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Do you know what your numbers know? 

We’ve been blogging on our website for five years now. So it can be interesting to look back on what’s been popular with our clients. One surprise from our email stats was that lots of folk were interested in our plain-English take on financial accounts.…
Andrew Gwynne
August 3, 2026
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What you can learn from a hotel doorman

Let’s imagine you’re in London for a weekend. You’ll see elegant hotels - perhaps you’ll be lucky enough to stay in one. You’ll sense the quiet prestige of places like The Ritz, quietly rising above the hurly-burly. Outside, the perfectly composed doorman seems like part…
Andrew Gwynne
April 7, 2026
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How to get more from HMRC….

.....by ticking the Gift Aid box when making donations to charities. As accountants, we’re often asked about the most efficient ways to support good causes. One of the most effective – and very often overlooked – is Gift Aid. It’s a long-standing government initiative that…
Karen
February 17, 2026
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When to ignore the bloke down the pub

Last month, Angela Rayner resigned her plumb job as deputy prime minister. She’ll also need to make good on the £40,000 she underpaid in stamp duty on a £800,000 flat. It looks like she got the wrong tax advice, or didn’t follow it properly. That’s…
Andrew Gwynne
October 2, 2025

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