COVID-19 Business Support

A Free Stress Test on Your Cashflow

Are you stressing about the potential impact of a drop in sales with the Covid-19 crisis?

Smetric’s Business Calculator will give you the basis on the areas of your business to focus on to ride out this period of financial disruption. Using our interactive calculator, we can quickly discover how changes in the key drives can impact operating profit and cash flow.

If you are a business owner please make contact and we can run some numbers and scenarios for you.

Contact Warwick Russell at Warwick@smetric.co.nz or Phone 021 951 076

Sample Demo Calculator

Smetric’s COVID-19 Cashflow Management and Business Support

The Government is providing full funding nationwide of up to $5,000 for advice to businesses which employ people, were financially sound preCovid-19, are negatively affected by the virus, and who anticipate continuing in a viable manner and hiring people post-Covid-19.

We have a team of very experienced advisors on our team ready to help (our team can be found here.) They have a mix of senior financial and operational experience and are accustomed to working with businesses under stress in order to get the best outcomes.

Smetric can provide fully funded advice for:

Financial review and cash flow forecasting

• Actions to stabilise cash flow during the lock down for 1 to 2 months
• Scenario planning for the business post lockdown and operations in place

Operational strategies impact on cash flow

• Review of customer base to keep as many customers during lock down and post lockdown and exploring any quick win new opportunities and business pivots
• Review supply chain continuity risks and mitigation
• Review operational and capacity requirements post lock down

Outcomes

• Stabilise cash flow during and post lockdown
• Prioritise risks and quick wins
• Develop a 90-day plan to execute quickly and effectively

Businesses have to meet a clear set of criteria and apply through the COVID-19 Business Support application process which is administered by the Regional Business Partner Network.

Get in touch for a quick chat and to ask us guide you through this process.

Contact Warwick Russell at warwick@smetric.co.nz or Ph 021 951 076

The Banks Are Ready to Lend. Are You Bank Ready?

Smetric can help you get ‘bank ready’ with their Government funded COVID-19 Cashflow Management and Business Support service.

The NZ Government is now backing a $6.25 billion Business Finance Guarantee Scheme to help businesses hit by the coronavirus crisis. Businesses with turnover between $250,000 and $80 million can begin applying for up to three-year $500,000 loans.

Banks will take into account the way the covid-19 crisis is affecting your business, relative to your performance prior to the lockdown. The banks still need to understand if each business customer will be able to meet their commitments. Banks don’t want to place people under even more financial stress by lending to customers that don’t have a viable way forward.

To be ‘bank ready’ businesses will have to provide financial projections.  You will need to go with a plan on how you intend to last the crisis and get your business back on its feet afterwards.

Get in touch for a quick chat or to ask us guide you through this process.

Contact Warwick Russell at Warwick@smetric.co.nz or Phone 021 951 076