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Leasing heavy equipment can be a good option when you need a machine for a longer period but don't want to make a large upfront investment. Leasing allows you to spread the cost of the equipment over a period of time, which can make it easier to manage your cash flow 💰💡 Another benefit of renting heavy equipment is that it allows you to test a machine before buying it.  This can be especially valuable if you're considering investing in a new type of equipment or if you're not sure if a particular model will meet your needs. #Leasing #BusinessTips #CashFlow #EquipmentMaintenance

MeGroup Ltd have and always been looking at growth and sustainability in parallel. Mind you, I'm not talking about #ESG but business sustainability for the future. Basics of business = Top Line - Expenses/Cost = Bottom line. Bottom line is what allow any company to reward stakeholders and shareholders. #Management style usually is either focus on either Top Line or Cost Cutting in a cyclical season. Like what I was told, Top line is very hard to improve as there are many external & non controllable factors, while cost cutting is all about internal and 100% within control. Many startups I noticed are chasing top line only, sacrificing cost management and the rush to topline target is the main priority. Even many #EV #OEM carmakers are the same. I'm more conventional & conservative, as we have always been operating under limited but planned resources to deliver the best results. In my opinion, the best is to chase both concurrent and grow sustainably with at least a good 1-3-5 years projection as your benchmark & guideline. The questions always remain, to achieve certain Top , you need to incur costs, while certain will tell , achieve the top first before adding costs. Classic Chicken & Egg issue also. No wrong, no right. Very difficult decision to make. #Standardkuli #megroup #sustainability #business

This case nicely illustrates one of the less visible risks of doing business with state-owned enterprises, namely the higher likelihood for divergence of interests

Due to demands for a more circular economy, product hire and leasing is becoming increasingly popular. If an item isn't selling, or isn't currently in use, perhaps it can generate revenue out on a lease. Partner Liz Hunter explores the trend and the tax-related risks involved:

The unit economy is able to kill our business dreams 😶🌫️

Due to demands for a more circular economy, product hire and leasing is becoming increasingly popular. If an item isn't selling, or isn't currently in use, perhaps it can generate revenue out on a lease. Partner Liz Hunter explores the trend and the tax-related risks involved:

How Maria Namusoke built Markh Investments⏤ a multi-billion logistics and haulage business literally from scratch and the lessons she has learnt. https://lnkd.in/eZs3ePuZ 

My takeaways: 1 - Too much too fast with too much government money being handed out like free candy with no intelligent thought or oversight. 2 - The land grab incentive for EV charging stations has only added fuel to the fire. Why should any of those now going defunct EV charging companies bother to focus on maintenance or uptime when they've already been paid? How about incentivizing usage and uptime? That would have been, and can still be a game changer. Imagine chargers going into locations where they are needed (sufficient demand to justify the deployment) and used (because they just work all the time). Any EV industry lobbyists out there? Let's inject some common business sense into the government incentive (cash handout) programs by incentivizing usage and uptime. 3 - Companies who treat this space like a business vs. making money from handouts are succeeding. I know I've heard a hundred times how Tesla took, and still takes, government money, but they are succeeding because they know how to run a business. 4 - 1M + EV's might be a drop in the bucket to the overall car market, but it still presents a fabulous business opportunity. 5 - The shakeout was, and will continue to be, inevitable, but the winners will definitely come out on top. This consolidation is a perfectly normal part of the business cycle (see the telecom industry), so we might as well embrace it. Don't panic. Bottom line - Companies who treat the EV ecosystem like a business that needs to earn a profit will continue to succeed. Those that don't will, and should, fail. What other lessons can the surviving and thriving EV companies apply to stay profitable?

#Leaner and #cleaner M&M is the need of the hour Each #business #vertical must become #independent #entity and fend for itself #Auto , #Farmequipment , #Tractor, #Finance, #IT must separate out Within #Auto #fourwheeler must separate out from #TwoandThreewheeler There could be #intercompany #support in #funding and other aspects #jenamusings #anandmahindra