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Will Making Tax Digital be postponed?
Since its first announcement, there have been groups calling for the delay of Making Tax Digital and a recent report from the British Chamber of Commerce states 24% of businesses have still never heard of MTD.
Grab a (strong) coffee, it’s time to talk about Making Tax Digital
When Making Tax Digital (MTD) was first announced it was dubbed “the death of the tax return”, sounds great doesn’t it! But from April 2019 businesses will need to be ready to deal with the biggest change to taxation in a generation.
Real-time Accounting vs. the old way: There’s only one winner
According to a report published by Xero in 2017, 18% of accountants are still running ledgers with pen and paper. It’s time we said “out with the old approach, and in with the new!” which is we wanted to pit them against one another and, in this blog post, show you why there’s only one winner.
The Best Ways to Get Foreign Currency
No matter how you plan on spending your summer holidays, we all want the same thing when it comes to foreign currency – to get the most for our money. And in this short blog post, we’re going to take a look at just some of the ways you can get the best rate while overseas.
How Secure Is Your IT System? – Getting to Grips with Passwords and Login Policies
In the world of accounting, technology has been at the forefront of our industry’s transformation. With cloud accounting, businesses now have real-time insight into their exact financial position, at any time, from anywhere in the world. Insight that can inform...
Thank you!
October and November are typically awards season for the accounting industry. Whilst we don't run our own awards, given it's Thanksgiving in America today, we wanted to say a quick thanks to those that have helped us get where we are today. Like all good Oscar...
Xerocon 2017 – Why it’s important for small business
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...
Raedan – A New Look
We are delighted to share with you the launch of our rebrand and new website. It includes our first (and definitely not last) video, introducing Raedan. There is a lot to share with you and as always, we’d love to hear any feedback you have! New branding It’s been...
Spring Budget 2017 – Key items for Small Businesses
In what is set to be the last Spring Budget, there was very little for small businesses to consider. Though the few areas where there were changes, those changes will have quite an impact. Dividends Following the change in taxation of dividends in April...
Christmas Parties & Gifts – What’s allowed?
With the Christmas season quickly approaching, we are often asked what employers can buy staff and customers for Christmas and what tax relief, if any, is available. So here’s a quick summary to remind you. Christmas Cards Expenses incurred for Christmas cards/e-cards...
Using forecasts to prevent cash flow issues
USING FORECASTS TO PREVENT CASH FLOW ISSUES In the last two weeks we’ve looked at how to improve the flow of cash into your business as a method to cope with poor cash flow, however, we see the most important part of cash flow management as the ability to see the...
Get paid quicker using the cloud
This article is the second of our three part series, ‘Using the cloud to improve cash flow’. We’re sending it to you as we feel all small businesses, will at some time, have to focus on cashflow. The reaction at that time is often to tighten the purse strings but...
Creating better invoices to get paid quicker
This article is the first of our three part series, ‘Using the cloud to improve cash flow’. We’re sending it to you as we feel all small businesses, will at some time, have to focus on cashflow. The reaction at that time is often to tighten the purse strings but the...
Managing currency differences using Xero
Currency exchange rates fluctuate constantly and for businesses that trade across currency boundaries, there will be gains and losses. With the dramatic effects on the Pound caused by Brexit, businesses may currently be seeing bigger differences than usual....
Our Must Have Xero add-on for Creatives
If you’re currently staring at a pile of receipts in your drawer, wallet or shoebox then you really must read on. ‘Do I really need to keep all these receipts and bits of paper?’ Fortunately, thanks to Receipt Bank, the answer is no. Receipt Bank takes away all the...
Why we still love Xero
We’ve used Xero since 2010 and we’re still in the honeymoon period. Much like a new romance, we love it and talk about it more than we probably should but unlike a new romance, our friends aren’t getting bored of hearing about it. There’s no doubt it provides huge...
Summer Budget 2015
So, the Conservative party have issued their first budget for 20 years and it was packed with changes. Like most budgets, each piece of legislation is good for some bad for others but now we’ve had some time to think it over, here are our highlights.
Raedan rebrand – Our Story
I've been asked by a few friends and clients how we went about our re-brand, why in 2012 we changed our name and how did we reach a decision on the more recent branding changes. As such I thought I'd jot them down here in case it is of use to anyone else. WHAT'S IN A...