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Executive Finance and Strategy


Executive Finance and Strategy goes beyond demystifying accounts and explaining terminology. By linking finance with strategy in a practical way it focuses on putting finance into the context of top-level decision making and as a measure and predictor of successful strategy.


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Consultancy Areas

  • training in financial matters for accountants and non-accountants
  • project appraisal and development of appraisal procedures
  • development of budget and reporting systems
  • cost reduction
  • Corporate Governance, ethics, fraud awareness and prevention
Tiffins Consultancy, the consultancy arm of McLachlan+Tiffin, Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors. www.tiffin.co.uk

Ralph Tiffin and colleagues have expertise in many areas. As individuals with individual expertise you will receive personal advice and delivery of consultancy and training projects.
Examples of subject areas covered include:
• training in financial matters for accountants and non-accountants
• project appraisal and development of appraisal procedures
• development of budget and reporting systems
• cost reduction
• corporate governance, ethics, fraud awareness and prevention
We only deal in areas where we have the expertise to help you - personal and real expertise.

If you wish to discuss these or any other topics please e-mail ralph@tiffins.com or leave a message on +44 7957 360 650


Rail Sector

Rail market-led proposals (MLPs) - call for ideas - is the title of a UK Department of Transport (DfT) paper published in March 2018

Railways are capital intensive and funding for infrastructure, rolling stock or efficiency / capacity enhancing equipment and systems would be appreciated by governments world-wide.

There must be schemes which can be win - win, but understanding the numbers involved is a must for the 'promoter' (to use a term from the DfT paper) and more so for government departments. There are continuing projects where government / tax payer risk is not transferred to the private sector and thus good returns are being made by the private sector. Of course why should, or would, the private sector take on risks?

Do have a look at the Network Rail paper.

Whichever side you are on an intimate knowledge of project appraisal is essential. You should carry out "overdue" diligence as in many past projects diligence was indeed long overdue!!


Do get in touch if we can be of assistance.

Whether new or requiring a deeper knowledge we present two courses for Terrapinn:

2 Day Masterclass in Rail Project Appraisal
3 Day Masterclass in Rail

Current Course

Project, investment and capex appraisal

- over the years shareholder value has been consistently destroyed by poor investment or project appraisal
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Publications

Practical Investment Appraisal
Ralph C Tiffin and Hannah Ellis
Butterworths
ISBN 0 406 00736 5

Practical Techniques for Effective Project Investment Appraisal
Ralph Tiffin
Hawksmere
ISBN 1 85418 099

Executive Finance and Strategy Ralph Tiffin
Kogan Page
ISBN 978 0 7494 7150 7

The finance and accounting desktop guide
accounting literacy for the non-financial manager

Ralph Tiffin
Thorogood
ISBN 978 1 8541 8437 5

The Complete Guide to IFRS Ralph Tiffin
Thorogood
ISBN 1 85418 279X

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