Product contents
The list of topics covered within each CCH Business Focus sector profile follows the same structure so once users are familiar with the coverage of one sector profile, they are familiar with them all – saving valuable time in getting to grips with the content.
Contents listing for each CCH Business Focus sector profile:
Sector overview
An overview of the industry dynamics and a view of how the industry is developing. Opportunities for you to develop?
- Trade developments
- Turnover trends
- Market position
- Outlook and prospects
Nature of the trade
Take a look at the operating practices and the dynamics impacting your top line and gross operating margin. Opportunities for improving profitability?
- Operating practices
- Jargon and special features
- Sales mix
- Seasonality
- Factors affecting sales
- Prime records
- Customers, terms offered
- Suppliers, terms obtained
Start-up
If you are about to start up or have started up in the past 6 months, then this is an information centre you cannot afford to miss:
- Costs
- Sources of grant aid
Legislation and regulation
With legislation continuing to be output at an alarming rate, here is an area that identifies the general and specific legislation that you need to be aware of including:
- Trade specific legislation
- General legislation
- Health and safety issues
- Employment legislation
- Licensing requirements
- Sources of further information
Performance indicators
Find out how you compare with others in your industry, can you move your margins and profitability? Here you will find:
- Main performance indicators
- Ratio trends
- Factors affecting ratios
- Other key ratios
Investigation matters
The Inland Revenue will on occasions ask questions regarding a clients' accounts. We thought it might help you if we provided an overview of the approach adopted by the Inspector of Taxes:
- Matters for review
- Selection process
- Critical review often look in depth at
- Interview - we will always be with you should the Inspector require a face-to-face meeting
- Settlement
- Business economics exercise
Accountancy matters
Some of the areas that are considered when preparing accounts
VAT position
Again, specific comment relating to your industry and VAT
Statistics
Here you will find an index of tables including information such as:
- Consumer expenditure
- Demographic trends and projections
- Number of businesses
- Levels of disposable income
- Turnover trends
Further information
- Useful addresses
- Trade associations
- Specialist publications and journals
Executive summary
Includes an overview and 'skim read' with links back into the relevant content.
