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by Ben Lobel Introduction to effective cash flow forecasting.
Cash flow is an important part of business. It can be unpredictable and particularly for startups or businesses involved in high-risk operations, cash flow can be the reason why a business gets into difficulty and also why it fails. The production of a simple and reasonably reliable cash flow forecast is a usual part of business management financial control
Ben Lobel was the editor of SmallBusiness.co.uk from 2010 to 2018. He specialises in writing for start-up and scale-up companies in the areas of finance, marketing and HR. More by Ben Lobel
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