Good timing is the secret to many things in life and in finance, timing is equally as important. If you run a business that sells products or provides services, chances are that you probably have some stock and work in progress (WIP) within it. Stock is the inventory of finished goods [...]
In today's fast-paced business landscape, where technology often takes the forefront, the human touch remains an invaluable asset. For small business owners, having a professional adviser readily available can be the difference between thriving, and merely surviving. In a world where call centres and automated responses are becoming the norm, businesses [...]
I take great pride in knowing my business helps other businesses to create and generate wealth. I grew up in a small business; my Father was a sign maker in Essex, and unfortunately the accountant he had was not an asset to his business. Seeing the issues faced, and the bad [...]
We are all operating in a new normal – business will never be the same again. In a strange parody of its effect on health, Covid-19 has had no effect on some businesses, and some have been devastated. For those businesses that have been devastated, where there has been a downturn [...]
Ignore us at your peril I was at a seminar recently, given by a Marketing “Guru” and he was pitching his take on how to get rich, which involved learning how to become an expert public speaker, achieved, in part, by buying and attending the course he was selling. And while [...]
You may be surprised that many accountants are not great at communicating. We frequently hear stories about the broken relationship business owners have with their accountants and the root of this relationship break down is poor communication. They say that assumption is the mother of all Screw-Ups, and that is exactly [...]
If you are considering a move to Xero, and are researching the other possibilities, then this post will help you. These days, the first decision when deciding on bookkeeping software is Cloud vs Desktop. It might not be a a surpise to you that we fall down on the side of the cloud but [...]
You don’t have to look very hard to see cases of Employee Fraud, such as the case of Darren Carvill who stole more than £250,000 from employer Mr Clutch in Strood, Kent https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/accounts-worker-blew-stolen-250-000-on-escorts-and-drugs-202559/ or Stephanie Graysmark who stole £177K from her employer Central Beach Caravan Park in Sheppy, Kent https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerness/news/gambling-addict-who-crippled-business-ordered-to-repay-1-207029/ These frauds are [...]
Whenever we take on a client we tend to have very similar conversations with them, mainly because many of them have never been given any kind of explanation of how things work and are often left to their own devices to figure stuff out. We make it our mission to help them understand their [...]
