Spatial awareness
It’s now more crucial than ever for venues to be commercially astute, and managing conferences and events is a critical part of…
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Selling a stake
In the first of our brand new series on strategies for financial sustainability, Gwilym Gibbons explains how his organisation is e…
Making a merger work
Are two heads better than one? Mahmood Reza explains why and how arts organisations can merge to ensure survival and success
Boiling VAT
Mahmood Reza follows up on Garsington Opera’s VAT victory by explaining how the new rules work.
Add up your value
Mahmood Reza looks at how Gross Value Added is calculated, what it means for your organisation and why it can be a useful measure.
For the record
Mahmood Reza explains how balancing the books maintains a company’s equilibrium.
Testing times
Mahmood Reza examines the possible implications of the economic downturn for arts organisations.
Personal Finance – Keeping control
Mahmood Reza shares advice for artists and freelances
Personal Finance – Individual giving
Arts charities could make more use of individual donations. Mahmood Reza considers the tax implications of giving to arts organisa…
Personal Finance – Expenses and tax
In the latest of an occasional series looking at managing personal finances, Mahmood Reza distinguishes between the types of expen…
Personal Finance – In good company
In the latest of an occasional series looking at managing personal finances, Mahmood Reza investigates the tax implications of com…
Essential Finance – Compare and contrast
Effective comparisons within organisations’ accounts can help cut through the columns of figures to provide a true pict…
Essential Finance – Revenue and customs investigations
Mahmood Reza looks at what happens when the Inland Revenue or Customs and Excise request an inspection.
Essential Finance – A beginner’s guide to VAT
Mahmood Reza provides an ABC of VAT.
Essential Finance – Making financial statements work for you
In the final instalment of his series on financial reports, Mahmood Reza looks at cash-flow statements and the management use and…
Essential Finance – Financial Statements: Appreciating depreciation
In the second of a series of articles about financial reports, Mahmood Reza examines how profit is calculated and unravels the mys…
Essential Finance – Budgeting basics
Mahmood Reza looks at the process of preparing and managing an effective budget.
Economic Impact – Guggenheim: vision beyond value
The UK could learn something from the drive and ambition behind Bilbao's Guggenheim, writes Simon Kensdale.
Assembly balances Clwyd’s books
A special grant of £560,000 has been awarded to Flintshire Council by the National Assembly for Wales to enable Clwyd Theatr…
Essential Finance: Preventing fraud – a question of control
This week ArtsProfessional welcomes Mahmood Reza of Pro Active Accounting to host an occasional column discussing some of the fina…
