Finance Matters – Breakeven analysis
Breakeven is the point where a business is neither making a profit nor a loss. Anything earned below the breakeven point means the business is making a loss, and anything above it means the business is making a profit. This is important as it helps a business set fees and control costs at a level that will make sure the setting is sustainable.
Finances matters – Income and Expenditure, Budgets and Cashflow Forecasts
A look at why finance is important; sharing simple techniques to help get finances in order and better understand your numbers.
The Importance of Occupancy
A consideration of why occupancy is important. This is a step-by-step guide to help you understand your numbers.
SWOT analysis
A SWOT allows you to look and the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in relation to your business; helping providers to think strategically about what might be on the horizon for their setting.
Market Analysis – Mapping Supply and Demand
How to use internal data and how we consider what is happening locally to consider whether supply and demand in our area is increasing or decreasing.
How to Conduct a PEST Analysis
PEST Analysis is a tool that enables you to analyse the Political, Economic, Socio-Cultural, and Technological changes in your business environment. Conducting a PEST analysis will allow you to maximise opportunities in relation to the new childcare roll-out.
Provider Business Planning Support for Local Authorities
This PREPARE package of documents, templates and videos will support local authorities to develop strategic plans for providers, enabling them to deliver the expanded early years entitlements and the national wraparound childcare programme.
PREPARE Introduction – PowerPoint Deck for LA Use
In addition to the recorded content we have created this PowerPoint version of the introduction with notes. This is designed to be used in part or as a whole as part of your business support programme with providers.
Introduction: Preparing for the Expansion of the Extended Entitlements and Wraparound Care
Provides an overview of the expansion. Explores the PREPARE methodology as a format to support providers with their business decisions. Provides information to support providers to develop their own action plan for the introduction of the expanded early years entitlements and wraparound care.