Jo Haigh is Head of Corporate Finance and a Partner at ATF Group Ltd and Head of Corporate Finance for MGR, an accountancy and financial management firm. Jo has been the Institute of Directors (IOD) Business Adviser of the Year and Business Woman of the Year and is the author The Business Rules; Buying and Selling a Business and Tales from the Glass Ceiling. All published by Piatkus/LittleBrown.

About the author Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Data and Decisions 2. Who uses Accounting Information and why 3. The language of Finance 4. Profit and Loss Business Drivers 5. Cash and Profit Understand the Difference 6. The Balance Sheet 7. Budgets and Forecasts 8. The Management Accounts Pack 9. Capital Investment (Capex) and Investment Appraisal 10. Health Checks and KPI's Glossary of Finance and Investing Terms Appendix A: Sample Management Accounts Pack Appendix B: Sample Full Published Accounts Appendix C: Sample Abbreviated Published Accounts Appendix D: KPI Summary Appendix E: List of Regulators Appendix F: Sample Budget Index