Author Archives: Quentin Pain

Money Laundering

Money laundering is a very recent change in statutory law around the world (although it has been going on since time immemorial) brought on by terrorist events over the last decade or so. Money Laundering in the UK and elsewhere … Continue reading

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Bookkeeping Business From Home Part 5

Image via Wikipedia In part 1 of this guide we covered the basics. Part 2 introduced finding your first partners. Part 3 looked at your image and how you present that to prospective clients. Part 4 looked at ways to … Continue reading

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Bookkeeping Business From Home Part 4

In part 1 of this guide we covered the basics. Part 2 introduced finding your first partners. Part 3 looked at your image and how you present that to prospective clients. This part focuses on how to get those clients. … Continue reading

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Shablast Search Engine

I just came across a great little search engine called shablast.com. With many searches these days you tend to get a lot of spammy sites appear. This is something Google and the rest of the bunch have been trying to … Continue reading

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Bookkeeping Business From Home Part 3

In part 1 of this guide we covered the basics. Part 2 introduced finding your first partners. This part focuses on going direct to clients. By far the hardest way to get clients is to try to attract them directly. … Continue reading

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Resources

Clever Cloggs Professional Bookkeeping Training We highly recommend Clever Cloggs Training to get your certified bookkeeping qualifications. Their materials are excellent and the costs are very competitive. Clever Cloggs Training Ltd are accredited by the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. They deliver … Continue reading

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Bookkeeping Business From Home Part 2

In part 1 we talked about starting a bookkeeping business working from home. In part 2, we talk about exactly how to set that up. You can choose to be self-employed or set up a company. This is a simple … Continue reading

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Bookkeeping Business From Home Part 1

Anyone can start a bookkeeping business from their home. Amazingly, you don’t even need to be qualified, though it does help! To give you an idea of what it involves once you are up and running, the average number of … Continue reading

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Self-employed Bookkeeping

Bookkeeping is the art of tracking money; where it came from and where it went to. That is all there is to it. A simple transaction involves 2 accounts. The ‘from’ account and the ‘to’ account. This is what the … Continue reading

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Treasurers Guide Part 3

Reports Every year you will be responsible for presenting the accounts at your annual general meeting. This is generally not as daunting as it may appear. All the facts and figures you need are right there in your account books. … Continue reading

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Welcome!

There are many ways of keeping your accounts (including a shoe-box!), but the preferred method, used by every trained book-keeper and accountant throughout the world, is double-entry. Many books and courses are already available. However, most are taught from an academic … Continue reading

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Treasurers Guide Part 2

Receipts All the money received by your organisation must be recorded no matter how small the amount may be – ‘accountability’ is all important. If someone gives you £1 for the cause – write it down in your account book. … Continue reading

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Treasurers Guide Part 1

Treasurers are usually unpaid volunteers (if you are one of these, welcome to the club!). Your job can range from the ridiculously easy to the incredibly complex. However, if you have just volunteered to be a treasurer for your local … Continue reading

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