Finance for Growth & Scaling

Introduction - Guide to Valuation When you’re raising finance, for new kit, extra crews, or bridging cash between stage payments, two questions matter most:  what’s the business worth, and how much should you ask for?  Get either wrong, and you risk expensive borrowing, unnecessary dilution, or a deal that collapses at the finish line. For construction and engineering firms, the challenge is sharper: project timings, retentions, variations, and materials volatility all distor

Introduction - Invoice vs Asset Finance Cash flow is the lifeblood of any construction or engineering business. You can have profitable...

Introduction - Not Having a Finance Director Every successful construction or engineering business eventually hits a turning point, when...

Introduction - Outgrown Your Bookkeeper and Year-End Accountant? As your business grows, so do your financial responsibilities, but many...

Introduction In construction and engineering, directors are often focused on turnover, gross profit, or cash flow, but overlook the...

Introduction - Lean Finance In construction and engineering, ambition often means chasing bigger contracts, hiring faster, or investing...

Introduction - KPIs Profit, Cash, and Control For construction and engineering businesses, making big decisions isn’t just about gut...

Introduction - Prepare Financially Before Bringing in a Business Partner For construction and engineering businesses, growth often means...

Introduction - ROI of Outsourcing Finance for SMEs For many construction and engineering SMEs, finance is treated as a cost rather than a...

Introduction - Accountants Pays Off Immediately Running a construction or engineering business is tough enough without wasting money...

Introduction - Poor Working Capital Explained For construction and engineering SMEs, survival often depends on cash, not profit. A...

Introduction - Ready for a Part-Time Finance Director? Running a construction or engineering business isn’t easy. The numbers get bigger,...

Introduction - How to Forecast Revenue, Profit and Cash In construction and engineering, guessing the numbers is risky business. Too...

Introduction In construction and engineering,  efficiency is everything . Projects are complex, margins are tight, and cash flow can make...

Introduction For growing SMEs and construction firms, it’s easy to assume that an  accountant  and a  fractional Finance Director (FD) or...

Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) returns, VAT rules, and health & safety compliance are non-negotiable in engineering. Get them wrong,...

In many construction firms, risk registers end up as dusty spreadsheets buried on a project manager’s desktop, seen once a month and...

Imagine you’re steering a sports car at speed, your bookkeeper is the reliable engine, but you need a co-pilot scanning the road ahead....

Budgeting often gets a bad rap as a restrictive, bureaucratic chore, but done right, it’s your growth GPS. Rather than a straightjacket,...

Management accounts aren’t just another set of numbers, they’re the steering wheel of your business. While statutory (annual) accounts...