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In Practice

Accountants in practice can find the help they need to build a successful and thriving business here. These pages will help you grow your practice and include tips on promoting your services, billing, effective team management and training.

We pose the questions that you need answers to and ask experts in their field, from business coaches to practice development experts.

Sole practitioners will find this a place to exchange ideas with colleagues in a similar position, and benefit from the experience of those who have “been there, done it”.

Ask Finola

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Got a professional problem and need some expert advice? Accountants' coach Finola McManus is on hand to answer your questions.
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Coach Carol: Your attention please!

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The future of the profession, part two

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Coach Carol: Professional perfectionism

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Personal development coach Carol McLachlan explains why it's not always a good idea to strive for perfection.

CIMA's new president answers your questions

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As well as putting him through our own grilling, we asked Aubrey Joachim your burning questions.

Interview: CIMA president on why ‘accountant’ has become a dirty word

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The future of the profession

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The professional landscape is changing, but what does the future hold for your practice? Mark Lee offers an insight into the road ahead for the accountancy profession.

Life on accountancy's online frontier

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Ray Backler moved all his clients to an online accounting system and five years later he still has no regrets.

Four proven ways to win new clients

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Steve Pipe FCA outlines how to gain referrals from clients and win over new prospects.

Soft skills update: Developing a winning attitude

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A positive attitude is the key to business success, says Peter Gill.

Interview: Kevin Robert, CCH

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Mark Lee meets Kevin Robert, CEO of Wolters Kluwer's tax and accounting division.

Practical health and safety for accountants

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Malcolm Tullett explains how practice managers can reduce the risks accountants face in their line of duty.

Practice management training: The Defining Edge

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AccountingWEB.co.uk’s Rob Lewis casts an eye over Defining Edge, a new suite of practice management strategy software. I interviewed Mark Lloydb...

Digita tech quiz: How nerdy are you?

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Take the Icons of Technology test and find out how geeky you really are.

Coach Carol: My aim is true

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Carol McLachlan explains how accountants can leverage their skills to meet personal targets.

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Any Answers theme of the month

This month we look at that hardy perennial...tax credits

Practitioner's Diary

"The student finance form fiasco is another good example of the government's inability to get its departments to talk to eachother". Our West Country Practitioner is not impressed.

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