by Simon Baxter | Oct 12, 2022 | Business Updates
Bank Feeds: Open banking was mandated by the EU in 2016 with EU Member States required to transpose it into National Law. It was implemented in the UK in January 2018. Its purpose was to allow financial information to be made available to outside companies such as...
by Simon Baxter | Oct 7, 2022 | Business Updates
There are many cloud accounting systems available for small businesses, but Xero and QuickBooks are probably the most capable and widely used. Which should you choose? Accountants love both products. The US favours QuickBooks whereas Europe prefers Xero. Both have...
by Simon Baxter | Oct 5, 2022 | Business Updates
The Best KPI in the World Of all the performance measurements that a small hospitality or manufacturing business can use, Gross Profit %age is the most useful. It is calculated as follows: Sales less Direct Costs as a percentage of Sales Direct costs are those...
by Simon Baxter | Sep 29, 2022 | Business Updates
As we said in an earlier blog, we are pleased to have young William Burlingham on our team as a full-time in-house IT support Technician. It is maybe a bit unusual to have such a resource in a small practice like ours, but this reflects the huge changes in technology...
by Simon Baxter | Sep 20, 2022 | Business Updates
A new recovery loan scheme has just opened which is a great opportunity for UK business to invest and grow. It offers loans up to £2m (£1m under the NI protocol because of EU subsidy limits). The scheme is administered by the British Business Bank and is backed by a...
