Accounting Tips For Agencies
Running your own creative agency is an exhilarating experience. Following a dream and setting out into the big (not always bad) world of business, with nothing to guide you towards success other than your heart and your head. Arguably nothing is more rewarding than...
What is Salary Sacrifice?
As a creative business owner you’ll no doubt be looking for the best ways to reward your team and yourself. That will include basic pay but also pensions and possibly other benefits (no we don’t mean the taco night or the office shuffleboard!). The great news is, a...
How do I price my creative services?
You’ve started your creative business, and while you’ve got an incredible product or service to offer, you’re uncertain how to price it. There’s an easy answer of pricing yourself smack-dab in the middle of your competitors - not the most expensive option, not the...
How do I make sure my business is set up correctly and I don’t run into problems later?
If there’s anything this last year has taught us, it’s how important proper preparation is. You’re a creative, a free-thinker with an innovative vision. Maybe you don’t see yourself as the “business type” but you know you’re good at what you do and people want to see...
Why you need to set your business up like you’re going to sell it
You’re just starting out on your business journey. You don’t have any intentions to sell it - certainly not now, and maybe not ever. So why should you set up your business as though you’re preparing it for sale? Simply put, having a future-focused and...
How much furlough money has been claimed?
There was a great deal of fear at the start of the pandemic, not just around health but also jobs and the survival of businesses forced to closed. We all (yes accountants too!!!) had to work out how to survive. Part of that meant working out how to apply for the...
How do I turn my creative passion into a full time gig?
Everyone has a passion in life. But you possess something rare: the drive to turn that passion into a full-time business. The leap to self-employment can feel as terrifying as it is exciting, but with the right tools in your kit and a solid foundation beneath you,...
From dreaming to dream life: How Carrie Dennahy grew her jewellery business from an overdraft to a 7 figure bank balance
When we first met Carrie Dennahy she was in the early years of her jewellery business, trying to make her dream happen with only a £12,000 overdraft as her safety net. “Having dreamed of running my own business pretty much my whole life, I decided it was time to leave...
Mental health matters. What you can do as an employer to really make a difference to happiness and health in the workplace.
Mental health may still feel like an unapproachable topic in the workplace. But data shows 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem of some kind each year in England. When you see statistics like this from Mind, the mental health charity, it’s impossible...
Four tips to move your business forward this year
Now that you're well into the swing of the new year, we want to follow up with some tips to help you get your business into the best place possible in 2021. We recently ran a Facebook Live to talk our clients through these points to consider for the New Year....