I have been SO busy this year so far, I haven't had much time to reflect on 2018. I'm pretty much running around after the puppy (who's already enormous) and trying to keep all my clients up to date while he's asleep. A challenge, to say the least, especially when the...
I'm not sure what the rationale was when HMRC decided that the self assessment deadline should be 31 January. Was it to distract the bean counters over the festive season so they couldn't judge their client's expenses? (NB: We would, obviously, never judge you. Never.)...
Yesterday was the ICAEW's Practice Conference with the tagline "Connecting in a Digital World". Its a great event primarily aimed at, unsurprisingly, chartered accountants in practice, and I was delighted to be asked to speak about my experience of setting up Bulldog A...
Next week I'm attempting to have a whole week where I do not work on Bulldog Accounting. I'm not actually going anywhere (which would be a better way of ensuring I keep away from the computer) but I am determined that I will be having some time off. I'm tired, and I ne...
Rather a lot seems to have been happening recently and I've got a bit sidetracked from blogging. However, as I'm currently sofa-locked with a poorly pup asleep on me, I thought I would share a few thoughts on HMRC's upcoming Making Tax Digital initiative.
It was a busy summer for us at Bulldog Towers but the crowning achievement of August has got to be the completion of the home office. After a year of piling up paperwork on the kitchen table (and clearing it away resentfully every time we have guests), I now have a pro...
Despite celebrating the one year anniversary of Bulldog Accounting the "entity" a couple of months ago, I have the slightly more poignant date next week when it will be one whole year since I left full time employment to work on this venture. I cannot believe how time...
The last few weeks have been very busy (and VERY hot) at Bulldog Towers and I am lacking the focus to put together a proper, helpful blog post. I do, however, like to share my "journey" (ugh) so I am cobbling together the highlights and lobbing them into the cosmos:
