YOUR COMPANY IS LOOKING FOR A/R FINANCING SOLUTIONS!
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Financing & Cash flow are the biggest issues facing business today
ARE YOU UNAWARE OR DISSATISFIED WITH YOUR CURRENT BUSINESS FINANCING OPTIONS?
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7 Park Avenue Financial
South Sheridan Executive Centre
2910 South Sheridan Way
Suite 301
Oakville, Ontario
L6J 7J8
Direct Line = 416 319 5769
Email = sprokop@7parkavenuefinancial.com
Cash flow financing in Canada requires that business owners/financial mgrs take a positive outlook on how they finance... and manage their ongoing accounts receivable investment. Many aspects of this subject are somewhat misunderstood... so welcome to our ' gabfest ' on this business financing area.
It's commonly accepted that a positive cash flow in a business is king (or queen). Your firm's ability to, on an ongoing basis, acquire and pay for assets, meet payrolls, and bring down outstanding debt levels is of prime focus to your company.
While there is a fairly big distinction between running your business day to day versus growing your company on a long-term basis, different types of financing are required for each of those two categories of a company's maturity. While happiness means different things to business owners, clearly, most would agree that the happiness factor in owning or running a business can be measured by positive cash flow.
Of course, your company could adopt a ' not for profit ' and negative cash flow stance, but that will only lead to insolvency, highlighting the importance of running and financing your business properly.
Cash flow is such a broad term in business it has the ability to be misunderstood fairly often. Financial analysts/textbooks define it as ' net income plus depreciation.’ By the way, depending on the amount of depreciation of your assets company losing money or trending downward can actually have positive cash flow. However, we don't recommend that as a strategy!
A great mystery to many owners is why ' paper profits' look great, but a daily cash flow crisis occurs... daily! Often the reason? Your investment in accounts receivable! The ' cash poor ' feeling relates to your clients' payment habits and ability and manages that process/function. And if your company is cash flow intensive, that requires funds to be spent on inventories, equipment, etc.
How then do owners/ financial mgrs finance their A/R investment? Solutions include:
Bank credit lines
Accounts Receivable non-bank financing solutions such as factoring - Our recommended solution in this area is Confidential Receivable Financing, allowing you to bill, collect and finance your A/R investment without notification to any clients, suppliers, etc
Asset-based non-bank business lines of credit, allowing you to create a business line of credit facility based on any combination of A/R, inventory, and even owned equipment.
The goal in these solutions - generate more, or at least as much! business cash flow as you are spending.
Looking for a clue as to whether you are winning or losing this battle? Take a good look at your cash flow statement provided by your accountants. Page 3 is the cash flow statement - focus on cash flow from operations. If that number is negative, you should be addressing a fix.
That's our ' gabfest ' on the importance of accounts receivable and cash flow financing. If you're looking for financing solutions and tools for your business, speak to 7 Park Avenue Financial, a trusted, credible and experienced Canadian business financing advisor who can assist you with your needs.
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