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Why I signed up to the Life Centred Accountant manifesto Blog

Why I signed up to the Life Centred Accountant manifesto

I’ve always felt I had a sense of purpose. A driving force inside me that goes way back to my teens. At school and through…

Paul Barnes

The Essentials of Finance Maturity: Providing the Bedrock of Digital Agency Growth Blog

The Essentials of Finance Maturity: Providing the Bedrock of Digital Agency Growth

A digital agency’s growth and prosperity is aided by having the right financial foundations. To some this might mean how much cash there is in…

Paul Barnes

The Finance Maturity Curve – Mapping the Growth and Development of Your Digital Agency Blog

The Finance Maturity Curve – Mapping the Growth and Development of Your Digital Agency

An agency’s growth often outpaces the effectiveness of its finance function. A well optimised back office is essential in ensuring you are growing in the…

Paul Barnes

Guidance For Your Business Post-Brexit Blog

Guidance For Your Business Post-Brexit

The legislation around Brexit is far-reaching. So to help guide you through the complexities, we've created this guide to break it down. We'll be focusing…

Paul Barnes

Time to take a step back & look up? Blog

Time to take a step back & look up?

It’s a fact of life (and death) that eventually all of us will have to exit our business one day. Either in an organised way…or…

Paul Barnes

VAT & The Cashflow Crunch Blog

VAT & The Cashflow Crunch

Many businesses have deferred some VAT or other taxes over the last few months to help with cashflow. This took the pressure off for a…

Paul Barnes

MAP & KUBIX Blog

MAP & KUBIX

We asked one of our valued clients KUBIX, a full-service digital agency based in the heart of Birmingham, what led to their decision to choose…

Paul Barnes

Why we love XERO and why you should too Blog

Why we love XERO and why you should too

I'm a self-confessed XERO fangirl. I recently joined MAP as a Client Financial Controller. Initially, I was drawn here because of how Paul and the…

Rachel Armstrong

Re-Structuring and Furlough with JRS Blog

Re-Structuring and Furlough with JRS

Jim Lister, Partner at BLM Solicitors examines the latest changes to the government's coronavirus job retention scheme (JRS), and how it fits with change planning.…

Paul Barnes

CBILS vs BBLS Blog

CBILS vs BBLS

As we progress through the coronavirus epidemic, we are beginning to see digital agencies seek options for maintaining their cash flow. In response, the government…

Paul Barnes

Working with MAP: How easy is it to switch to MAP? Working with MAP

Working with MAP: How easy is it to switch to MAP?

We consistently see the same situations when agencies are thinking about working with MAP. I know you may have been thinking about moving accountants for…

Will Jarvis

Working with MAP: Are we right for your agency? Working with MAP

Working with MAP: Are we right for your agency?

Does your agency settle for an accountant who helps you stay compliant? One that simply keeps the books, file taxes and meet the obligations that…

Paul Barnes

Understanding your data and finance function Operational finance

Understanding your data and finance function

Getting your team to track their time consistently is no mean feat. If you have managed to achieve that in your agency, give yourself a…

Paul Barnes

What would my agency finance function look like with MAP? Working with MAP

What would my agency finance function look like with MAP?

As an established agency, I know your business has been working with accountants for a number of years before considering your move to MAP. However,…

Rachael Chaddock

How a financial forecast can be a driving force for your agency Financial Forecast

How a financial forecast can be a driving force for your agency

People often confuse forecasting as a plan of the business's financial goals, but a budget is the financial goals and a forecast should be used…

Rachel Moran

4 common mistakes your accountant could still be making Working with MAP

4 common mistakes your accountant could still be making

MAP was born out of a deep frustration. Since opening our doors in 2013 and working with over 130 digital creative agencies in that time,…

Finlay Keigher

Can I have more than one accountant? Working with MAP

Can I have more than one accountant?

No matter where you’re up to in your agency journey, it’s paramount to continually assess that you are surrounding yourself with the right experts who…

David Arden

Hiring an accountant in a different city: distance doesn’t matter to MAP Working with MAP

Hiring an accountant in a different city: distance doesn’t matter to MAP

Outsourcing any part of your business can be scary. Bringing in freelancers to work on important projects for important clients can initially feel like you…

Will Jarvis

Hiring a niche accountant: Why your digital creative agency should move to MAP Working with MAP

Hiring a niche accountant: Why your digital creative agency should move to MAP

I know you and your agency might already work with an accountancy firm, and you could be thinking that moving to MAP might be a…

David Arden

How to calculate ‘true’ agency profitability: Part 4 – How profitable are your projects? Becoming Profitable

How to calculate ‘true’ agency profitability: Part 4 – How profitable are your projects?

We’ve now looked at calculating the cost per hour of your team, analysing client profitability, and establishing whether your team are spending time in the…

Paul Barnes