Accounting & Finance

Accounting and Finance is the essential guide to the most important financial terms and concepts in the modern business environment. It's for non-financial directors, executives, non-executive directors and anyone else whose job demands an understanding of financial jargon and who wish to make a more positive input to financial discussions. Tony Skone ACMA will walk you step-by-step through a practical and constructive guide to accountancy terms and all the vitals of today's business world; the balance sheet, the profit and loss account and the cash flow statement. Attendees can expect to leave the Strand Palace Hotel with a new understanding of accountants' jargon, an appreciation of how your own efforts contribute to the profitability, cash flow and value of your business and the ability to identify the strengths and weaknesses of an organisation and assess its financial performance. Costing and management accounting will be presented in straightforward terms along with investment appraisal techniques and the interpretation of financial information using key financial ratios. Other units include elements of contract law, dealing with risks and disputes over payment.