Struggling with cash flow management for your small business? In this episode, Chartered Accountant Paul Sweeney breaks down the real root causes behind poor cash flow, and why cutting costs or chasing more sales rarely fixes the problem on its own.

Most small business owners blame the wrong thing when cash flow gets tight. They cut costs, they chase more sales, and six months later they're right back where they started. That's not a sales problem. It's a root cause problem.

Paul walks through the four most common causes behind poor cash flow, receivables sitting too long, stock or work-in-progress tying up cash, mismatched payment terms, and quietly growing overhead, and gives you a simple diagnostic question for each one, so you can find out which one is actually costing your business, instead of guessing.

In this episode:

• Why cutting costs and chasing sales often don't improve cash flow, even when they seem like the obvious fix
• The four real root causes behind small business cash flow problems
• A simple diagnostic question for each cause you can apply to your own numbers this week
• A real example of a profitable small business that was short on cash every month, and the one cause behind it

Resources Mentioned

📘 Free eBook — Start Improving Cash Flow Today: pretiumsolutions.com.au/start-improving-cash-flow-today

📧 Free 5-Day Cash Flow Email Course: https://courses.paulsweeneyaccountant.au/5-days-to-cleaner-cash-flow

🌐 Paul Sweeney Accountant: https://paulsweeneyaccountant.au/

🌐 Pretium Solutions: https://pretiumsolutions.com.au/

📱 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paulsweeneyaccountant

About the Host

Paul Sweeney is a Chartered Accountant and founder of Pretium Solutions, with over 25 years advising small and medium businesses. He's the host of Grow Your Business and The Business Behind Your Business podcast.