Question: IDENTIFY THE SOURCES OF FINANCE AVAILABLE TO A BUSINESS Answer: There are a number of ways of raising finance for a business. The type of finance chosen depends on the nature of the business. Large organisations are able to use a wider variety of finance sources than are smaller ones. Finance is not just needed when starting a new business‚ but you may be required to seek further finance even if you’re business is well established i-e further expansion‚ R&D‚ new product launch
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Legal structure of the business Different businesses depending on their legal structure are able to obtain different sources of finance easier than others. For example a larger company may be able to obtain a loan easier than a smaller business. I will now go on and look at the different legal ownerships are and talk about their financing. Sole traders A sole trader is usually owned and controlled by one person. Small businesses such as sole traders are usually financed by the owner’s own personal
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Sources of Finance The financing of every business is the most fundamental aspect of its management. Get the financing right and the company will have a healthy business‚ positive cash flows and ultimately a profitable enterprise. The financing can happen at any stage of a business ’s development. On commencement of your enterprise the business entity will need finance to start up and‚ later on‚ finance to expand. Finance sources may be internal or external but they may also be short‚ medium or
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Section 1 – Sources of Finance There are 4 main types of business ownership: • Sole trader • Partnership • Private limited company (Ltd) • Public limited company (Plc) Each of these types of business needs to raise finance for capital investment Sole Trader This is a business that is owned by one person. Sole Traders are responsible for raising all the finance to set up and run the business. Usually a sole trader would be for a small business/ (businesses with a flat
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Week 2 Sources of Finance 1) Introduction It was explained in week 1 that this week’s lectures will focus primarily on institutions that provide finance. Finance has been defined by Chadwick and Kirkby (1995‚ p 38) in their book Financial Management (first edition‚ publisher Routledge) as a “system of costs and risks”. As we will see throughout the course‚ the notion of risk from an investor’s point of view is related to whether there is the accrual of the financial returns that are anticipated
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SHORT TERM SOURCES OF FINANCE There are various sources available to meet short term needs of finance. The different sources are discussed below: 7.1 Trade Credit: It represents credit granted by suppliers of goods‚ etc.‚ as an incident of sale. The usual duration of such credit is 15 to 90 days. It generates automatically in the course of business and is common to almost all business operations. It can be in the form of an ’open account’ or ’bills payable’. Trade credit is preferred as a source of
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Constraints of External Sources of Financing for Domestic Private Enterprises in China Fang Yang Higher Vocational Education School Ningbo Institute of Education Ningbo‚ China Yangfang1981@gmail.com Abstract—Private enterprises have been playing an increasingly important role in the development of Chinese economy‚ but they are having difficulties in accessing external sources of financing which mainly include bank loans‚ stock market and informal finance. This paper has analyzed the
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look for different sources of finance that can help them maintain and develop the businesses. There are various sources of finance that the companies need to consider in particular cases. Each source has it own advantage and disadvantage and different source will be more advantage in different case. Sources of finance are divided into 2 main kinds depend on the length of the sources and the amount of money: Long term and short term sources I. Long term sources of finance: 1. Share
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Introduction - Sources of Finance Introduction to the Sources of Finance resource. Sources of Finance Introduction This resource is designed for use with Accounting courses at A ’ level. This resource is relevant to the following: * AQA Module 5‚ Section 14.5: ’Types of Business Organisation‚ Sources of Finance ’ * OCR Module 2505‚ Sections 5.3.2 and 5.6.2 For many businesses‚ the issue about where to get funds from for starting up‚ development and expansion can be crucial for the success
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Name: Hafsah Class: Lower 6 Subject: Business studies Sources of Finance * Why do businesses need finance? * Types of finance * Internal sources of finance * External sources of finance * Factors to be considered when choosing sources of finance Sources of finance Finance: Finance is the study of how investors allocate their assets over time under conditions of certainty and uncertainty. A key point in finance‚ which affects decisions‚ is the time value of money‚ which
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