If you make more profit you will usually end up paying more tax BUT you also get to keep more for yourself so everybody wins. Whilst Minerva Accountants is mainly…
Who should really be on Honours Lists?
Every time an Honours List is published e.g. New Year or the Queen’s (now King’s) birthday there is always somebody moaning that the recipients are less deserving than a local…
Late payment? It’s just not good enough!
Most of my clients pay me by direct debit on a monthly contract but I recently took on a speaking engagement at short notice to help somebody out. It was…
Paperless at last!
Finally we’re a 100% paperless office. A nice man came and took all my archives for bulk shredding yesterday. I’m now giving away so much stationery that I’ve accumulated over…
Pricing for the hassle factor
I’ve just received an email from my web hosting company to say that they will be charging me more. The reason is that two of my websites use software that…
Connecting with people
Have you read ‘The 5 Love Languages’ by Gary Chapman? He talks about the 5 main ways that people demonstrate their love and how they prefer to receive love. It…
How do you make big decisions?
Some people make quick decisions and some people prefer to take their time. Some people make good decisions and others not so good. In my experience the amount of time…
Why Monday morning made me sad
I recently decided to make a concerted effort to stay on top of my emails. Not an Inbox Zero exercise where you just hide them in different folders (I tried…
Confidentiality comes as standard
When I joined ICAEW as a trainee accountant sometime back in the dim and distant past I signed up to a code of ethics. Like most accountants I take that…
I am strong but I am tired
It happens to most of us at some point. November seems to be a busy month for me these days and I’m getting used to it. In the same way…