Posts Tagged ‘accounting’
Your 2025 Resolution Must Be To: Get Digital Advice & Guidance For Your Business
The advice affordability problem is well documented: The majority of Australians know they need advice, albeit they have simple requirements given their financial circumstances, but only a small percentage of the population can actually afford to pay for the rising cost of personal comprehensive (multi-topic) advice. So, what’s being done to solve this problem?: Why…
Read MoreLaunching Business Advisory Services: An Actionable Blueprint for Your Accounting Firm
Accounting firms are in a prime position to expand beyond traditional services and offer valuable business advisory support. Many businesses actively seek this guidance but may not realise their accountant is ideally placed to provide it. With comprehensive financial data at your fingertips, your firm can offer strategic guidance that goes well beyond compliance and…
Read MoreDeveloping the Best Diversified Income Model for Your Accounting Firm
Are you looking to accelerate your accounting firm’s growth through diversified income channels? Many firms find that their traditional business advisory services need to perform better, with stagnant revenue growth and slim profit margins. Successful diversification into business advisory services can often feel elusive. With increasing pressure on fees for compliance and transactional services, now…
Read MoreHow do accountants compete in a changing landscape? A digital adviser could be the answer.
Accountants are bracing themselves for another busy season. It’s all the harder, as most practices face the same staff issues. Labour markets are still tight, and good staff are hard to find and expensive to recruit and retain. It leaves little time to devote to the idea of growing or future-proofing your practice. The financial…
Read MoreDo we really need all this complexity?
This modern world is getting so complicated. There are complex accounting standards, ESG reporting, gender equality reporting, WH&S, and countless HR policies. There are surveys for almost everything. The list is endless. I sometimes wonder how anyone can make a profit. This complexity also brings some danger. Solutions can often be simpler than they appear,…
Read MoreThe Love Of Learning
I thought I would ask my daughter, Jess, to help me out with an article for this month. Jess is a 34-year-old skilled graduate journalist working in digital media and I wanted to know her thoughts on learning, so we put this article together which I feel is very relevant to the accounting industry. As…
Read MoreThe Accountants’ Guide to Fishing
January is the month for holidays, for relaxing, for contemplation. For me that involves spending time at Port Stephens out on the water trying to skillfully convince a succulent fish to hop onto my line. As anyone knows such an exercise involves a great deal of patience. As I have sat in the sun replenishing…
Read MoreUnleashing Growth Potential: Developing a Niche Industry Market for Your Firm
Golf professionals require accounting firms that go beyond compliance services, offering valuable advisory services to improve their financial position both on and off the course. Drawing from 18 years of experience in the industry, I have identified the top ten actions that accounting firms can provide to add value to golf professionals’ financial strategies. Discover…
Read MoreInsight from your peers
One of the challenges when running your own business is that it can be a lonely place. You’re making decisions based on your own experience and those of your partners if you’re in partnership. The insights and decisions you make can be self-reinforcing as they’re based on what is already happening and past experience in…
Read MoreMental Health Training for Accountants
This month something a bit different. I have asked Peter Annis-Brown of Manage Health to provide his views on the mental health of the professional services industry. Peter is a qualified Mental Health Educator and Master Mental Health 1st Aid instructor who conducts workshops, training, and courses throughout Australia to leaders, businesses and organisations looking…
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