ACCA conversations Pat Delbridge

Should you recruit an admin person or an accountant first? In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about taking on staff – at what point it becomes necessary, whether to recruit an admin role or an accountant role first, how outsourcing can help, using HR consultants, and planning for future recruitment. Who’d have thought that Pilates classes are a great place to recruit….This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney. 

What should you factor into your pricing? In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about pricing - the risk of pricing too low when you first start up, different pricing models, pricing strategy, proposal software, price increases, and the advent of value pricing.This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney. You’ll find a great video by Carl Reader of d&t about pricing models and unbilled work on the hub at https://bit.ly/pricingandfees, as well as videos by the team at Gravitate Accounting about fee quotations, and Calvin Cooper of CRC Accountancy about valuing what you’re delivering to clients.

What’s the best way to get your new accountancy practice out there? In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about marketing your practice using social media as well as more traditional routes, the importance of SEO for your website, and how it isn’t a case of one size fits all. This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney. You’ll find our marketing podcast series with PracticeWeb in the hub at https://bit.ly/marketingpods alongside two videos by Ashley Leeds - the 15-Minute Guy - about how practice owners can make the most of their LinkedIn profiles to attract clients.

In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about the add-ons to bookkeeping software that they use, debate CRM versus Excel, and talk about how you manage anti-money laundering requirements. This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney. You can find ACCA’s AML resources on our technical advisory website at https://www.accaglobal.com/uk/en/technical-activities/data-and-information-security.html. 

In this episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about software – whether you get the clients or the software first, the different types of bookkeeping, accounts & tax production and proposal software, CRM, and how the software needs of your practice will evolve over time.This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney.

In the second episode of the series, Amy Hancock and James Goulsbra talk about practice structure, practice names, the ideal client and deciding on the services you’ll offer when you’re first setting up.This podcast series complements our hub Creating Tomorrow’s Practice Today – a hub covering regulation, tips from other members and ACCA partners, and how you can build your community. There’s even a checklist that you can use to check your progress. You can check out our hub at https://bit.ly/startyourpracticejourney.