by Kevin Appleby | Apr 13, 2017
Making Tax Digital is the initiative from HMRC to give the UK the most technologically advanced tax system in the world. Most people aren’t aware of Making Tax Digital but the changes are just around the corner. The biggest benefits of Making Tax Digital will...
by Kevin Appleby | Mar 22, 2017
Xero is making a big difference in my business. I wrote a few weeks ago about my decision to move from spreadsheets to cloud accounting software, and you can read why I chose Xero in that article. Since then, I’ve been implementing Xero, and cloud accounting has...
by Kevin Appleby | Jan 25, 2017
My company year end has just passed and I’m starting the new year using a new accounting package, Xero. This is a big change, I’ve been using spreadsheets for the last 5 years. While an Excel based system is fine when you first start and you only have a...
by Kevin Appleby | Oct 2, 2015
Tom Rath the author of StrengthsFinder 2.0 has a course on Udemy. I’ve just signed up for it (It was on offer for £8). Entitled “Learn to fully charge your work and life”, the course is based on Tom’s latest research and looks to have some...
by Kevin Appleby | Sep 25, 2014
Creating business mission and vision statements takes up a lot of senior management time in many big companies. The cynics would ask “why bother?”. Smaller companies often skip the process altogether. I’d argue that setting a business vision is...
by Kevin Appleby | Aug 28, 2014
Ever wondered whether the data you collect is actually telling you anything? In reality we find ourselves measuring nothing but with a huge amount of precision and in lots of detail. Let me explain. Yesterday I took a good look at my own business’ web stats. I got...
