In these tumultuous times, how are the UK’s companies faring? Inform Direct’s research makes fascinating reading New figures just released show that the number of companies doing business in the UK reached a record high at the end of 2017,…
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The ICPA funder finder :Get the best value for your clients
Phil Wright of Alternative Business Funding introduces a new way you can source funds for clients using an HM Treasury-designated business finance comparison website Our new business finance comparison engine opens up new conversations and ways to engage clients by…
Accountancy Apprenticeships: All you need to know
There have been lots of changes to the apprenticeship set up, so we asked PQ magazine editor Graham Hambly how small practices can go about signing up one All the recent talk of apprenticeships and the government levy has…
Added value: a meaningless report isn’t adding value for anyone
Compliance is dead – long live added value! This new mantra is being promoted by software developers, commentators and accountancy gurus alike. The new wave of bookkeeping will mean that, apparently, basic compliance will become a thing of the past…
There is no such thing as an SEO expert
There is no such thing as an SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) expert, writes Nick Lewis. There. I have said it. And nothing will convince me that this assertion is incorrect in anyway. This is not to say I don’t believe…
Are you coming to Accountex in May?
The biggest accountancy show rolls into town this May as yet again Accountex hits ExCel in London. We have attended since the inception of Accountex and 2018 is no different. The ICPA team will be there at stand 893 and…
Buying fees? Then follow our 17 top tips
Lucinda and Jeremy Kitchin have some sage advice for readers thinking of buying into an accountancy practice. If you spend any time looking at listings of accountancy practices for sale in the accountancy press, or on M&A brokers’ websites, you’ll…
What makes you remarkable?
Mark Lee explains why you need to work hard to make your firm stand out I’m often struck by the difficulty many accountants have when trying to identify what’s special about them or their firm. When asked, almost everyone uses…
The demise of VT Transaction+ Spreadsheets: ExHell of ExHeaven?
So Transaction + is no more! Ian Vickers explains how you could turn a potential problem into an opportunity If you’re an accountant and you read Accounting Web recently you would have thought that the apocalypse had arrived. “I love…
The Future is Here
A simple solution to tackling Making Tax Digital is just what the accountant ordered, says Joel Oliver Over the past few months we have made it our goal, as an app platform developer, to find out exactly what MTD…