What do businesses need finance for? Sources of Finance What do businesses need finance for?
Learning objectives To be able to state at least three different sources of finance for a new business. To recognise the difference between short- term finance and long-term finance.
How can businesses finance themselves? Short term finance Has to be paid back over 12 months Long term finance Can be paid back over many years
Internal and External Funding Internal funding comes from within the business External funding comes from outside the business
Internal funding How might businesses find funding within themselves?
Internal Funding Retained Profit Asset Sales Keeping profits and saving them to reinvest Asset Sales What can they sell?
External funding Share capital Debt Bonds Trade Credit
Share capital Businesses can issue shares in a business Shares are small parts people can own Dividends (small payments) are made to those who own them Public Limited companies can trade them on a stock exchange but Private limited companies cannot
Debt Overdraft Loan Bonds Trade Credit
Cross Sheet + read
Question Sheet Please read the sheet and answer the questions Extension Use the case study to answer the questions (p15)
Plenary One form of finance and an advantage!
Financing growth P83 QUESTIONS
Why do firms want to grow?
Why might a firm want to grow larger? Make a list or mind map of the reasons why a firm may want to grow larger. To understand how to finance a business from Internal & external sources
Why do firms want to grow? To understand how to finance a business from Internal & external sources
How can firms grow? The type of integration that firms use will depend on their situation. There are 3 ways it can be done: Internal Expansion – Expand by opening more outlets or employing more staff Mergers – Two businesses joining together to form a new or larger company Takeovers – Where one business buys at least 15% of another business to control it To understand how to finance a business from Internal & external sources
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