Anita Brook Blogs for Financial Mail

Guest Blog: Cut Carbon in Your Workplace

Anita Brook is founder of Accounts Assist, a growing firm of Chartered Certified Accountants specialising in accountancy and taxation services for all types of small businesses, freelancers, contractors and consultants. In the first of her blogs for FMWF, Anita looks at the steps businesses and employees can take to reduce the carbon footprint of their working day.

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Anita is an expert on Start Up Donut

Organisation – the key to making tax less taxing

Tax is never a popular subject – made even less so by recent revelations that HMRC has got many of our tax codes wrong, meaning excessive charges for some. Mistakes by HRMC aside, ‘tax doesn’t have to be taxing’, as the saying goes. If small firms take the time to keep their books in order throughout the year, a mad dash at key dates in the taxation calendar can be avoided.

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Accounts Assist founder writes for Fresh Business Thinking

Franchising – Sell Your Recipe For Success To Grow Your Business.

Franchising can provide an effective way to grow a business, selling the recipe for success of one company, which is then used by franchisees to set up their own business.
 

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Making Tax Work for You

As a director of a limited company, there are many ways to lower your liability for personal tax, and with the cash-strapped government now looking to find extra revenue from wherever it can, it is more important than ever to have a good understanding of your options.

Business on a budget

Daily Mail: Plenty of franchises cost less than £10,000, so you may be able to get started without borrowing money. Know exactly what you have to invest and investigate the full cost of the franchise...

How I decided which marketing method would work best

Smarta.com: Anita Brook, founder of Accounts Assist, talks to Smarta.com about how she decided which marketing method would work best for her growing firm.

New Year book-keeping resolutions for 2010

Telegraph.co.uk: Keeping track of cash flow in a small business can be a hit and miss affair. Anita Brook offers a few simple steps to take to get your business finances in order for 2010 – and keep them that way.

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A short guide to understanding self-assessment tax returns

Home Business Network: The 31 Jan deadline for filing self-assessment tax returns online is fast approaching and if you’re self-employed, you’ll probably need to complete yours. Anita Brook gives the basics of self-assessment.

Regaining your work-life balance

Financial Mail Women's Forum: Anita Brook, director of chartered accountancy firm Accounts Assist, gives her tips.

Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards - Finalists Supplement

Northamptonshire Evening Telegraph: Accounts Assist are pleased to have been named as finalists in the Northamptonshire Business Excellence Awards.

Cut tax by ensuring you claw deductions back

The Sunday Telegraph: Attention to detail can make a big difference when it comes to returns, says Anita Brook.

Five minutes with Anita Brook

Buckinghamshire and Winslow Advertiser: Anita Brook, director and founder of Accounts Assist, gives her answers to questions such as: If you had any superpower, what would it be, and why?

Achieving a good work-life balance when working from home

Home Business Network: Working from home is an attractive option for many seeking a more flexible approach to their working day, promising a more comfortable and familiar work environment, and a better balance between work and family life, says Anita Brook.

Finance for franchising

SMEweb: Pension payouts? Business loan? Home equity? Anita Brook takes a look at the options to consider.

What to look for when choosing a franchise

BusinessWings.co.uk: Anita Brook gives a rundown of some of the key features to look for when choosing a franchise.

Accountancy that adds up

Making Money: Accounts Assist introduces an accountancy franchise with a difference.

The low down on starting a franchise

Bytestart: "If you are running a successful business, the prospect of replicating that success throughout the country, with a team of crack managers at the helm can seem very attractive, but franchising is hard work, and lots of planning is required to ensure it is a success."

Accounts Assist in Daily Mail franchise feature

Daily Mail: The part time way to profit. Accounts Assist franchisees provide an accounting service to the self-employed and small businesses.

Anita Brook 60 second interview

Smarta.com: "She's braved the rigours of City life, but can she brave the Smarta countdown? Accounts Assist's Anita Brook makes her 60 second pitch."

Choosing a business medium for your start-up

newbusiness.co.uk: "Surviving as a start-up is very often reliant upon setting up a solid business structure at the outset, says ACCA certified accountant Anita Brook of Accounts Assist."

Entrepreneur Interview, Anita Brook

Pressman: "In the latest of our series of exclusive interviews with entrepreneurs we spoke to accounts guru Anita Brook."

Accounts Assist Pledges Commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance Excellence

Yahoo! News: "With ocean temperatures rising and trust in financial services diminished, chartered accountancy firm Accounts Assist is introducing a raft of measures to ensure that the firm remains a beacon of environmental, social and governance (ESG) best practice."

How to keep your cash flow healthy

H&H Associates: "Seeking additional funding from banks or investors isn’t the only thing you can do to improve cash flow in a flagging economy, says certified accountant Anita Brook."

How to keep your cash flow healthy

newbusiness.co.uk: "Whenever a recession hits, one of the worst affected groups is small business owners. With budgets restricted, people not only tend to buy less, but they also tend to take longer to pay, putting a squeeze on suppliers’ cash flow."

Accounts Assist Launches Transparent Accountancy for the Credit Crunched Age

Yahoo! News: "Mindful of the difficulty many small companies and individuals have in budgeting for the unpredictable costs associated with services charged by the entry or by the hour, Accounts Assist have developed seven fixedcost accounts and bookkeeping packages, starting from just £150.00 per year."

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