Accountant's Minute's Podcast

Informações:

Synopsis

Peter Towers presents a minute to keep Australian accountants up to date with client business advisory services and grant information.

Episodes

  • Lack of Challenging Work Creating Talent Shortages!

    26/07/2022 Duration: 18min

    Accountants are facing a worsening talent shortage according to the recent edition of CommBank’s Accounting Market Pulse. In November 2021 “Australian Accounting Guru” Andrew Geddes indicated that “partners of accountancy firms are saying there are not enough young accountants, but no, there are enough of them, they have chosen not to work in the profession because they have been asked to do compliance work only and to obtain 80% productivity which has caused people to say – I’m not sure I want to work in that environment”. More: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=449&Itemid=639

  • Sneaky Clients who miss out on Big Rewards

    05/05/2022 Duration: 21min

    Are your clients carrying out research and development activities behind your back? You might be surprised to discover that many SMEs conduct their research and development activities in total secrecy. That’s because they’ve been scared off by blogs and articles warning about confidentiality and protecting intellectual property. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=447&Itemid=639

  • Diversification, Why Accountants Shake In Their Boots

    26/04/2022 Duration: 35min

    How often do you take the time to step back and catch a high-level view of your accountancy practice and the way it’s performing? Most of us are too busy doing the things we do day-to-day to meet our clients’ tax needs.  We just don’t get the time to take that helicopter view as often as we’d like. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=446&Itemid=639

  • The State of the Accounting Industry in Australia

    22/04/2022 Duration: 35min

    How often do you take the time to step back and catch a high-level view of your accountancy practice and the way it’s performing? Most of us are too busy doing the things we do day-to-day to meet our clients’ tax needs.  We just don’t get the time to take that helicopter view as often as we’d like.

  • Crowd Sourced Funding Equity Raising – Is It For You?

    14/04/2022 Duration: 25min

    If you can spare just a few minutes, I’d like you to consider a couple of questions. The answers to these questions could help: reshape the way you do business; pave the way for more interesting and challenging work; produce some very happy clients; and most importantly; create a new sources of revenue. Here’s a suggestion. Why don’t you print out this article and note the answers next to the questions, so you can review them later. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=445&Itemid=639

  • How Accountants Gain From Business Advisory Services

    07/04/2022 Duration: 14min

    Let’s start today with a snap quiz! Did you read last May’s Accounting Market Pulse report and seriously think “maybe our accounting firm should be offering those Business Advisory Services to our clients?” Now, eleven months later, have you done anything about it? Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=444&Itemid=639

  • SME Needs Analysis - A New Way to Provide Enhanced Business Services to Your Clients

    31/03/2022 Duration: 17min

    If you want to add a new long-term income stream to your accountancy practice without having to meet those hefty development costs, then keep reading. At ESS BIZTOOLS, we have developed a new package that will help you to diversify into Business Advisory Services for your clients, without you having to ‘reinvent the wheel.’ Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=443&Itemid=639

  • Offering Business Advisory Services Without a Contractual Commitment

    25/03/2022 Duration: 30min

    Our team at ESS BIZTOOLS has created an opportunity for accountants, like you, to offer a broader range of commercial services to their SME clients in a cost effective way. Providing professional Business Advisory Services can add a new stream of income that will flow into your practice and help grow your business. But, for smaller firms, offering new services over and above compliance work is often seen as an uphill battle, especially with all the preparatory work involved. Read More: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=442&Itemid=639

  • Challenges for Accountants in 2022

    17/03/2022 Duration: 04min

    This article is based on the podcast conversation Andrew Geddes, Accounting Industry Coach with Peter Towers, Managing Director ESS BIZTOOLS – “Challenges for Accountants in 2022”: Getting to the starting point What are the things to nail? SME needs review Does a client need funding? Succession planning Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=441&Itemid=639

  • Transition to Business Advisory Services

    09/03/2022 Duration: 13min

    Making it easier for you – Access to Business Advisory Services Product Streams without a Contractual Commitment! “Getting to the Starting Point” Development of Product Champions Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=439&Itemid=639

  • Navigating the Transition to Business Advisory Services

    07/03/2022 Duration: 12min

    How long have you been discussing the implementation of a diversification strategy to introduce Business Advisory Services to your accounting firm? It is nearly 10 months since the CommBank Accounting Market Pulse Report was produced which indicated that 95% of the accounting firms that the CommBank had interviewed had indicated that in 2021 and 2022 they would be “diversifying services”. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=438&Itemid=639

  • Ready For A Change?

    24/02/2022 Duration: 05min

    Change is always difficult and there never is a really good time to implement it.  Let’s look at the current situation in Australia.  The Reserve Bank Governor’s forecast last week, that he expected unemployment to be about 3.7% later this year, highlighted that the Reserve Bank Directors believe that economic conditions are going to be better this year and, in fact, the forecast unemployment percentage is the lowest in 50 years. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=437&Itemid=639

  • Don’t “Beat Around” You Need To Make Changes – NOW!

    16/02/2022 Duration: 14min

    Every accountant that I talk to indicates to me that the market is changing. Some of the issues that are discussed with me include, The Accountants Daily article which indicated that 70% of employed accountants are evaluating their employment prospects elsewhere. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=436&Itemid=639

  • Ready for a Change

    10/02/2022 Duration: 10min

    Are you hesitant to implement changes to  your accountancy firm because you don’t know where to start? This is not an uncommon problem.  Many accountants have thought about diversification and have decided to implement diversification but never seem to find the time – there is always another compliance task that you think has to be done by you! Sound familiar?  Then I hope that the following comments will assist you and show you that you are not alone in being caught halfway between making a decision to “ implement change” and “getting started”   [Read the Full Article Here]

  • PLANNING FOR 2022!

    31/01/2022 Duration: 05min

    2022 has now really started for business people with schools recommencing or about to commence around Australia and with more and more people returning to work within their actual business premises. It’s a time of the year that many people will be thinking about their planning for 2022. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=433&Itemid=639

  • COMMUNICATIONS CONFIRMS DIVERSIFICATION!

    17/01/2022 Duration: 08min

    Do you intend to continue or embark on a diversification strategy during 2022?  The CommBank Accounting Market Pulse released in May 2021 indicated that 95% OF THE ACCOUNTING FIRMS OF ALL SIZES FROM ALL OVER AUSTRALIA THAT THEY HAD SURVEYED HAD INDICATED THAT THEY INTENDED TO DIVERSIFY THEIR SERVICES IN 2021 AND 2022! Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=432&Itemid=639

  • 2022 – Falling Behind or Scaling Up?

    10/01/2022 Duration: 11min

    Let us look at the issues confronting accountancy firms: “OVER 70% OF THE ACCOUNTANCY PROFESSION EYEING OPPORTUNITIES ELSEWHERE – the “great resignation” impacting the accounting team”.  Accountants Daily  “Any employer who is not thinking about how to retain existing employees and attract new ones could fall behind”.  Dr Jane Rennie, General Manager External Affairs at CPA Australia reported in Accountants Daily Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=431&Itemid=639

  • Don’t Fall Behind – Adapt Scaling Up!

    10/01/2022 Duration: 08min

    You are invited to visit: www.essbiztools.com.au and www.essbizgrants.com.au to view a sample of the product packages that have been developed to assist Accountants, Business Advisors, Chief Financial Officers for SMEs and Bookkeepers supply value adding diversified services to SME Clients. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=425&Itemid=639

  • Supercharging for 2022!

    17/12/2021 Duration: 21min

    There is no doubt that Accountancy firms are going to face significant challenges and great opportunities in 2022.  This is our final review of some of the challenges and issues that were encountered in 2021 that will probably continue in 2022. Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=423&Itemid=639

  • Accountants Need To Fill Up The Hopper

    10/12/2021 Duration: 06min

    “Accountants need to fill up the “hopper” by keeping marketing going to keep the “hopper” filled up because every business experiences clients dropping out of the bottom of the “hopper” and if you don’t keep topping it up, and you, just arrogantly go along and say I have got plenty of business I don’t need to worry, clients will drop out of the bottom of the “hopper” to the point that you are no longer viable.” Read more: https://www.essbiztools.com.au/index.php?option=com_zoo&task=item&item_id=422&Itemid=639

page 2 from 5