Your Own Finance Director - Financial, Financial Control, Management Reporting, Cash Flow Management, Management Mentoring, Human Resources, Operational Management, Business Health Check, Strategic Planning, Business Plan, Budgeting, Raising Finance

<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="2"> <center> Your Own Finance Director </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="11"> <center> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">9 Ticehurst Hill</font> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Loughton</font> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <center> <font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Essex IG10 1BX</font> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="175" height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td width="49%"> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Tel</font></div> </td> <td width="51%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+44 020 7307 5725</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Fax</font></div> </td> <td width="51%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">+44 020 7323 3069</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="49%"> <div align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Email</font></div> </td> <td width="51%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:enquiries@yourownfd.co.uk">enquiries@yourownfd</a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr valign="top"> <td height="807"> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="10" height="10"><a name="topstrat"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bordercolordark="#660000"> <tr> <td width="26%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="#stratplan"> Strategic Plan >></a></font></td> <td width="47%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="#busplan">The Business Plan and Budgeting >></a></font></td> <td width="27%"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="#raisingfin">Raising Finance >></a></font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td height="2"><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="10" height="11"><a name="stratplan"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <h4><font color="#FF9900"> The Strategic Plan</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="60"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="87%"> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="87%" height="21"> <center> Do you have a strategic plan? </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="87%"> <center> <font color="#FF6633">"Why do I need a strategic plan?", you may ask</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="13%"> <p> </p> <p> </p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>You need to be clear about your business' purpose and objectives. You need to understand the environment in which you operate. What structures and resources will be required to enable to react to sudden and unforeseen changes in your business environment in a positive and timely manner.</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="8" height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Forward planning is what business managers would always identify as a pre-requisite for knowing where the business should be going and how it is going to get there. However, too many owner/managers are simply too busy trying to navigate their businesses through day-to-day problems to look at the bigger picture and plan properly for the future.</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="8" height="8"></td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <p><b>YourOwnFD</b> can help you and your associates focus on your organisation's strategic issues and help you formulate a strategic plan.</p> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="2"> <center> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td width="47%"> </td> <td width="3%"><a href="#topstrat" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image17','','imagebin/aroupon.gif',1)"><img name="Image17" border="0" src="imagebin/aroup.gif" width="13" height="12"></a></td> <td width="50%"><a href="#topstrat"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">top</font></a></td> </tr> </table> <img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="8" height="8"> </center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="8" height="8"><a name="busplan"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h4><font color="#FF9900">The Business Plan and Budgeting</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Budgeting follows the planning process. </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>The strategic plan is given the substance to formulate a business plan. It puts the meat on the bones. When the business plan is ready, it can be crystalised into a detailed format of income targets and expense projections. This is the budget.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>YourOwnFD can bring many years' experience of the business planning and budgeting process into your environment to provide you with</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">Assistance in compiling a business plan to present to your financiers if you are looking to increase your funding for working capital or expansion, or to re-negotiate your existing facilities.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">Help in putting together a business plan so that you and your associates can better understand where your business may be heading over the next few years.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">An annual budget for your business and periodic re-forecasts as the year progresses.</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">A link with your management accounts to show how your business is actually performing in comparison with how you were expecting it to perform in the budget.</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2">Bring in <b>YourOwnFD</b> to set you on your way forward.</td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td width="47%"> </td> <td width="3%"><a href="#topstrat" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image171','','imagebin/aroupon.gif',1)"><img name="Image171" border="0" src="imagebin/aroup.gif" width="13" height="12"></a></td> <td width="50%"><a href="#topstrat"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">top</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"><img src="imagebin/1x1.gif" width="8" height="8"><a name="raisingfin"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> <h4><font color="#FF9900">Raising Finance</font></h4> </td> </tr> <tr> <td>Potential investors or financiers will want to see your business plan in order to consider your request for future funding.</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <p>As well as helping you with your business plan, YourOwnFD can </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="3" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">Approach potential lenders </font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633">Assist in negotiations with sources of finance</font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="5%"> <div align="right"><img src="imagebin/dot.gif" width="7" height="7"></div> </td> <td width="95%"><font color="#FF6633"> Work with you in finalising lending terms</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> If you assistance and support with a lending application, talk to YourOwnFD </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="2"> <table width="99%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1"> <tr> <td width="47%"> </td> <td width="3%"><a href="#topstrat" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image172','','imagebin/aroupon.gif',1)"><img name="Image172" border="0" src="imagebin/aroup.gif" width="13" height="12"></a></td> <td width="50%"><a href="#topstrat"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">top</font></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </body>