04/02/2023
This headline in Business Times ,today, 4 Feb 23, is indeed alarming and a wake up call to the challenges faced by businesses. With looming inflation, high interest costs and uncertainties; businesses have to be prepared. While sales turnover may be beyond one's control, business risks and cashflow can be managed with the right financial tools and support. Drawing from the past experiences of economic slow down and recession, managing one's cashflow with the aid of factoring a.k.a invoice financing can be very useful. Especially at times when traditional financiers become jittery and tighten on their credit requirement. Bankruptcy can be avoided in some situations.( The writer of this post has worked several decades serving SMEs with their working capital financing.) www.rainbowcpl.com