An introduction to accounting for small business owners, degree students or book-keepers. Principles and practice of accounting for transactions, business activities, and investments, including VAT and corporate tax. Including how to use accounting software.

I will show you the fundamentals of how to assess investment opportunities by analysing companies, their opportunities and their markets. I will give you an insight into how financial markets work by matching businesses with a need for investment with investors with a need for returns. I will introduce you to the process and principles of fundraising through equity and debt. You'll get lots of real life insight and examples from my career with household names like Boots, Sage and Just Eat.

I will introduce you to the key principles, theories and metrics involved in macroeconomics. I will show you the relevance of macroeconomics to government policy and to business performance. I will bring our discussion to life with many examples from my own business and consulting career, and from the economic history of the last 300 years.

I will teach you how to analyse company accounts from the point of view of an investor, a lender, or a company leader. I will show what investors look for when deciding whether to support a company. I will demonstrate how to appraise the perfomance and prospects of a business by looking at its financial statements. I will bring this to life with examples from my career in corporate finance with household names like Boots, Sage and Just Eat.