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Succession Planning
The price is right –selling your practice
This paper looks at practitioners reaching the age of retirement, and the possible options available to them when selling up. It focuses on highlighting the difference between a Sole Practitioner and multi partner firm, as well as giving suggestions on other points to consider before a sell is made.
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 17 June 2011 | Business Area: Succession Planning
Succession in the Accountancy Profession
This article by Ron Goldsmith, of Goldsmith Practice Services investigates the pitfalls and dilemmas surrounding the important topic of succession, and what the next step should be.
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 17 June 2011 | Business Area: Succession Planning
Who is driving your practice?
This paper looks at self evaluating your company’s progress, the possible need for re-structuring and succession issues.
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 16 June 2011 | Business Area: Succession Planning
Preparing a Sole Practitioners Practice for Sale
Sole practitioners are by far the largest group and also the most diverse. Sole practitioners cover everything from the accountant working from home on a small block of fees, all the way through to multi million pound practices. This paper discusses preparation for the sale of a practice to ensure... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 25 May 2011 | Business Area: Practice Management
Baby Boomers – The Double Hit - High achievers, low receivers?
High achievers, low receivers? Baby boomers, and for the uninitiated, those born around the end of the Second World War, have proved to be an energetic and capable generation. It must always be remembered that, in the mid to late nineteen forties and the early nineteen fifties, this country was... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 23 May 2011 | Business Area: Practice Management
Facing the Fear of Merger or Sale of Multi Partner Firms
Many multi partner firms nationwide are currently considering their future and have already discussed the opportunities with Goldsmiths. It is inevitable that over the next five years, we will see the loss of countless multi partner firms nationwide, some have long traditions and histories but sadly... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 23 May 2011 | Business Area: Succession Planning
Do You Know What Your Clients Want? Stepping Beyond
I have discussed with accountancy practices many times the question of what it is the clients want from the practice. Clearly they want their accounts to be prepared, deal with VAT, payroll etc. If, however, you step beyond that, what they actually want as a business, it becomes much more interesting... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 23 May 2011 | Business Area: Marketing Your Practice
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Considering your Career and the Way Forward – Accountancy Practices
There are many accountants working for larger practices that do become sole practitioners by buying fees, or taking blocks of fees with them when they leave a larger practice, but generally speaking the sole practitioner route can be a very worrying one for an accountant who has worked in a larger... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 23 May 2011 | Business Area: Succession Planning
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Alternative Solutions for Sole Practitioners
Having discussed the current state of play for sole practitioners, the Goldsmith Group have been looking at solutions that can be applied effectively for the benefit of sole practitioners. Whether you are the younger practitioner looking to expand, on older practitioner looking to secure the current... view abstract
Company: Goldsmiths Practice Services | Published: 23 May 2011 | Business Area: Practice Management
Board report – Financial Director - Best practice in managing costs
Despite its focus on the public sector, the Government’s recent Comprehensive Spending Review has pushed the issue of business expenditure firmly up the news agenda. But has the Review prompted others to sit up and take note? Board Report speaks to three leading organisations – from the differing... view abstract
Company: Expense Reduction Analysts | Published: 06 May 2011 | Business Area: Sustainability/Climate Change
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