Business Basics Webinar: Forecasting
28 Aug 2025
🌎 Suitable for all
This webinars offer relevant training for the YNY Equity Hub, whether you’re preparing your business for investment through forecasting, valuation, and planning, or learning what to expect after selling a business.
Starting in August 2025, the Growth Hub will one again be joined by Jo Tomlinson from Business Works for a series of ‘Business Basics’ webinars looking at pricing, planning and all things numbers. The full series will be recorded and hosted on the Growth Hub website, alongside a written companion blog. Check out Jo’s previous Growth Hub webinars here.
We will also be providing funded 1:1 follow-up sessions with Jo which will be offered to attendees to provide bespoke support on the subjects covered during the webinar sessions.
About the session
How to build a forecast that can be used for decision-making and strategic planning.
It is really important to have up to date numbers. Those representing the trading to date can really help any stakeholder to understand the business. But we can no longer influence what has already happened, so the key to successful decision making is in forecasting.
A realistic forecast that has a robust set of assumptions, interdependencies and risk is a fantastic tool for a business owner to use to support business decision making, and is also key to giving external investors confidence in your business model.
Topics covered
- Where do we start?
- What assumptions do we need to make?
- How detailed should it be?
- How do we use them for maximum value?
Who is it for?
Business owners who want to make better business decisions or demonstrate the potential of their business model to external funders to facilitate access to finance.
About the provider
Jo Tomlinson is a qualified Management Accountant, certified QuickBooks Advanced ProAdvisor, Making Tax Digital ProAdvisor and of only 11 Certified QuickBooks Trainers’ that work on behalf of QuickBooks, training accountants across the UK.
She started Business Works after working in industry as a Commercial/Management Accountant for over 20 years. Prior to this, her experience was mainly in blue chip manufacturing businesses, where she would manage the accounting team and develop profit improvement strategies with the senior management teams.
Event Details
Time and date: Thursday 38 August, 10am to 11:30am
Hosted: Online
This webinar will be recorded and available on the Growth Hub website after the session is delivered. The recording will be sent out to all who register, regardless of whether they are able to attend on the day or not.