by Jonathan | Feb 16, 2023
So, you’ve got your dream business up and running but you aren’t entirely sure quite how well it is running… Should you be using sales as your financial yardstick? Or maybe reductions in costs? Not quite… In this blog we detail how to measure profit margin and why it...
by Jonathan | Feb 8, 2023
As accountants, we face a barrage of negative and inaccurate press on a daily basis. Everything from the inaccurate “Do accountants have to be good at maths?” to the downright hurtful “Why are accountants boring?”. Well, in this blog we are looking to debunk some of...
by Jonathan | Dec 21, 2022
You’ve made a business out of doing something you love and now you’re playing catch up with your books every month. It’s stressful and annoying. Your focus is probably on delivering your service and that totally makes sense. Your service is what gives you the...
by Jonathan | Jul 30, 2021
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 look to be setting up your creative business as though you’re preparing it for sale? Simply put,...
by Jonathan | Nov 12, 2020
So you have an overdrawn directors loan. You didn’t even know what it was at first, but you really need to know why it’s a problem. Basically, the problem is that it looks like you owe your business money and that might lead to some, possibly significant, tax to...
by Jonathan | Oct 11, 2017
Last week we attended Xerocon 2017, Xero’s annual UK conference and whilst it may have a delegate list of accountants, it’s far from an accounting conference. It’s about tech and small business and that’s why we’re sharing our findings with you. For us it was Xerocon...
