Accountants' Success Secrets Philippa

In this episode of A.S.S. we speak to Nicola Mason who has come on a long and very successful journey.From deciding to go it alone and taking a "job" from Indeed to building up to 11 clients over one year, Nicola is now in a partnership of 3 with massive growth plans and quite a challenge to manage her time.You'll hear about working 7 days a week, despite her best intentions, managing a young baby and also growing in such a way that she's looking to recruit and quickly.This is a story of 3 pe...

In this episode Mark Lee and Philippa Haynes review the latest 5 episodes of A.S.S and pull out some of the fantastic learnings One of the key themes is being a business as well as an accounting firm with the understanding that "if you can't manage your own business, how can you manage someeone elses"There's a strong theme around communiction and relationships too which is something that some accountants confess to struggling with.If you're looking for a quick catch up, this is def...

In this episode we welcome Jonathan Ford Jonathan is a director of Writers Tax Limited - a firm of chartered accountants that specialises in helping authors, script writers and other professional writers with their tax and accountancy needs. Johathan has a number of accolades to his name: Co-author of the Number 1 Best Seller - Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook. Winner of the Accounting Excellence Specialist Team of the Year Award 2022. Wi...

In this episode we talk to Pavan who has only been in business for 5 years but who brings a wealth of knowledge around the softer skills which many accountants may lack.Good with communication and excellent at explaining the data to clients, Pavan has niched in a difficult space - creative agencies!Not know for their financial acument, Pavan has got his work cut out with agencies but thrives on talking face to face or on zoom and turning difficult financial data into clear and actionable insi...

In this episode we talk to Graeme Tennick.Graeme describes himself as Chief Impact Officer at Tennick Accountants, a multi award winning accounting firm. He’s from the North East, grew up with a Dad who had a forklift business and prides himself on being hands on and not afraid to do some hard graft. Business first and accountants second.There are some fabulous insights for other bookkeepers and accountants but the thinking around the broken relationship between client and accountant is...

In this episode of A.S.S we are delighted to be talking to Mitch Hahn, CEO of Nordens. Having joined the firm in its earliest days, Mitch has been instrumental in its phenomenal growth. From helping to write the first chapter of the Nordens’ story, Mitch has risen to his current position of CEO, overseeing Business Development with a role that focuses on introducing and nurturing new clients and helping businesses grow and navigate through any issues they may be facing with specifi...