Accountants' Success Secrets

We’re thrilled to share the latest episode of the "Accountants' Success Secrets" podcast, featuring an inspiring conversation with Linda Booth, founder of We Do The Books. This episode is packed with actionable insights and stories for accountants looking to enhance their practices. Episode Highlights Empowering Clients Through Technology Linda emphasizes the importance of empowerin...

Welcome to another exciting episode of "Accountants' Success Secrets," where your hosts Philippa Haynes and Mark Lee dive deep into the stories and strategies behind successful accountants. In today's episode, we reflect on our past interviews and share valuable insights from inspiring accountants like Peter Watkins, founder of Blue Penguin, and Tasnim Mustafa of Barnes and Sco...

We're thrilled to announce the latest episode of the "Accountants' Success Secrets" podcast featuring an inspiring conversation with Alicia Allen from AMA Accountancy! In this episode, hosts Philippa Haynes and Mark Lee dive deep into Alicia's journey from being a taxi driver to becoming a successful accountant and running her own thriving practice. Her story is one of det...

Welcome to another episode of Accountants' Success Secrets, hosted by Philippa Haynes of Insight 101 and Mark Lee from Bookmark Lee. In today's episode, we are delving deep into the world of successful accounting practices with Gareth Burton, the founder of Progress Accountants and Assure UK. Gareth shares invaluable insights on client attraction, the importance of understanding the clie...

🚀 Join us in the latest episode of Accountants' Success Secrets as we sit down with the remarkable Peter Watkins, founder of Blue Penguin Chartered Accountants.  Hosted by Philippa Haynes and Mark Lee, this episode dives into Peter's unique journey from optician to successful accountant in practice. 🎧 Episode Highlights : Authenticity in Branding : Peter emphasizes being unique and tru...

🌟 Exciting New Episode of Accountants' Success Secrets! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce the latest episode of our podcast, Accountants' Success Secrets, featuring the incredible Rosie Berridge, Director of Accountability Edinburgh. In this episode, Rosie delves into the challenges and triumphs of running a successful, client-centered accounting practice. 🎙️ In this episode, you'...

Today on our podcast we are delighted to introduce Rob Newman, who started his own practice in the year 2000. He later merged it into what is now CCM (Carter, Collins and Myer) a full service 3 partner Manchester based accountancy firm, of which he is now Managing Director.    Away from the office,Rob has a passion for martial arts. His diverse background, which includes experiences as a chef, sol...

Today on our podcast we are delighted to introduce Tas Mustafa founder of Barnes & Scott, the first firm in London to specialise in tech, digital and fintech start ups.   Tas has more than 10 years’ experience in advising tech start-ups, ranging from app developers, Saas businesses, digital media and cyber-security to ad-tech, health-tech, smart city and gaming studios. And has grown the pract...

In this episode of The Accountants' Success Secrets podcast we delve into the latest interviews from episodes 16 to 20. We discuss some truly inspiring success stories and invaluable insights. Join us to find out more: 1️⃣ Soft Skills Matter: We highlight the success stories of individuals like Steve Price and Mitch Hahn, emphasizing the crucial role of soft skills in accounting. Their experi...

In this episode we are delighted to introduce Steve Price of BWP Inspire, an accountancy firm in Manchester,  into which he merged his previous practice, Price Accounting which he started almost 20 years ago.  Starting life as a CIMA management accountant, Steve has always been more interested in what ‘the numbers’ actually mean for the future of the business, rather than documenting the past.  Th...

We are thrilled to be speaking to Paul Donno for this episode!    Paul has been there when it comes to growing a business, and with over 30 years experience in accountancy he's learnt the hard way about growing a successful business. Over a beer or a round of golf (apparently)!    The overriding message, family comes first quickly followed by Betsy his dog and his love of fast cars!    Award...

In this episode we speak with Paul Miller of Cornish Accounting who has a wealth of knowledge and quite an array of accolades to his name:    With almost 40 years of experience helping diverse businesses across the South West, he's not just any old accountant; he's a passionate business growth partner.    The practice itself is an award-winning Xero practice,  #SmallBiz100   #SBS , Firm...

In this episode of the Accountants' Success Secrets, Suzannah shares her inspiring journey from the media industry (Channel 4) to becoming a successful ICB registered bookkeeper, emphasising the importance of networking, embracing technology, and offering valuable client support.  We'll see how moving from a career in the media to starting her own business has its challenges but has prov...

In this episode of A.S.S. we speak to Nicola Mason who has come on a long and very successful journey. From deciding to go it alone and taking a "job" from Indeed to building up to 11 clients over one year, Nicola is now in a partnership of 3 with massive growth plans and quite a challenge to manage her time. You'll hear about working 7 days a week, despite her best intentions, mana...

In this episode Mark Lee and Philippa Haynes review the latest 5 episodes of A.S.S and pull out some of the fantastic learnings   One of the key themes is being a business as well as an accounting firm with the understanding that "if you can't manage your own business, how can you manage someeone elses" There's a strong theme around communiction and relationships too which is s...

In this episode we welcome Jonathan Ford    Jonathan is a director of Writers Tax Limited - a firm of chartered accountants that specialises in helping authors, script writers and other professional writers with their tax and accountancy needs.    Johathan has a number of accolades to his name:    Co-author of the Number 1 Best Seller - Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook.    Winner of the Accounting...

In this episode we talk to Pavan who has only been in business for 5 years but who brings a wealth of knowledge around the softer skills which many accountants may lack. Good with communication and excellent at explaining the data to clients, Pavan has niched in a difficult space - creative agencies! Not know for their financial acument, Pavan has got his work cut out with agencies but thrives on...

In this episode we talk to Graeme Tennick. Graeme describes himself as Chief Impact Officer at Tennick Accountants, a multi award winning accounting firm. He’s from the North East, grew up with a Dad who had a forklift business and prides himself on being hands on and not afraid to do some hard graft.  Business first and accountants second. There are some fabulous insights for other bookkeepers an...

In this episode of A.S.S we are delighted to be talking to Mitch Hahn, CEO of Nordens.    Having joined the firm in its earliest days, Mitch has been instrumental in its phenomenal growth. From helping to write the first chapter of the Nordens’ story, Mitch has risen to his current position of CEO, overseeing Business Development with a role that focuses on introducing and nurturing new clients an...

In this week's episode of A.S.S we will be discussing our last 6 interviewees pulling out a treasure trove of insights that we think are worthy of further discussion.    This is where podcast meets learning as we digest what we've heard and bring our own perspective to the important themes that have discussed.    If you want a shortcut to insight, this is for you    If you don't kno...

In this episode we speak to Glenn Martin Glenn is a North East based accountant and FD who has supported owner managed businesses for over 30 years, his firm Avery Martin Accountants focuses on helping business owners get the lifestyle they deserve with the client centric approach.  This time we hear some gems around client portfolio management and a tried and tested approach to building a client...

We are thrilled to announce our next guest to the ASS Podcast series!    This time we'd like to introduce Kieran Phelan, CEO and founder at Satori Accounting.    In his own words:    "In 2010, I broke the mould in our profession by becoming the first Xero Advisor in Northern Ireland and founding the first ever cloud accounting firm in Northern Ireland.    Since then I have been at the fo...

We are thrilled to welcome Vanessa Fuller to this episode of A.S.S. Vanessa Fuller initially pursued a career in law, studying law and business at university with the aim of becoming a solicitor. However, after struggling to secure a training contract, she decided to explore other career options and found herself drawn to accountancy. Vanessa eventually landed a training contract with a top 10 fir...

Nicky founded Goringe Accountants in 2007 and Succession Planning in 2022. with a  vision is to take its clients from their early days through each stage of their lifecycle. That lifecycle includes access to finance, funding rounds and succession planning. But this episode is more than this.  It's the story of one woman's mission to be in the Top 100 accounting firms as the original fema...

Welcome to to the A.S.S podcast where we talk to another fantastic accountant who has achieved great things over the years. We are delighted to be speaking with Andrea Richards of Accounts Navigator who is a BIG personality with some huge goals. Listen to how Andrea began her practice, experienced serious burn and had to re-prioritize to keep her partner and her business! You'll hear about th...