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Practical advice on forecasting, cash flow, and planning, plus templates, walkthroughs, and strategies you can apply straight away.

  • Building up a Brixx plan – a 24 minute demo [Video]

    This week we bring you a video demo of Brixx – a “back to basics” tour of the app that will teach you the fundamental principles behind Brixx so that you can get the most out of modelling in the app. Beginners welcome!

  • What is Double-Entry Bookkeeping?

    Welcome to part 2 of 3 in this “Accounting Crunch” series. In this series, we’ll be covering debits & credits, double-entry accounting and T-accounts. Each part will consist of one topic. In this part, we’ll be covering double-entry accounting.

  • What are Positive and Negative Working Capital?

    Working capital is a figure that is essential for business growth, it keeps the cash cycle moving and allows you to pay suppliers and invest in the business. But what are positive and negative working capital? and how important are they for your business? We take a closer look in this article.

  • Direct vs Indirect Cash Flow Method: What is the difference?

    There are two methods of calculating net cash flows, but which should you use? In this article we draw the differences between the direct and indirect cash flow methods and help you decide which method you should use for your cash flow report.

  • The Brixx Insider #4 – Beta Test Groups & Recent Releases

    Discover what we’ve been up to this month in the latest edition of the Brixx Insider! We detail how to get involved in the Xero beta testing groups (there’s still time to sign up!) as well as some of the other releases we’ve made to the app.

  • Cash Flow from Operating Activities and How to Calculate it

    Cash flow from operating activities can be a bit of headache to get your head around. In this article, we break it down and explain what it means, the impact it has on your business and the differences it has over financing and investing activities.

  • 6 cash flow confusions that commonly confuddle business planning

    Numbers can be open to interpretation, especially if you’re not used to arcane accounting methodologies. Maybe you usually leave the numbers to the accountant, but if you’re a decision maker, then at some point you’ve got to figure out what it all means. So, today, I’m going to explain some of the common ways cash flow can cause confusion and how you can avoid it.

  • Financial Jargon Buster Guide

    When it comes to finance, jargon can quickly become confusing. In this piece, we aim to chop this jargon up into digestible, easy to understand definitions with a simple example.

  • What Goes into the Income Statement (with examples)

    A profit and loss statement, also called an income statement, shows the revenue and expenses of a business, broken down into categories. This week we’re going line-by-line through an example of this report, introducing the key concepts of the P&L.

  • Cash Flow Statement Example – Simple Analysis of Cash Flow

    A cash flow statement brings order to the chaos. Our easy coffee shop example shows how this report can make it easy to understand your business finances. We go through line by line what it all means and where all the important numbers should sit.

  • Free Profit and Loss Statement Template

    Get a free profit and loss template on us! Claim your template in this article, which features: equations to calculate totals, the ability to place your figures into the correct financial accounts and creates a professional financial report with ease – rather than expertise!