20 mins, 2010        [password required] Key Topics Profit Working Capital Investment Appraisal Business Decisions Financial Strategy Social Responsibility Blakeway boss Stephen Maynard is fighting for profits in the highly competitive world of printed circuit board manufacturing. Dramatised scenarios illustrate the company's problems - the viewer is invited to consider solutions. WE'RE NOT A CHARITY: Blakeway has two factories and one of these, its Lake End plant, is underperforming. A major reason is out of date machinery. Should they consider closing the factory? It's a vital source of jobs in an area of high unemployment - but boss Maynard is only interested in the bottom line. CHEQUE'S IN THE POST: Working capital is getting tight at Blakeway and Maynard wants to know what's going wrong. One reason: too many customers taking too long to pay up. Should they slow down on paying their suppliers or push their debtors to pay up quicker? A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT: The production director argues that the answer to problems at their factory is to invest in new machinery. Maynard wants to go for a more radical solution: move production abroad where labour costs are lower. But what about the loss of jobs, the impact on the community - the social costs? Relevant financial documents included on DVD