Within each chapter of The Finance Book (2nd Edition) there are ‘reflect and embed’ questions.

The questions are designed to develop confidence, enhance understanding and stimulate curiosity.

Look out for the ‘reflect and embed’ icon
towards the end of each chapter.

Readers of the The Finance Book (2nd Edition) can follow the links below to see the author’s reflections on the ‘reflect and embed’ questions for each chapter.

The password to access each page below is the last word of the respective chapter (ignoring any punctuation marks). For example the last word of chapter 1 (Business Accounting) can be found on page 10 of the book.

part 1 Finance fundamentals

1 Business accounting

2 Finance personnel and systems

part 2 Primary financial statements

3 Profit and loss

4 The balance sheet

5 Cash flow statement

part 3 Key elements of financial statements

6 Revenue recognition

7 Opex and capex

8 Business tax

9 Tangible fixed assets and depreciation

10 Goodwill and other intangibles

11 Stock

12 Debtors and creditors

13 Prepayments and accruals

14 Provisions and contingencies

15 Capital and reserves

16 Group accounting

17 Revaluation

18 Impairment

part 4 Financial and regulatory environment

19 Accounting and financial reporting standards

20 External financial audit

21 Information in the public domain

22 Corporate governance and whistleblowing

part 5 Assessing financial health

23 Profitability performance measures

24 Working capital and liquidity management

25 Insolvency and going concern risk

26 Long-term solvency performance measures

27 Investor ratios

28 Business valuation

part 6 Sources of business finance

29 Equity finance

30 Debt finance

part 7 Financial management

31 Management accounts

32 Profitable pricing

33 Profit planning

34 Budgeting and forecasting

35 Investment appraisal

Caveat

The ‘reflect and embed’ questions are designed to help you relate the concepts covered in The Finance Book to the workplace. We have included our reflections as practitioners. Your reflections may be similar (or very different!) as they will be informed by your own experiences. This is perfectly fine and reflects the intended purpose for including the questions.   

As authors, we are keen to hear your reflections as well as your feedback on any aspect of the book . We are continuously seeking to improve and enhance the content of The Finance Book and receiving your feedback is an important and valuable part of this process.  Please email info@financebook.co.uk. We are keen to hear from you.