So here’s the thing

Cash is king – fact. But how many business owners understand cash flow and the time frames involved?

So we’re business advisors and time and again we see business owners that drive the business by the speedo – how well we’re going instead of the fuel gauge- how long can we keep this going!

You can be profitable and you may have to close the doors – why?

Because if you’re not balancing out margins, debtors and creditors you will have a problem, If you can’t fund growth with positive net variable cash flow, you will have problem. If you’ve achieved this yet haven’t allowed for funding of your taxes, you will have a problem.

The answer – build a cash flow forecast based on your current business model and see how sustainable it is – then throw in a few curves – not being paid, unexpected replacement of assets, new employees.

New Zealand Herald

We recently made a contribution to Gill South’s Management column in the New Zealand Herald. You can read more here

Update on services

Here’s the latest on our key services -

Key Services

Business Turnaround

Ordinarily, our help is sought by accountants and specialists in insolvency who require our help in creating and implementing plans and strategies for improving the fortunes of the business in question. This involves a though diagnosis of the current state of play, management reviews,  market research, customer surveying, discussions with key employees and the assessment of the existing strategies of the business.

Business Modelling

We aim to help business owners see the untapped potential within their business by demonstrating the value of planning. This service is a overhaul of resource allocation and aims to improve management capability and more important profitability.

Strategic Planning

With a process of workshops,  employee engagement and vision creation, we work with management teams and boards to provide our expertise in implementing a sound and achievable strategic plan. In conjunction with a business partner in the US, we utilise leading edge on-line planning tools to involve the whole team and devolve achievement of the overall plan to the company stakeholders.

Business Improvement

We work with businesses who have a solid financial base and robust balance sheet but have reached a plateau in terms of vision, future strategy, management capability, margin and overall profitability. Our process is unique and takes a three phrase approach – evaluate, plan and implement.

We also provide additional one off services and we’d be delighted to provide you with details. Please get in touch through our contact page.

Welcome to the bclba daily

We’ve launched our blog in anticipation of the new web site going live on 19th September.

We aim to improve the life of the business owner and the returns that they receive. We ‘re based in New Zealand, Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud and the small business owner. You can find out more at our web site – www.bclba.co.nz