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Rewarding and motivating key team members with equity

Retaining and motivating your team is crucial to growing a sustainable business. If you are lucky to find a gem or two who drive your…

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Agency Growth Becoming Profitable Blog Cash

Capacity Planning: Your Agency’s Secret Weapon for Profitability

In the world of service-based businesses, particularly digital agencies, there's a constant tension between selling time and delivering value. Many agency owners feel a sense…

Paul Barnes

Becoming Profitable Blog

Beyond Bookkeeping: Unlocking Xero’s Potential as a Comprehensive Accounting System

Many businesses view Xero as an efficient bookkeeping tool, great for managing daily transactions and reconciling bank accounts. While it excels in these areas, limiting…

Paul Barnes

Agency Growth Blog

Navigating the Mid-Year CGT Changes: A Warning for Self-Assessment Taxpayers

The UK tax landscape is constantly evolving, and recent mid-year adjustments to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rates have added another layer of complexity for taxpayers.…

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Agency Growth Blog

Beyond the Buzzwords: Real-World Strategies for Boosting Digital Agency Efficiency

In the fast-paced world of digital agencies, efficiency isn't just a buzzword – it's the bedrock of profitability and client satisfaction. We recently had…

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Annual Budget Blog

Budgeting for Happiness: How Your Financial Plan Can Support Your Lifestyle

At MAP, we often talk with business owners about building a business that supports the lifestyle they want. It’s a core principle behind what we…

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How Do Self-Assessment Payments on Account Work?

How Do Self-Assessment Payments on Account Work in the UK? We are at that time of year when most small business owners have just paid…

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What are the tax implications of a business trip that is part business and part social?

Right now I am enjoying a New Year skiing trip, along with a group of accountants and accounting software vendors, by way of a trade…

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Why don’t New Year Resolutions work?

Happy New Year. On behalf of myself and all the team at MAP, I wish each and everyone of you a healthy, peaceful and of…

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Is the pub lunch an employee benefit?

So here we are at what is traditionally the hospitality / invitation part of the year. It’s either you inviting staff, suppliers or customers out…

Paul Barnes

Paul Barnes

Rewarding and motivating key team members with equity

Capacity Planning: Your Agency’s Secret Weapon for Profitability

Beyond Bookkeeping: Unlocking Xero’s Potential as a Comprehensive Accounting System

Navigating the Mid-Year CGT Changes: A Warning for Self-Assessment Taxpayers

Beyond the Buzzwords: Real-World Strategies for Boosting Digital Agency Efficiency

Budgeting for Happiness: How Your Financial Plan Can Support Your Lifestyle

How Do Self-Assessment Payments on Account Work?

What are the tax implications of a business trip that is part business and part social?

Why don’t New Year Resolutions work?

Is the pub lunch an employee benefit?

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