Financial Records Workshop

This course gives you the knowledge and skills to manage your finances and continue to plan your business, and tell you what is records you need to keep to comply with the law.

You will learn:

• Why businesses need to keep and use financial information.
• What financial records you will need for sales, business assets and funds.
• The broad principles and procedures in accounting systems.
• Which financial statements and statutory returns are relevant to your business in terms of your trading status.
• How to choose and use different accounting periods and financial years.
• How to use financial records to monitor the financial state of your business.
• How to understand cash flow forecast, profit and loss statements, spreadsheets, balance sheets, and what they should contain.
• What financial measures and forecasts your business needs.
• What information on financial record keeping is available and from where.

By the end of the workshop you will have an action plan to introduce and/or improve financial record keeping system and improve how you manage your business finances.

To find out when the next workshop is :

• Grampian Business Base Course Schedule
• Tayside Business Base Course Schedule
• or visit the Business Gateway website.