Finance In Business 1: Starting A Business
29 mins, 2005 You can have a great product, great marketing ideas, but if you don’t understand how finance works, you’re in trouble. This is an entertaining guide to sources of finance for business start-ups: CASE STUDIES: Using real-life businesses, the film illustrates the pros and cons of different sources of finance. Loans are repayable,… Read more »
Computers In Accounting
29 mins, 2002 Dave Nellist presents a lively explanation of accounting systems and what they do. Bill Brookman Productions is a small street-theatre company. They use Sage software for their accounts. The basic elements of sales, purchase and nominal ledgers are explained, including invoicing. The film also looks at the accounting systems at Clinton Cards… Read more »
Basics Of Finance 2: The Balance Sheet Explained
23 mins, 2001 Jay expands his financial enlightenment. The profit and loss account (as described in The Basics Of Finance I: Are We Making A Profit) tells him a lot, but only the balance sheet will reveal to him the overall “financial health” of his company. Jay’s friend takes him through the balance sheet explaining… Read more »
Basics Of Finance 1: Are We Making A Profit?
23 mins, 2001 A light-hearted case study offering a clear guide to the financial ideas businesspeople need to grasp. Jay’s business, designing websites and CDs, is doing well. But then he meets an old friend who’s now an accountant. She gives him some tough lessons on the value of accounting knowledge and takes him through… Read more »
Financial Decisions
29 mins, 1998 Three case studies show companies trying to make tricky financial decisions. Viewers are invited to consider what they should do. 1. Cash flow crisis: How can Comtex solve its cash flow problems? Should they cut costs or ask for an overdraft? The sales director, Tony Spence, proposes a radical solution – duck… Read more »
Where Does All The Money Go?
33 mins, 1996 Money is the life-blood of a business. We look at how it works in one company – Avalon Travel, a holiday tour operator. We explore where the business got its initial start-up finance and describe the indirect and direct costs which it has to meet in order to stay in business. We… Read more »
Managing The Money
32 mins, 1996 How does a firm plan and monitor its financial performance? This video looks at the experience of Linda and Brian who run a small business. How they first set up their business is told in the film Into The Fire. Now several years after setting up, Linda explains how their financial systems… Read more »