• Overview of business plans
• Marketing, Operations, People and Organisation, Finance
• Budgets and forecasts
• Terminology
• Budgets for Profit & Loss, Cash Flow and Balance Sheet
• Cycle of cash
• Costing and pricing
• Managing in action — reporting, monitoring and controlling
• Examples and exercises

Who is it for? Non-financial directors or managers and department budget holders as well as technical specialists who are required to develop or use business plans and budgets, and take key decisions on the costing and pricing of products or services. Anyone who prepares or uses budgets in their work. You could be heading up a business, a non-profit organisation, a division, an operating unit or a major new project.

Financial planning and the preparation of budgets are essential skills for anyone in a position of responsibility. Many budget holders are also responsible for setting selling prices and controlling costs and this course will help you to understand the language and processes of budgeting, costing and pricing. Those who do not plan run a very high risk of failure. If you do not know where you are going there is very little chance you will arrive.

"A very interesting and informative course. It covered all the issues I wanted and more."

Sue Ruddell, Fire Strategy Company