This is one of my fundamental beliefs although it may sound a little odd for an accountant who primarily advises people how to grow their business and/or how to make…
Are you too available?
Emails, phone calls, texts, messaging systems of every kind! Are we making ourselves too available at the expense of actually getting the work done? I know lots of accountants suffered…
Why to enter awards
I love judging awards as I get a sneak preview of what the best accountancy businesses are doing. It’s really exciting to see people pushing the profession forwards. This year…
The baby bear amount
Not too much, not too little, but just right. If you’re reading this then you’re probably like me and read/watch a lot of other business advice books and other resources.…
I want you to pay more tax
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…