We’re living in a time when businesses are obsessed with growth. More revenue. More followers. Bigger teams. But when I sit down with clients, founders, marketers, sales leaders, and operations heads, the one word that always bubbles to the surface?   Profit.   Because profit is what gives you freedom. The freedom to hire. To [...]

Imagine your company’s budget as a blockbuster film. You’ve got two main characters: CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) – the brooding, long-term hero who loves investing in the future, and OPEX (Operational Expenditure) – the fast-talking sidekick who keeps the lights on and the coffee flowing. They're both crucial... but very different. Meet Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) CAPEX [...]

How financial decisions affect the overall business and your role in them. Every single day, your non-finance teams are out there making decision, good or bad, which affect your organizations profitability and liquidity. In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the financial decisions we make are more critical than ever. Whether it's choosing the right investment [...]

So, your organization adds your name to the list of delegates to attend the Finance for Non-Finance Learning or the lengthier Finance Programme offered by an esteemed Business School…You’re totally anxious about this, as you remember doing Accounting at school, and the bit of Finance you learnt after school, but that just went in [...]

When I entered the workplace as a graduate in a #Big4 I knew very little about #business, even though I had 2 degrees in finance, the practical application was totally different. BUT once I started asking relevant questions as to how the firms finances worked in terms of income, expenditure, CAPEX, OPEX, selling, winning [...]