By the end of the course, delegates will:

• understand modern IAS based accounting, how do the accounts link together and will be able to construct accounts fro a company.
• understand the commercial significance of the different components of the accounts -  what do the numbers tell us about the value of a business and its solvency ?
• be able to calculate and use  a range of valuation and risk metrics.
• understand what different or adjusted metrics to use in analysing companies from different sectors and how to calculate those metrics.