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Working capital

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The capital needed to pat for raw materials, day-to-day running costs and credit offered to customers. In accounting terms working capital = Current assets - current liabilities

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Why business activity requires finance?

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  • purchase essential capital equipment and premises
  • working capital: pay bills and expenses and build up stocks
  • business expand
  • special situations: decline in sales –> cash needs to keep the business stable; or large customer could fail to pay for essential expenses
  • pay for research and development, invest in new marketing strategies
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Liquidity

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The ability of a firm to be able to pay its short-term debts

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Liquidation

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When a firm ceases trading and its assets are sold for cash to pay suppliers and other creditors

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Capital expenditure

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Involves the purchase of assets that are expected to last for more than one year, such as building and machinery

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Revenue expenditure

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Spending on all costs and assets other than fixed assets and includes wages and salaries and materials bought for stock

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Start-up capital

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Capital/ investment needed by an entrepreneur to set up a business.
eg: expenditure on premises and capital equipment

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Sources for start-up capital

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  • Angel groups
  • Personal savings or friends/family
  • Bank loans
  • Private funds
  • Government grants/ assistance
  • Venture capitalists
  • Equity funding
9
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Internal source of finance

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  • Retained profit
  • Sale of assets
  • Reductions in working capital
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External source of finance

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Long term: + Share issue 
\+ Debentures 
\+ Long-term loan 
\+ Grants 
Medium term: + Leasing 
\+ Hire purchase 
\+ Medium-term loan 
Short term: + Bank overdraft 
\+ Bank loan 
\+ Creditors 
\+ Factoring
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Overdraft

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Bank agree to a business borrowing up to a agreed limit as and when required

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Factoring

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Selling of claims over debtors to a debt factor in exchange for immediate liquidity - only a proportion of the value of the debts will be received as cash

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Leasing

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Obtaining the use of equipment or vehicles and paying a rental or leasing charge over a fixed period. This avoids the need for the business to raise long-term capital to buy asset. Ownership remains with the leasing company

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Hire purchase

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An asset is sold to a company that agrees to pay fixed repayments over a agreed time period - the asset belongs to the company

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Long term loans

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Loans that do not have to be repaid for at least one year

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Equity finance

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Permanent finance raised by companies through the sale of shares

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Long-term bonds or debentures

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Bonds issued by companies to raise debt finance, often with a fixed rate of interest

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Debt finance +

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+ No shares sold –> ownership of the company does not change or is not “diluted” by the issue of additional shares
+ Loans will be repaid eventually –> no permanent increase in the liabilities
+ Lenders have no voting rights at AGM
+ Interest charges are paid out b4 the reduction of corporation tax, while dividends have to be paid from profits after tax
+ Gearing of the company increases –> shareholders are given higher chance of higher returns

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Equity capital +

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+ Never has to be reapdi; permanent capital

+ Dividends don’t have to be paid every year, not like interest on loans

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Rights issue

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Existing shareholders are given the right to buy additional shares at a discounted price

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2 types of flotation

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  1. Listing on Alternative Investment Market (AIM): suitable for small companies since strict requirements are relaxed
  2. Full listing on Stock Exchange:
    a) Public issue by prospectus: advertises the company and its share sale to the public (expensive)
    b) Arranging a placing of shares with institutional investors without the expense of a full public issue ( ownership doesn’t change, cheap, reduce share price in short term bc of dilution)
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Grants

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+ Long term
+ Given to small businesses or those expanding in developing regions of country
+ Don’t have to be repaid

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Venture capital

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+ Risk capital invested in business startups or expanding small businesses that have good profit potential but do not find it easy to gain finance from other sources
+ Specialist organisations or wealthy individuals
+ Risky
+ High-tech businesses
+ Share of future profits

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Business plan

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A detailed document giving evidence about a new or existing business, aims to convince external lenders and investor to extend finance to that business

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Factors influencing finance choice

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  1. Time + Risky for borrow long term finance to pay for short-term needs
    + Permanent capital is needed for long term expansion
  2. Cost +Considering opportunity costs
    + Loans are very expensive during periods of rising interest rates
  3. Amount required
  4. Legal structure and desire to retain control
  5. Size of existing borrowing + Higher the existing debts of a business, the greater the risk of lending more bc banks will be anxious of the ability to pay back
  6. Flexibility : Variable need for finance –> flexible form of finance is > longterm e.g: Overdrafts