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28th May, 2025
It's Time to Go Beyond the Numbers
It's Time to Go Beyond the Numbers
Accountants Minute 408
For accountants, bookkeepers, and business advisors, compliance work alone is no longer enough. SMEs don’t just need end-of-year financials – they need real-time insight and strategic direction. They…
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12th Feb, 2021
Using Research & Development To Add Value To Companies!
Using Research & Development To Add Value To Companies!
Accountant's Minute 259
Research and development is an area that many accountants have very little experience in, but it is an area that many small business and medium-sized clients are interested in having a clear understa…
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12th Dec, 2018
Complacency - A Good Way To Go Broke
Complacency - A Good Way To Go Broke
Accountant's Minute 181
When you hear of new, innovative ideas in the world of accounting, is your first reaction to say “Oh well, my clients wouldn’t be interested in that”? Do you really know your clients as well as you…
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8th Nov, 2018
Don't Forget Medium-Sized Companies for Crowd Sourced Funding
Accountant's Minute 177
Medium-sized companies, turnover $2 million to $25 million, are a prime group of clients to whom accountants could consult relative to their directors’/management’s vision for the future to determine…
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20th Jun, 2017
Accountants, Business Plans are "Real Accountants' Work"
Accountants, Business Plans are "Real Accountants' Work"
Welcome to Accountants Minute.  I'm Peter Towers, Managing Director of ESS BIZTOOLS, ESS BASIP and ESS BIZGRANTS. Accountants, business plans are "real accountants' work", and that's what I wan…
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6th Jun, 2017
Sourcing Grants for SMEs Is Good Business Sense!
Sourcing Grants for SMEs Is Good Business Sense!
Good for your small/medium enterprise clients who want to access grants so as to improve their business activities with a subsidy from the government. Good for accountants to show your SME clients t…
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23rd May, 2017
"That's a Great Opportunity for Accountants/Advisers!"
This was the reaction from an experienced principal of an accountancy business when we discussed the opportunities available from “Crowd-Sourced Funding Equity Raising”. My colleague said “with this…
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7th Nov, 2016
Do You Really Know Your Accountancy Clients?
Do You Really Know Your Accountancy Clients?
Accountants, do you really know your clients?  At the ATSA Conference in Melbourne a couple of weeks ago, a number of the presenters referred to the concept of "trusted adviser".  Are you the "truste…
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9th Jun, 2015
The PPSA can send businesses broke!
There have been over 50 court cases relative to the Personal Property Securities Act (PPSA) and the associated Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) since the legislation was introduced to Aus…
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