19th Mar 2021
Having just read that sentence, I suspect there are many freelancers, independent consultants and contractors whose blood just froze. IR35 rules are like the killer in a low budget horror film. Just when you thought they were finally gone, they jump out to scare the pants off you, again. Well, sorry folks, it’s back. […]
5th Mar 2021
There was a time when outsourcing got a bad rap, often deserved. The term became associated with firms moving their call centres to far-flung locations or worse, getting a third party to support a firm’s IT. In both cases, it never went as smoothly as planned with poor customer service and interminable waits to get […]
7th Jan 2021
I hope you enjoyed my recent blog on how the lockdowns have inspired me, my family and my business. It was useful to reflect on the many learning points that the trials of 2020 have offered and to find some unexpected but welcome optimism. How many times have we heard the terms ‘unprecedented,’ ‘once in a […]
16th Dec 2020
As I write the UK and EU are in the final throws of trying to bash out a post-Brexit trade deal. The atmosphere is fraught with issues of fishing, state aid and the future governance of whatever arrangements they can hammer out (or otherwise). Whatever happens, things are going to change. Whether we get […]
7th Dec 2020
Don’t know about you but it seems that the Coronavirus has now permeated everything. Our every thought and action seems to be dominated by the bug. It’s changed our behaviours and the way we work. Our lives appear laden with risk and dire consequence. Alas, even after almost half a year in the shadow of […]
30th Jun 2020
When I started Enso in 2018, I set some clear objectives. Naturally my primary goal was to provide professional accounting services to SMEs using the skills I’d acquired working for large management consultancies. Second, and just as important, I wanted to help my customers harness the power of financial accounting software like Xero. Core to […]
5th May 2020
So, we’ve now spent a good couple of months in Coronavirus UK, and the various human and financial tolls are mounting up. Sadly, it’s not a pretty picture with the terrible effects of the virus being writ large every day. More encouraging on the commercial side, there has been some useful interventions from the government. […]
3rd Mar 2020
The launch of BMW’s new electric Mini is imminent. A celebrated design icon built in response to a long-forgotten fuel crisis finally converts to eco-friendly energy. It’s hailed as a bonafide people’s car – a versatile 181 bhp run-around with a 145-mile range and all the groovy chic that comes with the Mini brand. Here […]
20th Dec 2019
Continuing my series on accounting technology, I thought it was about time I talked about Starling Bank, a real disruptor in the banking sector. You may have seen some of their adverts on the TV, the one with the Airstream food trailer and wondered what it is, what it offers and why it is different. […]
12th Aug 2019
I blame Monty Python. Before they started to take the mickey out of chartered accountants, it was considered a noble and worthy profession. It still is of course, but since John Cleese et al. had a go, there’s always the undertow of it being a tad boring. We all want to be lion tamers it […]