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3 Ways to Get More Out of Your Xero Software
Xero is a great software and we meet many businesses who are already using it and have lots of positive things to say about how it is helping them in their business. However, time moves on – your business is constantly evolving and so is the software. So, how do you...
What do you really get from Xero training versus working it out yourself?
Depending on who you go to for your training and the type of training you have, you may spend anything from £50 to £300 for face to face training using Xero software for your bookkeeping and accounting processes.If you are a small business owner and you are thinking...
VAT Registered Businesses – Your Simple 5 Steps to Preparing for Making Tax Digital by April 2019
What Making Tax Digital means for businessesIf you are a business who is VAT registered and with a turnover at or beyond the VAT threshold, then you have until April 2019 to put in place arrangements to comply with the new requirements.Making Tax Digital (known as...
Time is precious – does invoicing your customers take up too much of your time? Here are 7 tips for saving time.
As busy business owners, time is precious to us and sometimes there are parts of our business that we feel take up more of our time than we want. The paperwork and admin side of things isn’t always what we want to be spending lots of time on. So this blog...
Is it a cop-out to recommend spreadsheet bridging software for making tax digital?
I was just reading on a website about a new software which has been designed to help businesses who use an excel spreadsheet for their bookkeeping submit their VAT returns from when Making Tax Digital is implemented next April. It says ‘Why get...
Making Tax Digital – The Magic Solution
We all know that Making Tax Digital is coming into force in April 2019 and that this will have ramifications for businesses that are VAT registered and who are operating at or beyond the VAT threshold. I saw some data recently which said that 880,000...
Are you questioning how often you are able to get financial reports from your bookkeeper?
This week I took 2 enquiries from potential clients who were talking to us because one of their frustrations is that they don’t feel they have a proper handle on the finances in their business because they only get financial information from their...
Peace of mind, time and money back
How investing in temporary or permanent financial support in your business can give you peace of mind, time and money back This reason I wanted to write this blog is to illustrate and not just tell you about the impact that professional business services...
Is Your Accounting Software The Best For Your Business
YOU’VE BEEN USING YOUR ACCCOUNTING SOFTWARE FOR YEARS BUT IS IT NOW STILL THE BEST OPTION FOR YOUR BUSINESS? When we are out networking or meeting other business owners and they ask what we do ‘ we say we are bookkeepers and Xero trainers’ and so often we...
3 simple tips for handling your receipts if you are a busy business owner
Is it just me that's fed up with being asked in shops if I want a receipt? I am loving the ability to pay in a retail outlet contactless with my debit or credit card but I’m not sure why now we are always asked if we want a receipt rather than just being...
Why didn’t I use a bookkeeping software for my invoicing before?
“I WISH I HAD DONE THIS YEARS AGO” – SAVING TIME BY USING A BOOKKEEPING SOFTWARE FOR QUOTES AND INVOICES INSTEAD OF WORD When we meet potential new clients for the first time, one of the questions we ask them is how they raise their invoices to their...
Simple Ways to Keep on Top of Your HMRC Deadlines
For many of us busy business owners, it can feel like we have hundreds of things to keep on top of and it can be very easy for us to miss the HMRC deadline. None of us want to get on the radar of the HMRC or incur penalties just because we haven’t managed...