Financial Planning - Tools and Resources
Get to grips with your personal and corporate financial issues by taking a look at some of the additional external resources we have compiled.
All of us need to manage money in one form or other, whether through keeping an eye on our personal finances or managing budgets in the workplace, and most of us could probably benefit from some extra help and guidance in this area.
Financial awareness and planning can be a minefield, so to get you started, we have highlighted two websites giving comprehensive resources, tools and advice for money management, from both the work and personal angles. Below the top two suggestions, you can find further websites on this subject.
Business financial advice
Many of us have some involvement with money and finance as part of our work, whether as corporate finance gurus, or at the operational end of looking after budgets and invoices. The resources highlighted below give straightforward facts and guidance about working with finance in the workplace.
The UK Government’s Business Link site contains detailed financial planning guidance for businesses. In this section you will find everything from a guide to the basic balance sheet, to business planning and budgeting, managing your cashflow, and invoicing suppliers. Although written for the benefit of people running their own businesses, many of the key principles of finance in the workplace are covered, and this site is therefore well worth a look as a helpful starting point.
http://www.businesslink.gov.uk
Personal finance advice
Would you like to learn more about personal financial planning, so that you can make the most of your money and enjoy greater personal freedom? There are many different aspects to personal finance, and the resources here are for information and advice to help you make sense of them.
Extensive list of factsheets from the Guardian’s Money section, giving information and facts about a range of personal finance (and property) issues, such as pensions, mortgages, credit cards, loans, debt, shares, ISAs, insurance and tax. Also includes several factsheets on ethical money and student finance. Elsewhere on the Money pages, you can find features,
news articles, cash clinics giving in depth advice on different financial planning issues, and various financial tools such as exchange rate and mortgage payment calculators.
http://money.guardian.co.uk/factsheets/
Financial awareness pages - Go to our main financial awareness section.
New - Pension Guide - Go to our guide to pensions and pension related issues.
