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Andrew Geddes, Accounting Industry Coach and former Chair of Greencross Ltd, a Top 200 ASX company joined Peter Towers, Managing Director, ESS BIZTOOLS for a discussion in Session 2 of the ESS BIZTOO…

SYSTEMISING BUSINESS ADVISORY SERVICES In last week’s ESS BIZTOOLS’ Business Advisory Services Podcast – “Systemising Business Advisory Services”, Peter Towers, Managing Director, ESS BIZTOOLS discu…

The question that many accountants have is “Where do you start on the implementation of a diversification strategy?” It starts with a new service and then effectively communicating that you are offe…

“The future will be vastly different – we will see some clients receiving diversified services which will create greater value for the client’s business, but also the accounting firm” Jordan Lowry, M…

One of the obvious diversification strategies that accountants can pursue is to assist SME clients to have a better understanding of the government grants that are available and to assist clients in…

The CommBank Accounting Market Pulse Report, a few months ago, commented that only 5% of the accounting firms that were surveyed for the production of the report “will not be diversifying services in…

Predictive Accounting enables accountants to utilise their skills to assist SME clients to navigate future problems in addition to recording the financial history of what has already occurred. …

What is your firm’s point of difference?  From a SMEs’ point of view most accountancy firms look the same – the majority provide a service relating to the preparation of annual financial account…

According to the recent report released by CommBank Accounting Market Pulse, diversification of services is a major objective by accountancy firms all over Australia this financial year. ESS BIZTOOL…

One of our Affiliates has agreed to support professional firms who subscribe to ESS BIZTOOLS’ Special Package Offers before 6th August 2021 with ten packages being available to the first ten new subs…

Happy New Financial Year!  - Monday 12th July 2021 Debtors Management - A Key Business Advisory Services Product “Longest debtors’ days outstanding in the world!”  This dubious title was…

Predictive Accounting - 3 Way Forecasting Adds Real Value The process of the preparation of a three-way financial forecast, which is known as “Predictive Accounting”, adds real value to the input th…

The financial year commenced with significant challenges for businesses, governments and accountants trying to assist clients to survive the challenges of COVID-19. At 30th June 2021, 12,000,000 peo…

It’s the end of 2020/21 and the beginning of 2021/22.  The CommBank Accounting Market Pulse Report has identified that most accountancy firms will be implementing a broader range of services.&nb…

Business Advisory Services has been talked about for the last decade and has got a little bit closer to becoming a mainstream accounting industry service each year, over that 10 year period. The Com…

The CommBank Accounting Market Pulse report released early in May 2021 identified that the firms that the review team had identified as “leading firms” are “looking to boost staff numbers which refle…

Accountants who are committed to offering a broader range of diversified services, known as “Business Advisory Services”, to SME clients need to assist those clients in planning their future. Busine…

Preparation is important and not trying to answer all potential questions about “Business Advisory Services” at the very beginning. Business advisory services is basically supplying to small busines…