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The Battle for Great People – With Richard Wood, MD at Grain

This month at the Giant Academy we talk about how many owners, as they successfully grow their businesses, are  making a real priority of finding…

Paul Barnes

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Which of These 8 Challenges is Your Creative Agency Going up Against?

Every industry has a set of challenges that businesses must overcome in order to achieve greatness, and digital/creative agencies are absolutely no exception. We're no…

Paul Barnes

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February Digital Roundable – Make sure you own what you create!

Thanks so much to everyone who made it along to our February Digital Roundtable event on Thursday 18 February. It was great to get the…

Paul Barnes

Saving Tax

Support small businesses: have your say about dividend tax

The Government is about to bring in changes to shareholder’s dividend income that will make it harder than ever for small business owners to make…

Paul Barnes

Increasing Company Value

That business plan that’s stuck in your drawer…

If you’re running any kind of business, chances are that you’ve made a business plan at some point – it might have been to apply…

Paul Barnes

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Make a difference in 2016: 5 New Year resolutions for your business

Here we are in 2016. The leftover turkey has been finished, the mince pies and chocolates have all been eaten and gym memberships have been…

Paul Barnes

Saving Tax

Why it’s so effective to contribute to a pension scheme

Pensions are on everyone's minds at the moment. You'll no doubt have seen 'Workie' the workplace pensions monster in a series of TV and media…

David Arden

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Where have all the good accountants gone?

When I set up My Accountancy Place it was for one driving reason – to give serious business owners an accountancy service that was seriously…

Paul Barnes

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Why you need to fire yourself from your agency

Yep, you read that correctly. You need to fire yourself from your agency. Put on your best ‘Sir Alan’ face, point at yourself in the…

Paul Barnes

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Thank you to a wonderful client base and an amazing team

You might have noticed a certain amount of excitement at My Accountancy Place HQ yesterday. And that’s because we were looking forward to a night…

Paul Barnes

Cloud Accounting

Improve your cash flow with Direct Debit and GoCardless

When you’re running a creative agency, getting paid on time is going to be one of your key goals. And the easier you make it…

Paul Barnes

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Autumn Statement: we’re all going digital!

The more eagle-eyed among you may have spotted that George Osborne delivered his annual Autumn Statement on 25 November. The big news for many was…

Paul Barnes

Cloud Accounting

Xero’s data is safe as houses

With the recent security blow felt by customers of Talk Talk, security is on every business owner’s mind at the moment. Although worries around the…

Paul Barnes

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October Digital Roundtable: Boosting the performance of your creative people

Autumn is upon us, and that meant it was time for our October Digital Roundtable event on 20 October. We filled the My Accountancy Place…

Paul Barnes

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Payment services

Payment gateways: are you ready for new ways to pay? Paying for things used to be easy in the old days. You paid by cash,…

Paul Barnes

Increasing Company Value

Adding value

Forget about year-end and tax. This is how we REALLY add value. We’re fast approaching the year-end for many businesses. And, traditionally, year-end meant getting…

Paul Barnes

Becoming Profitable

Cash flow and profitability

Is cash flow the real problem? Or is it profitability? When we’re checking in with our creative agency clients there’s a response that comes up…

Paul Barnes

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Limited company expenses – what you can and can’t claim

'Don't worry, I'll chuck it on expenses!' How many times have you heard that phrase uttered at the latest breakfast catch-up/working lunch/evening 'meeting' in the…

Paul Barnes

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Paul’s the daddy! Being a parent and working in the cloud

This blog post's a bit more of a personal one than usual. And written through bloodshot eyes after three hour's sleep. But enough of that,…

Paul Barnes

Getting more from your team

Make your people happy: the facts about employee benefits

Want to provide employment benefits to your agency employees but aren't sure of the implications? If you're planning on being 'Johnny Nice Boss' and providing…

Paul Barnes