Richard Sergeant
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Specialist insight and business development support for accountants and their vendors. Cloud advocate with a pragmatist eye.
Director Principle Point
23rd Jun 2020
Firms catch tech adoption fever during pandemic
In the heat of the crisis, the first person many business owners turned to was their accountant. Managing the sudden influx of questions...
Accounting software
20th May 2020
Remote IT security: Reinforce the human firewall
The spike in cyberattacks and coronavirus-related vulnerabilities in recent months has left businesses exposed after hurried arrangements...
Tech pulse
22nd Apr 2020
Audits slowed but continue in spite of COVID-19
With the warning signs of COVID-19 approaching back in early March, audit firms were faced with the prospect of conducting work under...
Financial reporting
18th Mar 2020
Are automation tools fulfilling their promise?
The flow of data from one system to another is one of the heralded benefits of having more cloud-enabled software. A question, however,...
Tech pulse
19th Feb 2020
Is it time to move to a bank for your accounting software?
Banks have started to make their way into the world of fintech, and more recently, have been attempting more seriously to integrate banking...
Accounting software
11th Dec 2019
Banks as app partners: The race to secure or sideline the profession
It’s fair to say that many of the high street banks have fallen out of favour with accountants over the years. Key gripes include how...
Tech pulse
16th Sep 2019
Where are the best places for accountants to network?
Zoe Whitman recently wrote on AccountingWEB about how she learned to stop worrying and love networking . As Whitman outlined, networking is...
Practice strategy
5th Aug 2019
Does private equity hold the key to accountancy's future?
With a consolidator resurgence brewing, Richard Sergeant examines if we can learn from the lessons of the past and if there is a stable...
General practice
22nd Jul 2019
Cloud reality check: Will firms pass the MTD test?
The latest figures from software vendors and AccountingWEB all point to the inexorable rise of cloud accounting. Drawing on these sources...
Practice software
17th Jun 2019
Is risk a natural part of being an accountant?
Does being a leader in accountancy mean managing risks or taking them? Richard Sergeant speaks to five accountants about their attitude...
Practice strategy