If social media does not feature on your firm’s list of priorities, it’s time to start 'poking' before the competition steals a march on your practice development endeavours, warns Chris Sykes
28 Jun 2011
If you thought the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility was only appropriate for big money and sophisticated tax evaders, think again says Fiona Fernie
27 Jun 2011
Getting an email in the right tone for a client can be a nightmare. Getting your staff to get them in the right tone can be a nightmare of an entirely different order
22 Jun 2011
As an attempt to make the UK at attractive jurisdiction for technical IP, the government’s Patent Box consultation is a positive example of Whitehall getting it right, write Sally Grimwood and Carmen Aquerreta
22 Jun 2011
HMRC's renewed attention to offshore accounts seems inevitable and means advisers need to ask the right questions now of their clients
21 Jun 2011
The new environmental reporting regimes are adding to administrative overheads while threatening to expose those merely paying lip service to “green” business practices, warns Karl Campbell. The key is to make them a positive contributor to the business
17 Jun 2011
It’s hailed as an essential management information tool offering a single dashboard of key business metrics for better-informed decision making – so why is business intelligence software failing to meet user expectations? Michael Dean sheds some light on the issue
15 Jun 2011
I kid you not, it involved five accountants in our office to organise having a bulb replaced in the reception area. Seriously, five, and it still hasn't been changed yet.
15 Jun 2011
Max Firth delves under the figures of Experian’s latest Insolvency Index
14 Jun 2011
BIS wants less record-keeping while HMRC wants more robust accounting. Make your mind up, says Elaine Clark
09 Jun 2011
What is it that makes accountants shy away from selling
08 Jun 2011
The first of two articles by Glover Stanbury & Co partner Kevin Salter covering the practicalities of moving a practice's systems offsite to a hosted server
07 Jun 2011
Every year I take a month out of my busy post April calendar to organise the work’s Corporate Golf Day. It sounds grander that it actually is, after all it’s basically a rabble of clients, contacts, friends, and sometimes even family members, out for a free round of golf, dinner, and a free bar
01 Jun 2011
Graham Black, president of HMRC senior staff union ARC, runs through the good and bad at the tax department
01 Jun 2011
Steve Clancy suggests the taxman could secure assets against businesses that put off paying their tax
27 May 2011
There's nothing quite so frustrating as being asked to cut your fees. But what do you do? Walk away or demonstrate the value you bring?
26 May 2011
Banks must become more robust lenders, so advisors must help clients present a convincing view of their health
25 May 2011
CIMA and council member Margaret May could have nipped dispute in the bud
20 May 2011
Trainees. It is holiday season in the office and also student study leave season. Throw in a couple of bank holidays and a couple of sick days and there is virtually nobody in the office except the cleaner and a couple of clients!
19 May 2011
BEEN struggling over the past month or so to convince my Partners over the best way to win new clients. Personally I think that the new methods of marketing, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and even a regularly updated website are the ways that the firm should be using...
10 May 2011