth. Despite invoice factoring, persistent and mounting cash flow problems now looked like they would spell the end for the company. Could anything be done to avert failure?
Loss-making business with declining sales in need of cash flow help following an ill-conceived downsizing exercise. Then a director's mis-judgement pushed their Bank over the edge. Their financial problems were suddenly acute
A buy-in to a turnaround situation. Beset with financial problems from the start, the overdraft facility, while generous, proved too small. Then overnight their facility was cut by £40k and cash flow pressure became dire
Getting business was never a problem but making money from it had. Previous cash flow crises had been averted by taking on more work but the underlying issues remained. With intense creditor pressure plus overdue VAT & PAYE, things were coming to a head...
A small loss-making music retail shop. The directors sought to gauge if there was a future in this business in which they had invested so much. Rather than just guess, could we do a financial viability review to ensure they made the right decision...
An established wholesale business but with cash flow reflecting the ups & downs of recent seasons. Planning a first step into retail, with many up-front costs, what were the baseline targets needed for the cash flow to hold-up and not jeopardise the existing business?
A web-based retail business which, despite building up a good sales base, has never been able to pay the owners a living wage. With a history of small but stubborn losses, should the war-weary founders stick with it or throw in the towel and move on?
With a history of rapid growth and all of his personal money already committed to the business, the owner was really struggling to access additional funds to remedy steadily mounting cash flow problems in the face of a downturn in trading. With so much at stake, was there any way forward?
Struggling independent bakery retailer. Proprietor considering £50k refurbishment to upgrade the premises and improve its outlook. With crunch-time for a decision looming, how could he tell if spending this money would prove worthwhile?
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