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A business plan is a written document that describes a business, its objectives, its strategies, the market it is in and its financial forecasts. It has many functions, from securing external funding to measuring success within your business. A business plan must also make provisions for business failure, bankruptcy or insolvency. Measures should be put in place limit losses and personal liabilities if the face should face insolvency.

It is a well known fact that 50% of all businesses get into debt and fail in the first year and only 1 in 5 make it to year four. Those who survive the two to four year mark may endure a mountain of debt and experience high stress levels and never see profit. Please note that if your are ever faced with the prospect of bankruptcy you should look at alternatives as soon as possible such as the Individual Voluntary Arrangement procedure (IVA).

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Entrepreneurs must safeguard the personal interests of the individual company director or business owner and his/her family. Entreprenuers Keep up to date with the latest Financial News in order to avoid debt problems.

Whilst generally taking advantage of the good times you should be reviewing your business and personal financial strategy to put in place the necessary arrangements to protect against unforeseen damaging events and for security in times not so good.

Business owners must choose the right choice of structure to suit the business objectives. In addition care should be taken to ensure that investments are protected, and that personal risk is reduced to a minimum and the relationship with partners, fellow shareholders and directors is regulated with properly considered legally binding agreements.

The signs of business failure

* Diminishing bank accounts

* Hiding or ignoring problems

* Falling product or service quality

* Lack of specialist staffing

* A lack of a predictive business plan

* CCJs, Statutory demands and threats of legal action

* Poor or lack of communication with the banks

* Business Owners getting into personal debt. If this happens bankruptcy is not the only option. An IVA - Individual Voluntary Arrangement. An

IVA is an agreement between yourself and your creditors. It will allow you to reduce your monthly repayments so they are more manageable. In many cases it is also possible to freeze interest and charges, so that you can pay off more of your debt faster. At the end of the IVA term your remaining debts will be written off and you will be debt free.. Do you qualify for an IVA? Take a free IVA debt assessment by clicking here or call: 0800 074 6918

Please note that most business failures can be avoided by thinking about the consequences of the above scenarios. The problem is that most managers neglect all the signals of failure hoping that they can trade out of adverse situations.