If you or your clients are looking for ways to grow profits, drop prices or pay staff more, then one strategy is to lift productivity in your business. But what is productivity exactly (hint: it’s not about working longer hours), and how can you lift it in your small business or practice?

Have you ever considered making a move abroad and wondered what career opportunities this may bring? Join our panel of fellow Chartered Accountants (CAs) who have taken the leap and moved abroad to pursue their career as a CA. 

Fellow membership (FMAAT), is the highest designation you can achieve with AAT. Congratulations to Aimee!

For the 2024/25 tax year, HMRC has announced that the official rate of interest (ORI) for director's loans will remain at 2.25%, despite the base interest rate being considerably higher at 5.25%.

Here is a reminder of the key tax changes that will impact you this year as we begin 2024 and approach the end of the 2023/24 tax year on 5 April 2024.

How does the new VAT registration threshold of £90k affect your small business? Find out more about the new VAT changes in this guide from Zyla Accountants.

Millions of families who claim Child Benefit will automatically receive increased payments from 6 April 2024, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed.

Last week, Peony Li, founder of Jude, pitched her healthcare company on the popular BBC show Dragons’ Den. In the process, she did an amazing job!

We are looking for an Accountant (CIMA / AAT part qualified) to work closely with our startup and small business clients in a manager role in our growing team. You will be managing a portfolio of 25 clients and performing bookkeeping, VAT returns, reviewing payroll, preparing year end accounts and preparing personal tax returns and reviewing Xero accounts P&L and Balance Sheets.

Over a year ago, Xero launched an early version of Xero Go to see how a purpose built app could help cater for the entry-level accounting needs of the self-employed in the UK.