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Welcome to the online version of "Turning A Business Around". On this site, you can read the full text of "Turning a Business Around". This book provides comprehensive advice on business recovery, including understanding your business structure and setting a strategy for recovery. You can also check out the author's blog, interact in the forum, find useful websites in the directory, sign up for our newsletter, or download the PDF version of the ebook from the online store.

About the Author

Mark Blayney worked for one of the UK's leading accountancy firms as partner in charge of strategic consultancy and turnaround business. He now runs a strategy consultancy and financing brokerage which specialises in turnarounds and business revenues. He lives in Bishop Auckland, Durham, UK.

Chapter List

  1. Preface Preface To The Second Edition;
  2. Spotting The Warning Signs Of Business Failure Why Businesses Fail; The Types Of Business Failure; Normal Business Failure; Avoiding Failure; The Symptoms Of Normal Failure; Checking Your Business’s Health To Spot The Warning Signs; Take An ‘a’ Score Test;
  3. Understanding Why Businesses Fail The Causes Of Normal Failure; The Five Key Areas; Key Points; How Serious Are Your Problems?;
  4. Understanding Your Immediate Financial Position What You Need To Know; Insolvency; Cashflow Forecasting; Support From The Bank; Key Points;
  5. Managing A Real Cash Crisis Wealth Warning; Achieving Balance; The Key Steps To Survival; Controlling The Cash You Have; Obtaining More Cash From Normal Trading; Obtaining More Cash Or Credit From Elsewhere; Reducing And/Or Controlling Outgoing Cash; Reducing The Amount Of Cash Neede
  6. Understanding And Controlling Your Financial Performance What You Need To Know; Profitability; Financial Stability; Using Financial Information; The Management/Financial Information You Need; Setting Financial Targets; Setting Financial Targets For Your Business;
  7. Setting The Strategy It’s Your Business: What Do You Want To Do?; Setting Your Personal Goals; Industrial Trends: Pest’analysis; Industry Structure: ‘porter’s Five Forces’; What Products To Sell Into Which Markets?; Product Lifecycles And Product Portfolios; Meeting Customer E
  8. Managing Marketing Successful Marketing; Deciding Whom To Sell To; How To Sell Your Product; Tailoring Marketing Strategy: The Four Ps Of Marketing; Managing The Sales Process; Managing The Sales Force; Key Points;
  9. Managing Change Managing And Motivating Yourself; Self-Motivation And Time Management; Understanding Your Business’s Structure And Culture; Assessing Your Team; Managing People And The Process Of Change; Managing A Project; Getting Stakeholders On Board And Keeping Them T
  10. Managing The Risks Identifying The Risks; Dealing With The Strain; Insolvency-Specific Risks;
  11. Summary And Conclusion Recognise The Need For A Turnaround; Stabilise Your Finances; Decide What To Do; Make It Happen; Conclusions;
 
 
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