Workshop: How to fund your business and improve profitability

For a business to succeed, it’s important to stay on top of your cashflow, profit and budgets.

In this interactive workshop, finance director Julie Wong will share practical tips to help you better understand your finances, manage cashflow and funding, and make more confident decisions about the future of your business.

She will also explore how to set realistic financial goals, identify opportunities for growth and build stronger foundations for a more profitable and sustainable business.

Bring along one burning business question you would like answered

There will be an opportunity to put your questions directly to Julie during the session.

In this session you will learn how to:

• Better understand your accounts and what they tell you about the health of your business

• Manage your cashflow and funding more effectively

• Identify opportunities for growth

• Build strong financial foundations for sustainable business growth

• Plan the journey from side hustle to full-time business owner

Julie Wong helps founders unlock their business potential by mastering their numbers. With 30 years of experience across FTSE-listed companies, SMEs, and start-ups, she mentors founders in finance strategy, data-driven decisions, and business growth. Julie is also an MBA lecturer in Enterprise & Innovation, Marketing, Finance, and Strategy, passionate about making finance accessible.

12pm - 1.30pm, 22 Sep. OSMO Battersea. This session is free with priority bookings for Wandsworth businesses.

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Access To Finance Wandsworth Programme: Running 22-25 September, the programme aims to connect local entrepreneurs and business owners with funders, advisers and finance specialists to help them start and grow their business.

• 22 Sep: Breakfast, networking and workshops (OSMO Battersea)
• 23 Sep, 10.30 - 11.30am: Workshop: Getting your business ready and finding the right funding (Online).
• 23 - 24 Sep: 1:1 Sessions with funders/finance advisors (Online)
• 25 Sep: 7.30am - 8.30am: Workshop: Before You Borrow - RedBorder (Online)