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Pricing: The Most Powerful Profit Lever Many SMEs Ignore
Most SME leaders focus on growing revenue or reducing costs when looking to improve profitability. However, pricing is often the most powerful and underutilised profit lever in the business. A simple 1% improvement in pricing can generate the same profit impact as significant revenue growth, while hidden price gaps and legacy discounts may be quietly eroding margins. Discover why pricing deserves a place on every leadership team's strategic agenda.
Stuart Patch
Aug 185 min read


Budgeting and Decision Making: The Biggest Budgeting Mistake I Saw Multinational Businesses Make
Many organisations invest significant time and effort developing annual budgets, only to use them as a tool for explaining variances. Discover the biggest budgeting mistake I observed during my years as a Finance Director and how the most successful organisations use budgets to drive ownership, accountability, and better decision-making.
Stuart Patch
Aug 123 min read


Cashflow management for growing businesses- What More Than 10 Years as a Finance Director Taught Me About Cashflow
During more than 10 years as a Finance Director, I noticed that when business conditions were good, the focus was always on profit. When conditions became challenging, the focus immediately shifted to cash. Here's why cashflow remains one of the most important indicators of business resilience and what growing businesses can learn from it.
Stuart Patch
Aug 123 min read


Cash Flow Management: Why Profitable Businesses Still Run Out of Cash
Many business owners assume that a profitable business is also a financially healthy business. Unfortunately, that's not always the case. Drawing on experience from global Finance Director roles, this article explores why profitable businesses can still experience cashflow pressure, how growth often consumes cash before it generates it, and why cash remains one of the most important indicators of business resilience.
Stuart Patch
Aug 64 min read
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