Customers won't pay on time, suppliers won't deliver until bills are paid; spare capital is tied up in work-in-progress. It's a 'catch 22' situation that can bring a business to its knees.

This humorous programme makes the subject easy to understand and proposes ways of avoiding the traps that lie in wait for the unwary manager. We are shown where capital is locked up in a business and how to free it up and how sales forecasts and regular meetings can help control working capital.

This programme assumes no prior knowledge of finance and uses everyday language instead of complex financial jargon.

The key outcomes:

• Learn to focus more on the performance of the business as a whole and not just day-to-day processes
• Manage working capital more effectively and become more profitable

Learning chapters:

• The cash merry-go-round
• Julian Carruthers debt problem
• Debtors and creditors
• A comparison of operations
• Ron Scrogg's minimal investment in working capital
• Julian Carruthers' large investment in working capital
• How employees contribute to the level of working capital
• How Julian can reduce the level of working capital
• The connection of time with money
• Sales forecasting and meetings

Style:  Humorous Drama