At Whitesides, we don’t have a Dave. We have Adam – coincidentally it’s also his birthday today! Now, officially, Adam has a job description. In reality, we’re not entirely convinced it’s possible to list everything he actually does. Need the website updating? Speak to Adam IT issue? Adam Annual regulatory compliance? Adam Fire extinguisher inspection […]
Like most conversations in Britain, the hot topic (pardon the pun) in our office has been the weather. With temperatures regularly pushing into the high twenties and beyond, a petition calling for a legally enforceable maximum workplace temperature has gathered thousands of signatures and reignited the debate about what employers should do when the office […]
The financial struggles of Sheffield Wednesday have recently brought the term “administration” back into the headlines. The Championship club faces a potential winding-up petition from HMRC over unpaid tax bills, highlighting how even historic football institutions can find themselves in severe financial difficulty. But what does it actually mean when a football club enters administration, […]
Ever had to do a repetitive task in excel? “F4” is a really handy shortcut that repeats the previous action, whether merging cells, applying a format to text or inserting new cells. Extremely important shortcuts: the bread and butter of anyone working in Office: Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V Or cut, […]
Accountants, bookkeepers and tax specialists have a number of tools to check work and catch errors as they occur. Does the difference divide by 9? When a balance doesn’t reconcile, one helpful tool in order to identify how the error has arisen, is to ask “does the difference divide by 9?” If it does, then […]
Sean’s Top Tips – June 2019 Did you know that there is a shortcut to skip to desktop immediately? “Press and hold Windows Key + D” Saves time minimising everything when you have to find something on your desktop. You can easily lock your desktop by pressing “Windows Key + L” Handy if you have […]
By Adam Fox – Office Manager/Marathon Runner Introduction Following on from the success we had last year as a team running the Leeds 10k in July raising over £700 for Haven Breast Cancer, I decide to challenge myself even further this year and take part in the Manchester Marathon on 7th April 2019, selected specifically […]
Our Leeds based bookkeeper, Leo, explains it all. Clients often assume they need an accountant, when in actual fact they are looking for a bookkeeper. This means that often they are missing out on all the benefits a bookkeeper can bring to a business. Whilst both accountants and bookkeepers are focused on the financial management […]
As it’s International Women’s Day today, we’ve delved into the history of women and taxation, and are still reeling from what we’ve discovered. It’s shocking to think that prior to 1990 a married woman’s rights to financial independence were virtually non-existent, and even our founder Joanne was affected by this when she set up our […]
Like all great accountants our team at Whitesides love their coffee, from our bookkeeper Leo’s double strength rocket fuel to Sean, one of our accountants, decaf blend there is a coffee for everyone. Our team has had many discussions in the office about their favourite places in and around Horsforth to satisfy their caffeine fix, […]
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