Produce a report to present to the Finance Director of your chosen
company. The report must be written in professional manner and
properly referenced. The report should comply with the word count of
3000 with +/- 10% margin. You may use tables and diagrams to
support your report to illustrate the text. Word count excludes the
index, headings, information contained in tables, references and
bibliography.
Taking in to consideration the sources for your chosen organisation you have identified in your
first report, produce an Investment Appraisal is to decide on whether a particular Investment is
beneficial or detrimental to the company’s future. In your report,
ï‚· Explain the importance of financial planning and assess the information needs of different
decision makers (LO 2.2, 2.3)

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ï‚· Evaluate the appropriateness of the sources of finance for a Business Project (LO 1.3)
ï‚· explain the impact of finance on the financial statements (LO 2.4)
ï‚· To choose investment options and design their appropriate costing discuss the main
financial statements and compare appropriate formats of financial statements for different
types of business (LO 4.1, 4.2)
ï‚· Interpret financial statements using appropriate ratios and comparisons, both internal and
external. Consider the Payback Method, The Accounting Rate of Return and the
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Discounted Cash flow. (LO 4.3) Comment on which method you feel is most appropriate
and analyse the implications behind your final decision on which Investment proposal to
follow.
ï‚· Analyse a suitable budget and make appropriate decisions. Explain the budget and the
pricing of the product using the calculation of unit costs (3.1, 3.2)
ï‚· Assess and evaluate the assess the viability of a project using investment appraisal
techniques (LO 3.3)
Note: It is important that students chose a company which they can obtain financial
data. You must reference the sources of information and must not create figures to
justify reasons.

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