Boogles

Employers Payroll Is Set To Increase. UK Law increases National Insurance Contributions & Employers

National Insurance contributions (the bit employers have to pay) is set to increase by 1% in April 2011. This isn’t even the bad news. So aside from now paying 20% VAT since last month, and looking forward to having to find an extra 1% on staff’s payroll ... Read >

“Please Leave A Message After The Tone” (Or get a Boogle to answer your phone!)

Now be honest with yourself – if you were to phone a business, and you heard the recorded voice say: “Please leave a message after the tone" – would you honestly do it? Most wouldn’t. In fact, when phoning a business or making a new enquiry, most people w... Read >

The 10 most important questions you should ask BEFORE doing your bookkeeping off-site.

They can give you one great reason why you should do the bookkeeping off-site, instead of on-site. You're not asking them to sell their company to you, but to give you the reason why its better to send your financial information to them - especially with ... Read >

The Emerging Trend – Virtual Assistants are offering Bookkeeping Services too. Plus they’ll pic

There is an emerging trend in the market place and this is towards VA's - Virtual Assistants. Virtual Assistants are big in America but not so big in the UK - (not yet anyway). A Virtual Assistant can be like a PA. A Personal Assistant can help with secre... Read >

Why Are Bookkeeping Systems So Important? And why do so many businesses have nothing in place?

The important of bookkeeping systems cannot be emphasized strongly enough. How many times have you been into a business or rang them up and ask them for information and they cant put their hands on the piece of paper work in question. Good bookkeeping sys... Read >

How To Improve Your Cashflow In 2010 – Top 10 Tips

How To Improve Your Cashflow In 2010 - Top 10 Tips Don't be fooled into thinking the Credit Crunch is over! By Lisa Newton The doom and gloom was very apparent in 2009. All we kept hearing was ‘we just need to get through this year'… but for th... Read >

Have You Ever Tried To Hire A 'Good' Book Keeper?

I've heard it said many times, 'oh you just can't get the staff these days'... well, actually, yes you can - I don't know where you've been looking, but there are some exceptional people out there! I've found that people who are looking for someone for t... Read >

Top 7 Tips For Solicitors Bookkeeping

Solicitors' accounts can be a minefield. Solicitors have enough on their plate without the additional stress of trying to remember and apply all the Solicitors Accounts Rules (SARS) that exist, and so for this task, they may well rely on their Legal Cashi... Read >