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EuroPlanner
 'Preparing your Business for the Euro'
 euro website
Homepage Will your business be affected? Creating an action plan EMU information Euro tools
Euro tools
Letters to customers and suppliers
Record of euro needs
Pricing tool
Payment conditions
Currency converters
Exchange risk tool
IT system affected by the euro
Euro symbol
 
Letters to customers and suppliers  
Draft letter to customers
You may find it helpful to use the letter provided in this section to ask your customers if they wish to be invoiced in euro. Mirror versions of this letter are available in a number of other EU languages.
Customer letter (English)
  Customer letter (German)
  Customer letter (French)
  Customer letter (Italian)
  Customer letter (Spanish)
  Customer letter (other EU languages)
Draft letter to suppliers
You may find it helpful to use the letter provided in this section to ask your suppliers if they wish to be paid in euro. Mirror versions of this letter are available in a number of other EU languages.
Supplier letter (English)
  Supplier letter (German)
  Supplier letter (French)
  Supplier letter (Italian)
  Supplier letter (Spanish)
  Supplier letter (other EU languages)
 
 
 

 
 
Record of euro needs Up
Record of customers/suppliers euro needs
To help you monitor the responses there is a chart under this section to record the replies you receive. If used it will help you to assess quickly when you will need to be able to do business in euro.
  Response chart
 
 
 

 
 
Pricing tool Up
This will show you what the equivalent price would be for your product/ services in euro and allows you to see what the effect would be on your profit margin if you change the price to an attractive euro price e.g. 4.99 euro rather than 5.27 euro.
  Pricing tool
(N.B. This utility must be saved to your harddisk before use)
 
 
 

 
 
Payment conditions Up
This lists the average credit periods throughout the 15 EU member states.
  Credit periods
 
 
 

 
 
Currency converters Up
This allows you to convert and compare the price of sterling and other EU currencies with the euro.
  Currency converter
(N.B. This utility must be saved to your harddisk before use)
 
 
 

 
 
Exchange risk tool Up
The euro will be a foreign currency and the exchange rate against sterling will fluctuate. There will, therefore, be an exchange risk. This tool will help you to consider how your profit margins may be affected by exchange risks, and allow you to experiment with types of bank products designed to reduce the impact of exchange rate movements on your profits. You should read the Word file on dealing with exchange risks before using the exchange risk tool as it explains the options available.
  Dealing with exchange risks
  Exchange risk tool
(N.B. This utility must be saved to your harddisk before use)
 
 
 

 
 
IT system affected by the euro Up
To help you monitor possible IT systems issues a simple checklist is provided to create a list of changes required and the target date for changes to be made.
  Affected IT systems
 
 
 

 
 
Euro symbol Up
This tool allows you to download the euro symbol in the Times New Roman Font onto your computer. It can then be used by pressing \Alt E\. Install the font
  Copy to floppy disk
 
 
 

 

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