by Juliet Wylie | 11th June 2021 | Accounting, Start ups, Who we are
Around 20% of UK companies fail within their first year. According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, only 42.4% of businesses are still trading five years after being set up – and those stats pre-date COVID. Typically, one of the main causes is...
by Claire Hobson | 21st August 2020 | Accounting, Tips and Tricks, Xero
I hope you are all safe, well and coping personally (and professionally) in these strange times. With the COVID-19 pandemic still very much affecting our “normal way” we’ve been so pleased to see business owners coming up with ingenious ways to do business during a...
by Georgi Rollings | 15th July 2020 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, VAT
Your business ‘turnover’ is not your ‘profit’, though often we find the two can be confused. ‘What is turnover?’ is one of those questions candidates get asked on Dragons Den, and many business owners on the show get muddled trying to explain it. We get why! It’s...
by Georgi Rollings | 2nd July 2020 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Limited company, Sole trader, Tips and Tricks
If you are using Xero you will probably have heard that this is the market leading cloud accounting software in the UK. You may be expecting minor miracles, where everything is easy to do straight out of the box. You should have immediately seen improved visibility...
by Andrea Thomas | 12th June 2020 | Accounting, Limited company, Sole trader, Tips and Tricks
So you’ve decided to work with us. Welcome! We’re so pleased you chose us to be the Robin to your Batman. The Watson to your Holmes. Basically, we’re thrilled. So what happens now? It may seem obvious. We’re going to get stuck in on all the numbers stuff, and...
by Georgi Rollings | 11th October 2019 | Accounting, Bookkeeping, Limited company, Tips and Tricks
We hear a lot about app stacks when we go to cloud accounting conferences – but what is an app stack? Really it is looking at what combination of apps will give you the best functionality to make it easier for you to run your business well. As accountants we...