Your Autumn Harvest: Building Strength Before the Storms
September 10, 2025
š A season for honesty, calm, and clearer numbers
September always feels like a second new year. The summer is over, children head back to school, and business owners slip back into routine. It is also the perfect time to pause and check your financial health. Just as farmers harvest what they have sown, September is a mont...
š» Haunted by HMRC?
October 6, 2025
š»How one client went from brown-envelope dread to a calm January
šIf you know me at all, you know I love Halloween. Not just the kidsā costumes, trick or treating, and pumpkin carving ā the real thing. My husband and I went on a ghost hunt at Gloucester Prison last Halloween, and had to close a Ouija board session quickly when we r...
Holiday Mode, Not Business Pause
August 1, 2025
āļøKeeping Your Business Ticking While You Take a Break
āļø August. For most business owners, it is the one time of year you dare to step away, even if it is just for a week or two. We know what it is like. You work flat out for months, dreaming of a bit of sun, a festival, or just a lie in. But letās be honest, even when yo...
āļø Summerās here ā and while the sunās shining, many small businesses get busier.
š· Builders are out on site all day, ā cafĆ©s are serving iced coffees on repeat, š§ mobile therapists are working festivals, and šŖ outdoor events are creating new opportunities.But here's the question: Is your bank balance feeling the benefit?Because busyness doesn...
Simple Ways to Nurture Your Business Finances
June 2, 2025
šæ Nurture Before You Harvest: Strengthening Your Business Finances This Summer
Summer gives many of us a little breathing space ā a slower pace, longer evenings, and maybe even a chance to stop and take stock. For me, itās a time to nurture. Not to rip things up and start again ā just to check in, clear a few weeds, and make sure the roots are st...
šæ Is Your Business Financially Fit This Spring?
Spring isnāt just for cleaning cupboards or clearing out garagesāitās also the perfect time to check in with your business finances. The days are getting longer, the airās a little lighter, and you might feel the urge to reset. That applies just as much to your books...
šø Spring Into Financial Shape: A Fresh Start for You and Your Business
Thereās something about Spring that makes us want to stretch, breathe, and start again.As the world around us begins to bloom, even though it seems a little late this year, itās the perfect time to check in ā not just with yourself, but with your business too. After al...
Life Doesn’t Wait: Ian's Journey with Diabetes and the Reminder to Prioritise What Matters
November 5, 2024
Life Doesnāt Wait: Ian's Journey with Diabetes and the Reminder to Prioritise What Matters
šWorld Diabetes Day comes around each year as a reminder of something I, like many others, live with daily. My own story with diabetes began on what was supposed to be a relaxed afternoon.Earlier that day, Iād been at the local archery club, enjoying some target practic...
Invest in a good bookkeeper - we're worth it!
March 27, 2023
(with or without the luxurious hair-flick...)
ACCURATE FIGURES MATTERBeware the False Economy of 'Cheap' & Find Real ValueBlog by Ian AllenHow many times have you paid for something and it breaks after a handful of uses? Or you considered buying the cheap knock-off version of the latest Android phone because "it's t...
The Suspense Account - isn't it an Agatha Christie 'Whodunnit'?
August 16, 2021
It might sound like the title of the latest thriller
We've had The Accountant, The Shawshank Redemption, The Untouchables and even Monty Python believing it was 'fun to charter an accountant, and sail the wide accountancy' in their cinematic tribute to the profession in the Meaning of Life, but I doubt that The Suspense Accoun...
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