Guest Article – Is it fair to label Insolvency Practitoners as Grim Reapers?

This month’s guest blog is by Isobel Brett of Bretts Business Recovery, based in Gravesend. As well as a qualified Insolvency Practitioner Isobel plays golf and organises the Kent Business Professional Golf Society which gives you the opportunity to meet other professionals over a hopefully enjoyable round of golf! If this article raises any issues [...]

Guest Article – Is it fair to label Insolvency Practitoners as Grim Reapers? 2015-06-23T15:24:16+01:00

Time for Change – Kick start your good habits

I was idly browsing the other day and came across The Body Coach On-line 90 day programme which involves a combination of exercise and healthy eating, the catch phrase being Lean in 15 - #leanin15 It got me thinking if it takes 90 days of doing something different to form a habit that will change [...]

Time for Change – Kick start your good habits 2015-06-11T11:25:50+01:00

Driving out Waste from your Business

How Lean is your Business?  Are you Driving out Waste? There were many great examples and ideas to introduce “lean thinking” into your business but as always it is the implementation of those ideas that is critical step, so I thought I would share a couple of ideas that I have used.   The first [...]

Driving out Waste from your Business 2015-06-04T13:58:11+01:00

Business Bitesize – Work less & unlock greater profits

Here's how you can work less, beat your competition & unlock greater profits in your business . . . Download the latest copy of our Business Bitesize to find out more.  

Business Bitesize – Work less & unlock greater profits 2015-05-28T12:26:11+01:00

Star Wars Day

Happy belated Star Wars day to you all!   The force - an invisible force that binds all life together which if you have a high metachlorian count you can master and produce feats of incredible speed, agility and effectively see what's coming and be able to react, well that's according to Yoda and the [...]

Star Wars Day 2015-05-08T11:21:29+01:00

Synergy

Aspirations last team event involved a lesson in making cocktails, which we threw ourselves into with gusto especially the tasting bit. The head barman took us through the process of making each cocktail: - Get clean equipment to make the cocktail with Get clean glasses to put the finished article into Get the correct ingredients in [...]

Synergy 2015-05-01T10:11:40+01:00

Welcome to Mitchell

Welcome to Mitchell! We are delighted to welcome Mitchell to our team as an accounts trainee. Mitchell is currently studying the AAT qualification and is flying through his initial exams. Mitchell will help process bookkeeping and general analysis work and may be in touch if we need any additional information or have any general queries [...]

Welcome to Mitchell 2015-04-09T13:12:24+01:00

Employer National Insurance Contributions April 2015

When running your April 2015 payroll remember that employer national insurance contributions for individuals under 21 were abolished in the Autumn Statement 2014. For further details click on the button below:  

Employer National Insurance Contributions April 2015 2015-03-27T09:57:29+00:00

Budget Review – 2015

  With plenty of light hearted banter between the opposing benches, the Chancellor, George Osborne delivered his sixth Budget. He looked to the sky (through the roof which he declared still needed fixing) for inspiration and found a £22 billion windfall which he promptly gave away in measures to encourage saving. He announced more tax [...]

Budget Review – 2015 2015-03-20T16:31:23+00:00