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I’m Fine using Excel for my Bookkeeping
Why would I bother to change to a bookkeeping software? If you have been doing your bookkeeping on a spreadsheet for a long period of time and you are happy with it and your accountant is happy with it then you may be wondering why so many people are...
Looking for the Positives in Making Tax Digital
There has been much discussion over previous years about the upcoming Making Tax Digital – the initial proposals were not popular with a lot of small businesses and the Government then pushed back the roll out and I think, at that stage, perhaps many...
Why We’re Bringing The Bookkeeping Department to Cambridge
SO WHAT’S SO GREAT ABOUT CAMBRIDGE? THE REASONS WE DECIDED TO BRING THE BOOKKEEPING DEPARTMENT TO CAMBRIDGE By way of introduction, we are an established bookkeeping practice, based in Hitchin in Hertfordshire trading approximately 7 years and with 7...
Thinking about changing your bookkeeping software?
Choosing the right bookkeeping software can be a daunting task. Here's some of the reasons that as bookkeepers we picked Xero Before I start, I should explain that as a bookkeeping practice we have used many different bookkeeping software before we made...
How to Recruit a Great Bookkeeper – First Time
You may be looking to recruit a bookkeeper for your business and don’t really know where to start and so this blog may well be timely for you. As a bookkeeping practice, we have had the pleasure and the challenge of recruiting good bookkeepers for our own business but...
Hate Doing Your Bookkeeping?
Hate Doing Your Bookkeeping - Simple Ways To Help Learn To Love It We work with many business owners who outsource their bookkeeping and they do this for lots of reasons e.g. to give them more time to focus on other areas of the business, because they want expertise...
10 Basic Bookkeeping Checks We should Make Each Month
Doing your own bookkeeping? Follow our 10 basic bookkeeping checks to make each month to keep your books in good shape. This blog is written with the person in mind who is doing their own bookkeeping or has an untrained member of staff doing their bookkeeping for...
Ways to Help Your Franchisees Survive and Thrive Through Good Financial Management – Part 5: 7 Steps to Positive Cashflow
This blog is the fifth of 5 blogs about how as a franchisor you can support your franchisees to manage their business finances. In earlier blogs, we have talked about the importance of good financial habits and systems being utilised by each of the franchisees and how...
Ways to Help Your Franchisees Survive and Thrive Through Good Financial Management – Part 4: Types of Financial Support
This blog is the fourth of 5 blogs about how as a franchisor you can support your franchisees to manage their business finances. In earlier blogs, we have talked about the importance of good financial habits and systems being utilised by each of the franchisees and...
Ways to Help Your Franchisees Survive and Thrive Through Good Financial Management – Part 3: Using an Effective Bookkeeping Software
This blog is the third of 5 blogs about how as a franchisor you can support your franchisees to manage their business finances. In earlier blogs, we have talked about the importance of bookkeeping being done regularly and for franchise owners to be able to use the...
Ways to Help Your Franchisees Survive and Thrive Through Good Financial Management – Part 2: Educating Them on 10 Good Financial Habits
This blog is the second of 5 blogs about how as a franchisor you can support your franchisees to manage their business finances. Lots of new business owners won’t have the experience or expertise in managing their finances and as a franchisor you can help them become...
Ways to Help Your Franchisees Survive and Thrive Through Good Financial Management – Part 1: The New Franchisee
This blog is the first of 5 blogs about how as a franchisor you can support your franchisees to manage their business finances. I would imagine that not all of your franchisees came into your business to spend lots of time focusing on the finances and it may just not...