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ARTICLE · 17 DECEMBER 2019

Key failures of SMEs

Top 3 reasons that struggling SMEs are not succeeding & key takeways that all advisors should give their clients.

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If your clients are causing you frustration, you aren't alone!

Picture this: Your client is a manufacturer. There is great demand for your client's product, they've hired the right staff, and competition is slim. Business should be booming right? Yet your client is struggling. Why?

Accounting software company, Intuit, surveyed 500 accountants and bookkeepers, asking what their biggest problems were in their SME business. The top three responses were:

  1. Lack of proper record-keeping, including the mixing of personal and business expenses.
  2. Not using accounting software.
  3. Not understanding the importance of cash flow; Not keeping track of bills and debts.

This reflects what we as insolvency practitioners see every day.

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