Word count- 3000-3200 words. Instructions: Please refer attached document for the detail. Kindly go through all the detail and provide the quotation. Assignment 1 3000 to 3200 words Using a company listed on the London Stock Exchange that is agreed with your Lecturer: 1) Analyse critically the changes in financial performance (both strategic and operational) over the last five years. Relate these changes to the following areas: ? Liquidity, ? Profitability ? Working capital management ? Capital structure management ? Stock market performance. 2) Explain any problems or limitations of your analysis. 3) Make recommendations for any improvements to the areas listed in (1) above.

Referencing: In the main body of your submission you must give credit to authors on whose research your work is based. Append to your submission a reference list that indicates the books, articles, etc. that you have read or quoted in order to complete this assignment (e.g. for books: surname of author and initials, year of publication, title of book, edition, publisher: place of publication). Assessment Criteria to achieve each outcome a student must demonstrate the ability to: Student must demonstrate a comprehensive overview and understanding of the strategic management of finances and financial concepts within an organisation and the relationship between financial decision making and other conceptual and applications values in businesses. The student must demonstrate a critical understanding of the role, principles, operating contexts, applications, and impacts of strategic and operational financial decision making in an organisation.

LENGTH REQUIRED - 3000 words +/- 10%. Any deviation from this will be penalised. FORMATTING AND LAYOUT - Please note the following when completing your written assignment: Writing: Written in English in an appropriate business/academic style. Focus: Focus only on the tasks set in the assignment. Length: 3000 words. Formatting: Typed on A4 paper in Times New Roman or Arial font 12 with at least 2.5 centimetre space at each edge, double spaced and pages numbered.

Document format: Report. Ensure a clear title, course, and name or ID number is on a cover sheet and a bibliography using Harvard referencing throughout is also provided. Research: Research should use reliable and relevant sources of information e.g. academic books and journals that have been peer reviewed. The research should be extensive. The use of a range of information sources is expected – academic books, peer reviewed journal articles, professional articles, press releases and newspaper articles, reliable statistics, company annual reports and other company information. All referencing should be in Harvard style.