Digital reporting is fast changing the way accountants and auditors engage with their clients and with their respective regulatory authorities. Global changes are being led by the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards) Foundation. Whilst the approach to...
Practice Management
What’s happening in the profession in relation to practice management
Measuring the market
by For Accountants | Feb 8, 2013 | Practice Management
As a stockbroker and a shareholder I need to constantly ‘measure’ the performance of individual investments as well as the general market and the easiest way to do that is by monitoring the movements of various indexes. The ASX S&P 200 index and ASX sector...
Update on Government Grants
by For Accountants | Nov 4, 2012 | Practice Management
Update on Government Grants from ESS BIZGrants Clean Technology Grants The Australian government has introduced some significant grants to assist manufacturers who, in an endeavour to maintain their competitiveness in a carbon constrained economy, need to invest in...
ESSBIZGrants – New technology tool to help accountants identify government grants for SMEs.
by For Accountants | May 8, 2012 | Practice Management, Technology Support
Accountants can now subscribe to ESS BIZGrants, a cloud technology product that has been developed as a “tool” to assist them to identify government grants, loans and assistance that might be suitable for individual small enterprise clients. ESS BIZGrants has been...
Clever Practice Management Tools
by For Accountants | Feb 14, 2012 | Practice Management
We have been asked what clever practice management tools are used by small to medium firms? Is there something you have sourced and use which makes a significant difference to the management and marketing of your practice? I know some firms use their software...
Motivating Younger Staff
by For Accountants | Feb 14, 2012 | Practice Management
Motivating Younger Staff Have you discovered the techniques to encourage your young people to positively engage with the work they do, the clients and the firm? Clearly part of the answer is to hire people with the right attitude at the beginning. There is no doubt...
What are firms doing to attract the new generation of clients?
by For Accountants | Aug 1, 2011 | Practice Management
I talk with many firms about their marketing activities. Referrals are still by far the main source of new clients. The question is, what else should firms be doing? What can partners and managers do to encourage referrals? The first answer is actually asking their...