Book-keeping should be simple. Something that, once set up with a professional partner, you barely need to think about. Why should you have to, when there are so many other business tasks demanding your valuable time and attention as you grow your SME? Too often, however, what should be a straightforward business service causes more problems than it solves. Here are some of the issues that SMEs and their accountants face – and a surprisingly achievable vision of the dream book-keeper… READ MORE

Put business people together and it won’t be long before someone mentions outsourcing. It might be in the context of freeing time for the other activities you’re told you must do to compete in the market place. Or to do with concerns about maintaining service quality. Or even the difference between outsourcing and offshoring. Whatever the reason, the consensus is increasingly likely to favour outsourcing. READ MORE

Yes, this headline is correct! With at least one industry observer reporting that SMEs are discovering more benefits than they previously imagined from auto enrolment, the time’s right to look at positive aspects of this fast-approaching requirement for SMEs like yours… READ MORE

We're all very familiar with the term SME and hardly anyone needs reminding that it stands for Small Medium Enterprise. It's used everyday somewhere or other. READ MORE

  BookCheck is in the middle between lenders and their customers - we hear both sides. Our clear and extensive experience is that there is a disconnect between the two. Whilst lending continues, the question is how many deals have been lost because of this. And how much are growth prospects being wasted? READ MORE