1.Introduction
A: Understanding Your Business’s Finances; B:The Sources Of External Business Finance; C: Specific Financing Situations;

2.Why Does Your Business Need Cash?
Investment And Working Capital; Who Needs The Money? Your Business’s Legal Status; Two Special Cases;

3.Understanding Your Business’s Accounts
What Are Accounts And Why Are They Important?; How Are Accounts Prepared?; What Is In Each Part Of The Accounts?; What Information Can You Find In The Profit And Loss Account?;

4.Assets And Liabilities
What Does The Balance Sheet Tell You?; Understanding Financial Stability; Understanding Financial Efficiency; Return On Capital Employed; Return On Investment; Having Faith In Numbers;

5.How Much Cash Does Your Business Need?
Statement Of Source And Application Of Funds; Cashflow Forecasting;

6.Where Does The Cash Come From And What Are The Issues?
What Are The Sources Of Business Cash?; How Do You Go About Raising Cash?; What Are The Issues To Be Aware Of?; Debt Or Equity Source?;

7.Debt
What Is Debt?; Who Can Your Business Borrow From?; Keeping Yourself Safe; What Sort Of Borrowings Are Available?; Sources Of Advice; Islamic Finance;

8.Borrowing From Banks
Managing Your Bank Manager; What Can You Borrow?; Security From Outside The Business; What Is Changing In The Lending Market; How Much You Can Borrow From Different Sources; Business Borrowing Ability Ready Reckoner; What To Look Out For When Borrowing; Mo

9.Borrowing On Or For Fixed Assets
Financing Fixed Assets; Property Finance; Commercial Mortgages; Bridging; Sale And Leaseback; Pension Purchase; Plant And Machinery Finance; Raising Cash From Plant And Machinery;

10.Borrowing For Working Capital
Factoring And Invoice Discounting; Funding Stock And Trading;

11.Grants
The Practical Issues; What Do Grants Cover?; Assistance With Obtaining Grants;

12.Equity Finance
Shares And Dividends; Financial Promotions; What Issues Do You Need To Consider?; How Much Is Your Business Worth?;

13.Sources Of Equity Finance
Informal Sources; Business Angels; Venture Capitalists; Public Listing;

14.Funding A Start-Up
You As The Business Owner; Bootstrapping; External Funding;

15.Financing An Acquisition
Where Do You Get The Money?; What Form Of External Finance Is Right?; Equity; Grants; Debt; Types Of Debt Finance; How Do You Raise Cash?; Vendor Finance; Financial Assistance;

16.Funding Property Development
Specialist Property Development Funding Products; Commercial Bridging Loans And Mortgages; Top-Up Funding; Joint Ventures With Developers For Owner Occupiers; Self-Build Development Loans For Owner Occupiers; Raising Property Development Finance;

17.Funding A Turnaround
Wealth Warning; Is The Company Insolvent?; Do You Have Sufficient Cash For The Immediate/Foreseeable Future?; Will Your Lenders Continue To Support You?; Managing A Cash Crisis;