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What software should I use?

With the changes coming in from Making Tax Digital, it is expected that more people will start to use software to keep their financial...

Worried about making tax digital?

Making Tax Digital is an HMRC initiative that requires VAT registered businesses to keep digital records, it has literally just been...

Minimum wage vs National living wage

You may have heard the term national living wage thrown around in the news, but what is it and as an employer do you have to pay it? The...

Who must send a tax return

It can be a worry if you are not sure if you need to submit a tax return and as a rule of thumb the following criteria apply: -You are...

Looking to make your self-assessment easier?

Self assessment can be a minefield but a little bit of preparation can take away the stress. Here are our top tips: -Tell HMRC that you...

Starting a business? Limited company or sole trader?

You've had an idea - great, you've done your research and have seen a gap in the market and now what? Once you've decided to take the...

Changes to the national living wage

Come April employers need to be aware of the changes in the national living wage and minimum wage rates. It's important to be aware of...

Payroll Bureau

I am now licensed to offer payroll and have launched a great new payroll service in Cornwall. If you already run your own payroll,but...

Get organised

Running a business can stretch you to the limit. There's always so much to be done, from admin, compliance with new laws, sourcing new...

So what does a bookkeeper actually do?

You may be reading this because you're not sure if it's worth outsourcing your bookkeeping or even just to check you're doing it...

Get the balance back in your life

Life is busy, the days race by and the weekend is here again, another month zooms past and people start to mention Christmas (weren't we...

Bad reviews - how to deal with them

It's a sign of the times that we live in, more people are likely to leave a bad review then a good one. Frustratingly for business owners...

When you think you will never get scammed

If you are anything like myself, you would never think it possible that anyone could scam you. Well I belonged smugly in that club until...

Bookkeeping Cornwall

We offer a great outsourced bookkeeping service for clients in and around Cornwall. Whether you are a start up business and don't know...

Get your books in order

I was in Tehidy earlier today and I noticed how there was a carpet of brown leaves on the ground. It only seemed like yesterday that the...

Bookkeeping Cornwall

Bookkeeping has been made a lot easier with the fantastic software that is available, there are so many different types to choose from....

How we can help

Girl Friday Cornwall offers a great small business solution and we believe that we are a little bit different from other companies who...

Tidal Bookkeeping Cornwall goes networking

Since I set up, a few weeks ago, a lot of people have told me to get to a networking event. Well today was the day. I'm not naturally the...

Buy yourself some time

We've all been, there's not enough hours in the day and it's starting to get stressful. There's so much to do and the paperwork is...

Xero bookkeeper Cornwall

I have just completed the Xero certification and am actually really impressed with the programme, there are lots of really nice functions...

Bookkeeper Redruth