An Accountant is not just for Christmas

An Accountant is not just for Christmas

  Do you think that Accountants are just for year end accounts or January tax returns? A purchase made grudgingly because you have to? Well think again. We can do so much more, throughout the year. I know the last thing you want is more accounts, more numbers to...
Prize Plums

Prize Plums

You may well have seen the Direct Line landlord insurance advert, you know; the one with the mafia-ish guy, “Prize plum…goes well with magnolia”. Well the bigger problem for this guy is when he comes to move house. The apparently inoffensive comment...
Not so smart phones

Not so smart phones

  Just checked my mobile phone, no missed calls or texts or emails. Loads of whatsapp notifications but I can ignore them all if I wish (and I generally do; I like to keep up but I can ask people how their holiday / concert / night out went when I see them) Same...
Driven to distraction

Driven to distraction

I’m sure that I have covered this before but it bears repeating. How would you like a pay cut? No, of course not, I hear you say. But wait; there are people who are being given pay cuts and are actually pleased about it!! I came across one last week. He had a fuel...
It’s about time…

It’s about time…

How long are you at work? 8 hours per day, with 5 weeks holidays gives 1,824 hours, that’s 114 days (allowing for the time you are asleep) or nearly a third of the year. A long time in other words. And that’s without overtime or the long hours that some people are...