How to manage a seamless payroll
Your business is up and running and you’re starting to take on staff. How familiar are you with the responsibilities of running a payroll scheme? If you’re doing it yourself, Nicola Cantrill from our payroll team can offer a few useful tips to help you get it right. Running a company can be exciting and […]
Choose your auditor wisely
You’re the finance director of an SME and understand the critical importance of getting the audit process right. But how do you select an appropriate partner? Ryan Smith from Page Kirk’s audit department outlines eight key criteria you might want to consider. In many ways, professional audit is the bedrock of successful business. It’s the […]
Get ahead of the game with your year-end accounts
If you’re preparing your year-end accounts, it’s worth having a checklist in place for the kind of information your accountant will need. Here are the SIX things you should try to resolve before setting everything in motion, writes James Tarr from our accounts and audit department. Some small business owners leave pretty much everything related […]
Is it time to turn payroll inside out?
If you think that payroll is best handled in-house, this blog from Page Kirk’s Payroll Manager, Jo Poulter, may change your perspective. Outsourcing payroll is becoming much more common these days. Historically, many businesses have kept their payroll operation in-house, perhaps feeling that it’s likely to be more cost-effective and liking the idea that they’re […]
What does the King’s Speech mean for business?
The King’s Speech on 17th July proposed a whole raft of new legislation from the incoming government. Here, Page Kirk Senior Partner John Wallis, outlines some of the measures that will have the greatest implications for business. With a large majority in the House of Commons, the new Labour government has outlined an ambitious programme […]
Advantage business!
Sitting down for the tennis at Wimbledon? You’ll appreciate that the tournament is big business as well as a great sporting spectacle. Jonathan Brown from our audit team, looks at parallels between the grass court grand slam and some of the issues that you might want to address in your own SME. Ace! If you […]
Putting theory into practice
Charlotte Jeal joined us on a placement from Aston University in September. Here, the travel-loving Accounting and Finance student tells us about her experience at Page Kirk. I originally wanted to do a placement year because I found it difficult to understand how the theoretical content we learn at university applies in a real company. […]
An American adventure
Chartered Accountant Sonja Dengler has just returned from an exchange trip to Wisconsin, where she spent a month at Wegner CPAs in Madison. The trip was made possible by our membership of Accelerate, a community of accounting firms with international coverage through Crowe Global, and we’re looking forward to welcoming Wenger accountant Jordon Dittmer very […]