Accountants

UK accountancy market trends

There was an interesting piece on growth and UK accountancy market trends in Accountancy Age on 13 January looking at the trends within top 100 accountancy practices (http://www.accountancyage.com/aa/analysis/2322595/full-top50-50-analysis-mixed-bag-of-success?utm_term=&utm_content=headline_title&utm_campaign=AA.Best_Practice_RL.EU.A.U&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=AA.DCM.Editors_Updates) The main points were: There were 12 new entrants into the market – in some ways this is encouraging as it shows Read More

2014-01-24T09:52:10+00:00January 24, 2014|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Management Skills, Statistics and trends, Strategy|

Book Review: Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves

Emotional Intelligence (EQ or EI) continues to generate an increasing amount of interest as the importance of emotional intelligence (aka soft skills) for leadership, management, marketing, selling and client relationship management becomes more generally known. There are many resources on this web site on the topic (use the search facility) Read More

2025-05-30T10:30:26+01:00January 23, 2014|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

UK growth ahead – Accountants Haines Watts and Grant Thornton research UK business growth prospects and optimism

Haines Watts has just released its latest Growth research into over a thousand (1,019) UK small and medium sized owner-managed businesses - to explore UK business growth prospects. The conclusion would appear to be that UK SME OMB are quietly and cautiously confident about the future. International research from Grant Thornton supports Read More

2013-11-29T16:09:43+00:00November 29, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Statistics and trends|

Book review: “How to win friends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie – Still a valuable guide

I first read "How to win friends and influence people" way back in January 1984. That’s nearly 30 years ago (the book was actually written back in 1938). It had a profound effect on me - despite the fact that I am a psychologist and have read thousands of books Read More

2013-11-22T11:29:25+00:00November 21, 2013|Accountants, Kim's Blog, Lawyers, Management Skills, Relationship Management, Selling|

Instant Mobile Market Research software – For lawyers, accountants and surveyors needing fast and affordable consumer research

I came across this new mobile software service that would be really helpful in allowing professional firms to undertake consumer research either a) to inform their future strategies or b) to obtain material on which to base thought leadership-type promotional campaigns using White Papers or articles and blogs. Upinion - Read More

2013-11-05T18:37:24+00:00November 5, 2013|Accountants, Lawyers, Marketing, Property|
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