With so many business applications available to subscribe to it’s important to ensure that where possible they work together. In doing so, apps talk to and with each other providing an ecosystem for your business to grow within whilst also delivering efficiencies to your everyday tasks.
We love cloud computing (not just accounting) and the rise of SaaS means that you can build solutions for your business as the need arises. Selecting applications can be a never-ending task, ask your friends in business what they use and you will likely get a myriad of recommendations, all coming with free trial periods. It can be tempting to try out all of them. Here are our tips to get on with the job and get the most out of your apps
‘The Cloud’ is what we call software and data that lives on the servers external to your computer. These servers are generally in large dedicated warehouses around the world and you generally access the data by logging in over the internet.
If you’re a person who has quite a lot of personal tax deductions but finds it difficult to keep track of them throughout the year we’ve got good news for you. The ATO has released a new App, available for smartphones and tablets from the App Store, Google Play and Windows Store it has a selection of features that we think will be handy for individuals, especially for the new 2016/17 tax year.
It is at times a job that some people discount as not as ‘important’ as the advisor or accountant. But as the advisor at the other end I can tell you that a good bookkeeper is worth their weight in gold!
When I start to reflect on discussions, interactions and business dealings with entrepreneurs over the past years they all seem to have some things in common. Typically, they have a good appetite for risk, but more importantly is that they are able to think quickly and make changes in their business that allow for adaptation as they realise what it is the market wants.
If we don’t actively encourage true problem solving and endless opportunities to try and fail until they succeed so they learn how each feels and to get up and try again our children will have a hard time as adults in the future job market.
Understanding your business numbers isn’t always easy. So here are 5 Financial Ratio’s you can use to gain further insight into the performance of your business.
Our advice to clients is to try to set things up correctly from the outset, but if you are in a situation with workers who really need to be moved over to be employees start planting the seeds and making them aware things will need to change. It can take time and you want to avoid losing good team members if you can.
Setting goals is the key to achieving pretty much anything worthwhile in life. Whether it be in business, in your personal life, with health, with your family and children. If you don’t set goals how do you know where you are going? How do you know when you get where you wanted, so you can set some more goals?
