Six in ten (61%) Leeds workers moved to the city from elsewhere, compared to half (52%) in Manchester, according to new research from Employment Hero Proprietary Employment Hero data shows employment at small businesses in Leeds grew 12.1% in the three months to September, five times the rate in Manchester (2.4%) Leeds is now a … [Read more…]
More small businesses are now recording income and expenses directly in the banking and business apps they use every day. But that doesn’t remove the need for professional accounting advice. In fact, it can create new opportunities to support clients, particularly those who are still building confidence with digital record-keeping. Clients still need your expertise … [Read more…]
Daniella Angel has spent nearly fifteen years in talent acquisition, agency and in-house, hiring everyone from entry level to executive. For most of those years she’d read every CV herself. Daniella had tried AI scoring on and off (with other tools) but had written it off. Then one role brought in 3,994 applications. Now, Daniella … [Read more…]
The CFO role has always included two jobs: keeping score and shaping strategy. What’s changed is the balance between them. Deloitte’s Finance Trends 2026 report, based on a survey of 1,326 global finance leaders, found that 57% now play a leading role in shaping their organisation’s strategy, and that these strategy-influencing leaders manage 20% more … [Read more…]
Most businesses don’t decide against changing payroll providers. They just decide they’re too busy and they’ll “do it later.” And later probably seems reasonable. There’s a lot on, the current system “basically” works, and nobody wants to be the person who broke payday. So switching payroll providers goes on the list for the next quarter, … [Read more…]
Key takeaways Saved four days a month on invoicing, freeing staff to focus on customer relationships. Customer payment reminders are automatic, removing friction. Forecasting looks months ahead for improved stock planning. Accounts are visible from any location, saving time and increasing efficiency for staff on the move. From very limited stock to more than 100 … [Read more…]
Getting the go-ahead to hire is supposed to be good news. Budget approved, help on the way, someone to take work off the team. Then the applications start arriving. 200 by Friday. 2,000 by the end of the month. And the person who has to read them is doing it at 9pm, because their day … [Read more…]
A finance system that worked well at £10 million in revenue doesn’t always keep pace at £30 million. That’s rarely because the software broke. It’s because growth changes what a finance system needs to do, and the gap between what it does and what the business now needs widens quietly, month by month, until someone … [Read more…]
Nobody books a quick chat to tell you they’re happy. So when someone good asks for ten minutes and doesn’t say what it’s about, you pretty much know they’ll be gone in a month. The temptation is to file it under money, or London, or bad luck… And sometimes that’s what it is. More often … [Read more…]
There’s no better way to round off season one of Sound Advice than with two incredibly talented and experienced freelancers. And they just so happen to be our hosts of the podcast. We’re saying a brief farewell to the lovely Bex Burn-Callander as she goes on maternity leave. But luckily, she’s handing over the mic … [Read more…]