“About Business – Buying a Business”, is a power point presentation regarding buying a business that is up for sale and appears to be profitable. It sets out the actions a purchaser needs to complete when proposing to buy company to ensure that the business in question is and will continue to be profitable. Most of the actions on the slides will also apply when considering investing in a business. Includes slide notes and suggested Student activities. **Prior to seeing this presentation students need to see my presentations, “Starting and running your first business”, and “Basic Bookkeeping”. **

This audio-visual presentation sets out the types of company that may require to raise investment capital and provides details of the owners and directors responsibilities, the various loan types that may be available together with interest rate calculations and collateral that may be required by the lender. Includes slide notes and suggested student activities.

"About Business – Garage Services - Accounts & Administration", is a power point presentation setting out the detailed accounting and administration operations needed to run a small to medium sized independent garage providing vehicle repairs and servicing. Includes slide notes and suggested student activities

A power point presentation showing the logistics of the supply chain activity from beginning of chain to delivery to customer. Includes slide notes and student activity.

Franchise agreements presentation about choosing a franchise, assessing setup costs sales prices and profitability and negotiating the contract. Includes slide notes with suggested student activity.

This presentation sets out the basic ledgers necessary to run a small/medium sized business. Shows details of Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger and General Trading Ledger with details of how information is collated for profit and loss reports, VAT and other business activity reports. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities

This presentation sets out the basics of how robots/automatic machines are used in manufacturing processes. Includes cost factors to consider in relation to setup, running and maintenance of robotic equipment and their necessary interaction with humans. Slide notes and suggested student activities included

This presentation is about avoiding receivership. It shows the reports that need to be produced monthly and quarterly to enable the Directors to assess the current financial situation and decide if they need to take action to resolve current or future problems. It sets out details of problems that can happen and discusses actions for their resolution. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activity.

Good communications is essential to ensure successful business operations. This presentation sets out the path of communications for a sales order received by a manufacturing company from receipt of order through all the business processes to completion of the finished product and delivery to the customer. It shows how various departments should communicate with each other and how they relate to all company activities. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.

This presentation is aimed at the young person who is prepared to train and gain experience in a specific trade and then progress into property development. It includes suggested trade training and details the initial start procedure for property development including financial arrangements, budgeting, planning and action program for upgrading an old property into a desirable residence for sale or rent. All aspects are discussed from the original purchase of property to completion of upgrade. Shows formula for calculating profit when property is sold and return on capital employed if property is rented using examples of sales and rental prices. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities

This presentation sets out the main types of international trade and contract agreements between companies and individuals. Covers Distribution, Franchising, Agency agreement processes and direct sales for importers and exporters. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities

This presentation sets out the, “What if?” (what, why, how, who, when, where?) procedure for assessing projects/changes that affect business operations. Includes slide notes with descriptions of possible scenarios for business projects and the application of the “What if?” assessment as well as suggested student activities.

This presentation sets out the basic functions of a Stock Market Trader. Detailing the use of economic forecasting, assessment of market trends and the use of maths & accounting formula to make buying or selling decisions. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.

This presentation sets out all the attributes required for Leadership and details of how to make operational business decisions based the facts observed at all levels. It is applicable to all levels of Leadership from Junior Team Leader to CEO. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities

This power point presentation displays all the financial and budgetary control systems needed to ensure accurate and up to date financial information is always available. The information provided enables the company to operate profitably within set cash limits and still remain financially viable at all times. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.

This power point presentation sets out the basic principles of negotiating and assessing UK and International business contracts to ensure they are legally binding and acceptable to both parties. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities it will give students an insight into the complexities of contract terms and conditions relative contracts with UK and International companies

This book is a compilation if all my internal auditing handbooks previously published individually. It contains comprehensive procedures to carry out and questions to be asked that will enable small/medium sized businesses to evaluate their current operations and effect improvements which will produce an efficient, cost effective and profitable business. **Students can gain experience of business operations by using one of the chapters in this book to carry out a basic assessment of a specific part of School Business operations or a business owned by a friend of the school ** Internal Auditing and Management Consultancy are two sides of the same coin. Internal audits can carried out by a qualified and experienced senior Director or Manager who is trusted by the staff to carry out a full and fair assessment and recommend genuine changes needed to effect improvements. In my opinion outside sources should only be called in if there is no suitably qualified staff member.

This presentation sets out the details of all business activities that need to be regularly monitored with a view to the future. Advance planning for anticipated changes based on current events, market trends and experience. Successful companies are always one step ahead of changes in the market. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.

The presentation shows the key areas of operations management applicable to all types of business. Includes detailed flow charts and management structures defining operations management control for all business operations. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.

This presentation sets out how the Production Control Department ensures production schedules are met by issuing the necessary instructions to Buying and Manufacturing in time to meet the production start date and continually monitoring progress through manufacturing to ensure batch is finished on time. Complete with slide notes and suggested student activities.