ICAEW Directors Briefings

Directors Briefings

Resources for busy professionals

Every now and again as a consultant, manager or business adviser we need to put our hands on short, accurate and trusted materials covering a wide range of topics. In a previous blog entry I highlighted some of the fact-sheets available from the CIPD most of which are open to any web site visitor. In the same way that the CIPD fact-sheets provide HR based material the The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales  (ICAWE) provide a range of Directors briefings for their members and web site visitors. These cover a diverse range of materials including strategy, marketing, business planning etc. What is more these topics are covered in just 4 pages, and are kept up to date- so data we can trust.

The RapidBI team have used these materials with our clients and hope that you find them useful too:

Human Resources:

Consultants:
Directors Briefing on: Using a consultant

Managing your Employees:
Directors Briefing on: Employees who work from home
Directors Briefing on: Performance appraisals
Directors Briefing on: Stress management
Directors Briefing on: Managing change
Directors Briefing on: Everyday workplace policies
Directors Briefing on: Managing your time
Directors Briefing on: Motivating employees
Directors Briefing on: Assertiveness
Directors Briefing on: Team-building
Directors Briefing on: Communicating with employees
Directors Briefing on: An Internet policy for your employees
Directors Briefing on: An email policy for your employees

Employment Law: (also see CIPD fact-sheets)
Directors Briefing on: Employment contracts
Directors Briefing on: Dismissing employees
Directors Briefing on: Discipline and grievance issues
Directors Briefing on: Redundancy
Directors Briefing on: Employment tribunals
Directors Briefing on: Rights for working parents and carers
Directors Briefing on: Sickness issues and SSP
Directors Briefing on: Discrimination
Directors Briefing on: Working time regulations
Directors Briefing on: Minimum wage and statutory pay obligations
Directors Briefing on: The law on flexible working

Pensions:
Directors Briefing on: Pensions for business owners
Directors Briefing on: Pensions for employees
Directors Briefing on: Pensions for senior managers

Recruitment: (also see CIPD fact-sheets)
Directors Briefing on: Interviewing
Directors Briefing on: Graduate recruitment
Directors Briefing on: Recruitment

Remuneration: (also see CIPD fact-sheets)
Directors Briefing on: Incentive pay
Directors Briefing on: Remuneration

Training: (also see CIPD fact-sheets  & this site)
Directors Briefing on: Investors in People
Directors Briefing on: NVQs
Directors Briefing on: Using training effectively
Directors Briefing on: Personal development plans

Strategy:

Your business strategy:
Directors Briefing on: Writing a business plan
Directors Briefing on: Increasing profitability
Directors Briefing on: Creating a valuable business
Directors Briefing on: Your money and your business
Directors Briefing on: Key issues in running your business 

Management strategies:
Directors Briefing on: SWOT analysis
Directors Briefing on: Cost control
Directors Briefing on: ISO 9000
Directors Briefing on: Benchmarking
Directors Briefing on: Your business and the environment
Directors Briefing on: Key performance indicators
Directors Briefing on: New product development
Directors Briefing on: Innovation
Directors Briefing on: Filing and records management

Growth strategies:
Directors Briefing on: Strategic acquisitions 

The board of directors:
Directors Briefing on: Effective board meetings
Directors Briefing on: Directors’ responsibilities
Directors Briefing on: Role of the company secretary

Marketing:
Directors Briefing on: Design
Directors Briefing on: Building customer loyalty
Directors Briefing on: Planning your marketing
Directors Briefing on: Marketing with your database
Directors Briefing on: Pricing
Directors Briefing on: Research for your marketing
Directors Briefing on: Creating a brand 

Marketing methods:
Directors Briefing on: Exhibitions
Directors Briefing on: Direct mail
Directors Briefing on: Writing a mail-shot
Directors Briefing on: Advertising strategy
Directors Briefing on: Writing an advertisement
Directors Briefing on: Effective PR
Directors Briefing on: Marketing on the Internet
Directors Briefing on: Managing your sales team
Directors Briefing on: Your sales strategy
Directors Briefing on: Selling technique
Directors Briefing on: Negotiating a sale
Directors Briefing on: Sales presentations
Directors Briefing on: Purchasing
Directors Briefing on: Negotiating a purchase 

Finance:Finance Basics
Directors Briefing on: Finance for non-financial managers
Directors Briefing on: The euro
Directors Briefing on: Budgeting

Corporate Finance:
Directors Briefing on: Valuing a business
Directors Briefing on: Buying a business
Directors Briefing on: Selling a business
Directors Briefing on: Floating your company
Directors Briefing on: Planning your exit from your business 

Sources of finance:
Directors Briefing on: Overdrafts and bank loans
Directors Briefing on: Subsidised and guaranteed loans
Directors Briefing on: Venture capital
Directors Briefing on: Business angels
Directors Briefing on: Factoring and invoice discounting
Directors Briefing on: Car finance
Directors Briefing on: Financing equipment
Directors Briefing on: Getting a grant for your business 

Cash-flow management:
Directors Briefing on: Insolvency
Directors Briefing on: Credit control
Directors Briefing on: Interest on late payments
Directors Briefing on: Managing your cash-flow
Directors Briefing on: Managing your creditors
Directors Briefing on: Debt recovery

Please note that this is not all of the Director’s Briefing fact-sheets available – but a selection of those available. These links are out of our control and may or may not work over time. See the The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales home page for all available Fact-sheets.

For concise, practical advice on core business issues, browse a collection of four-page briefings produced by BHP Information Solutions for the busy practitioner, director and entrepreneur. The Briefings can be downloaded free of charge.

Disclaimer: These publications are for general guidance only, for businesses in the United Kingdom governed by the laws of England. Business Hotline Publications Ltd, expert contributors, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and RapidBI disclaim all liability for any errors or omissions.

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