Do you know that accountants/advisers have been identified by small/medium enterprises as being your "trusted adviser"? This is a recognition of accountants/advisers supplying a wider range of professional services other than taxation.

Taxation doesn't help you add value to your business, however some of the other non-compliance areas that accountants/advisers have been trained to offer can assist you to build real value in your business.

ESS Small Business develops a range of products for small/medium enterprises to use. We offer webinars, videos and interviews with people who can assist small/medium enterprises and small/medium enterprise operators themselves.

We've also developed tools to assist accountants/advisers to be able to deliver this range of non-compliance services to you as a small/medium enterprise operator.

In fact, our products will assist you to have a better grasp of your overall business operations and hopefully will contribute to adding value to your business. A selection of the products which we have available for accountants to assist you include:

• Debtors' Management
• Business Planning
• Personal Property Securities Register Due Diligence
• Chief Financial Officer Services
• Identifying grants – so you can receive some government assistance for some of your projects
• Succession Planning
• Business Evaluation

If you would like to have a conversation with an accountant who is committed to offering a broader range of professional services, other than just "taxation", ESS Small Business has a directory of accountants/advisers who are interested in supplying a wider range of services, commonly known as "business advisory services", to small/medium enterprises. This directory is called "Find an Accountant/Adviser".

Visit www.esssmallbusiness.com.au and click on "Find an Accountant/Adviser" menu tab. All you need to do is to type in your postcode and the system will then show you accountants/advisers in or near your postcode who offer a wider range of commercial services to small/medium enterprises.

We're presenting a special webinar, featuring "Business Evaluation Workshop", on Tuesday 21st June 2016 at 4pm AEST. If you would like to register, free of charge, please click here.

A copy of a complimentary article, "Planning Your Business – Small Businesses", is attached with this transcript.

If you have any questions in relation to how accountants/advisers can assist you to add value to your business, please don't hesitate to contact me on 1800 232 088 or send me an email at [email protected].

Peter Towers

Managing Director