As a self-employed person do you ever wonder what expenses you are allowed to deduct from the income you earn? Do you worry that you are not claiming everything you could? Or perhaps worry that you are claiming things that you shouldn't? …
If you are a business owner do you have the skills you need to process the payroll for your employees? It is not always as straightforward as you think and you will only find that out when you have an angry employee or two demanding explanations or HMRC contacting you. Is it worth the risk? …
A good bookkeeper will give you peace of mind. As your business grows keeping a record of your financial transactions becomes more and more important but as it grows you will have less time to devote to this. For many business owners it is a difficult step to move from “doing it all” to paying someone else to do it. …
This week I thought I would tell you about my experience of good customer service - not once, but twice in one week. A couple of weeks ago unfortunately I had reason to make 3 complaints about services in just two days. Its not something I would normally do but all of these things I felt should be reported. …
What would you do if your computer was hit by Ransomware? This is becoming an increasing threat to everyone in business or personally. Even if you know to be aware of dodgy emails it can still get in to your computer. I am sure everyone receives emails with invoices, or statements, or payment information attached. You know they are suspect if you don't generally receive this sort of information, but as a bookkeeping practice we do genuinely receive this information for ourselves, on behalf of our clients and in emails we deal with in our clients' offices. Until you have previewed or opened an email you don't know whether it is from a genuine supplier or whether you have just released a virus into the computer. …
