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Cash budgetCash flow

Businesses need to manage their cash flow to enable them to operate effectively. It is important to be able to interpret a cash budget and justify suitable solutions to cash flow problems.

Part of Business managementFinance

Cash flow

 Store closing down signs
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Cash flow problems can lead to a business's closure

Cash is generated by a business through the sale of goods or provision of a service. It is important that businesses have enough cash to:

  • pay employees
  • buy supplies
  • cover business expenses

Cash flow is all the money that comes into and goes out of a business.

There must be more cash coming into the business than there is going out to avoid the company going into . This would mean they are no longer able to trade.