On this edition of No Accounting for Taste podcast, Alan Woods from Woods Squared reports on the expanded Job Support Scheme and what he’s doing to support clients through the local lockdown.

This week, Liverpool became the first city to be put under tight local lockdown restrictions. Alan Woods is based in Merseyside, so knows too well what the tier three rules will mean for Liverpudlian businesses.

Alan joins AccountingWEB’s Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk to explain how he’s helping his clients’ content with the lockdown. Unsurprisingly then, Alan has a lot of interest in the expanded Job Support Scheme, announced by the Chancellor last week. But Alan calls for more certainty for his clients, as the Chancellor’s safety net for lockdown businesses doesn’t kick in until 1 November.

The team find out how Alan is contending with the new restrictions and how his support this time differs from the first lockdown. All this plus the latest headlines on AccountingWEB, including more on the Job Retention Bonus, the professional services grant and IR35.

You can find links to all the stories discussed on the podcast at AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep76-accountants-grapple-with-local-lockdown-restrictions

On this week’s episode, the AccountingWEB pod team unpicks the Chancellor’s Winter Economy Plan and discuss the effects the never-ending guidance is having on the profession.

Since we last recorded a podcast Chancellor Rishi Sunak unveiled the job support scheme, further self-employed grants and an extension to the coronavirus loans. To examine the news, host Richard Hattersley is joined by AccountingWEB’s editor-in-chief John Stokdyk and friend of the site and partner at Burton Sweet, Nigel Harris.

The team attempt to add meat to the bones of Sunak’s new job support scheme and judge the effectiveness of the tax deferment and coronavirus loan extensions. Aside from the winter rescue plan, tech enthusiast panel rate Xero’s vision for tax and practice software and advise an accountant ready to throw in the towel after failing their CIMA exams.

For links to the stories discussed on this podcast, head over to AccountingWEB: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep7-job-support-scheme-loans-and-stress

The AccountingWEB team is joined by Dan Heelan to discuss the high profile cases of furlough fraud and the dishonest use of the Bounce Back loans.

Joining host Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk to pore over the headlines on AccountingWEB this week is business owner turned accountant Dan Heelan from Heelan Associates.

The big story this week was the arrest of an accountant and a director for a suspected £70,000 furlough fraud. Meanwhile, Heelan flags the Bounce Back Loans as another support measure which may have been exploited.

Since the scheme launched we’ve seen discussions on AccountingWEB from readers concerned about clients applying for loans to use for non-business reasons such as ‘home improvements’, while another reader raised concern that a client has two bounce back loans with separate banks.

Heelan discusses the extent of Bounce Back Loan fraud and what can be done, if anything, to stamp it out.

This week's No Accounting for Taste chews over headlines including the regulation of tax advisers, what adversely affected really means, and we also discuss the challenges of female entrepreneurs and business owners.

Joining host Richard Hattersley to review the big stories of the week is PracticeWeb’s Ray Newman and beaming in from accountant’s corner is Rachel Martin, the founder of Accountant_she.

For links to all the stories discussed, go to AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep73-women-in-business-seiss-tax-regulation

With deferred taxes, loan repayments and the tough economic outlook hitting small businesses, this week’s No Accounting for Taste podcast explores the importance of cashflow forecasting.

AccountingWEB’s editor-in-chief John Stokdyk is joined this week by two cashflow enthusiasts. In her second outing on the pod is Kirsty McGregor, the founder and chairman of the corporate finance network, and making his pod debut is Paul Barnes, the managing director of MAP.

To start the show, the pod team races through the most read stories on AccountingWEB. Stories catching our eye this week include a new government grant which covers accountancy fees, the second SEISS grant, and confusion over Employer Allowance claims.

With the headlines out of the way, the team talk about the headline topic of the episode, cashflow and forecasting.

To view all of the stories discussed in today's episode, visit AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep72-are-businesses-being-left-behind

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we discuss clients left behind by the government’s business support measures, recruiting during the crisis and returning to the office.

AccountingWEB’s editorial team Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk are joined this week by Class of 2019 alumnus and Accounting Excellence finalist Andy Sullivan from Complete HQ to chew over the latest news in the accountancy and his firm’s response to the virus.

As a relatively new firm, Andy knows too well how tough it is starting out, finding clients and having a work-life balance. But if that wasn’t tough enough, throw in a global pandemic.

On top of all that, he had to recruit in the middle of the Covid-19 crisis. Andy had an influx of extra work because firms near him couldn’t cope, had furloughed staff or weren’t providing the service the businesses wanted. He talks the team through the process of hiring a new team member.

Links to the stories mentioned in this episode can be found here: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep71-recruiting-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste, we discuss the return of Making Tax Digital, the VAT cut for the hospitality sector and whether the Summer Statement measures will make any difference.

To tackle the news, host Richard Hattersley is joined this week by PracticeWeb’s Ray Newman and the managing director of Steele Financial, Ben Steele.

Get links to the stories discussed in this episode and more information: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep70-mtd-extended-vat-5-cut-and-eat-out-to-help-out

On this week’s No Accounting for Taste the editorial team is joined by practice owner Ria-Jaine Lincoln to assess an industry hit-hardest by the pandemic – the hair and beauty sector.

Over the last few episodes, we’ve heard from practitioners such as Glenn Martin and Zoe Whitman how tough the last few months have been for the clients they represent. A sector which has suffered a lot during this coronavirus crisis has been the beauty industry.

After months of uncertainty, the hair sector was finally able to open its doors once again on 4 July in England along with pubs, restaurants and much of the hospitality sector. But the beauty sector is still one of the remaining industries without a return date, leaving many of these businesses questioning their future.

Hosts Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk ask niche practice owner Ria-Jaine Lincoln how her beauty clients have coped over lockdown and find out how she's managed the excessive workload when her entire client base was unable to trade and needed her support.

For all the news and opinions from the world of accountancy, visit AccountingWEB.co.uk: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/

On this week’s episode of No Accounting for Taste, we explore how accountants have moved on from the Covid-19 crisis with stronger client relationships.

As lockdown gradually eases across the UK, many accountants are now seeing the fruit of their Covid-19 response and are being recognised with a renewed sense of loyalty from their clients.

In this episode, hosts Richard Hattersley and John Stokdyk are joined by PracticeWeb’s Mike Crook and Insight 101’s Phillipa Haynes to find out how SMEs feel accountants have performed during the Covid-19 crisis.

What the Covid-19 crisis has highlighted is that SMEs want strong communication skills from their accountant. Using data from their new SME insight report, Mike and Phillipa emphasise the importance of communication and human connection as part of the accountant and client relationship.

Go to AccountingWEB.co.uk for all the links discussed in this episode: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/no-accounting-for-taste-ep68-smes-rate-accountants-covid-19-performance

On this week’s edition of No Accounting for Taste, we discuss the death of the 9 to 5, July’s mini-Budget and the revised furlough scheme.

To examine the news this week, host Richard Hattersley is joined by PracticeWeb’s head of content Ray Newman, and Georgia Duffee, the director and accountant at Benedetto Accounts and Tax.

Georgia took the ultimate leap of faith at just 21 and started her own accountancy firm. We’ll discuss Georgia’s route into practice and whether being a young practice owner has enabled her to stand out from the crowd.

Georgia also reveals how she’s coped in her response to Covid-19. As an advocate of having a work-life balance, Georgia explains how effective time management has helped her keep on top of the workload without suffering the effects of the always-on culture.

Then the pod team reviews the latest news in accountancy, including how firms will adjust to the post-lockdown office life, what we can expect from the mini-Budget, the delay to the CIS reverse charge and the furlough scheme.