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Welcome to the AM Blog! This is our little corner of the internet where we blog about business advice, accounting tips and designing for business. Kick your feet up and stay a while!
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Online Banks vs Traditional Banks
When it comes to banking, should you go digital or stay analogue? Today, our phones function as our TVs, our entertainment centres and our calendars, offering us multiple technologies all on one device. Unlock your phone and you’re also looking at today’s bank. With more and more banks offering their customers digital banking solutions…
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Xerocon 2018: What does it mean for your business?
Last week we went to Xerocon London 2018, a world class online accounting conference. It was a jam-packed two days of world-famous speakers, Xero-integrated apps and partners, and some cocktails thrown in for good measure! In this post, we’ve summed up the main takeaways from Xerocon and everything you need to know about the future of…
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Ideate: A Review of our Very First World Café
Last week, we hosted our very first World Café breakfast club concept, Ideate. It was a morning of coffee, creative chit-chat and delicious food from the team at KitschnBake. Since moving into our new office, we wanted to create a flexible and welcoming space for clients and visitors. Somewhere where we can host events, workshops…
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The Future of Business Forecasting
Do you see business forecasting as fundamental to your overall business strategy, or do you think it’s a waste of time? Is it something you just don’t have the time for? Or maybe you don’t know where to start? We want to create an informative and collaborative conversation around forecasting. And this post aims…
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The Art of Storytelling for Business
For thousands of years, humans have used the art of storytelling to communicate and forge meaningful connections. Ancient man drew on cave walls, the Ancient Greeks passed down myths about the origins of the world, and today, we’re telling stories in radically new ways through the digital landscape. Nowadays, we still use the art…
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Making Tax Digital: What You Need to Know
As of April 2019, the way you do tax is changing. HMRC are rolling out a new initiative to make the UK tax system more efficient. Here we’ve outlined the basics of what Making Tax Digital is, and we’ll walk you through the steps to ensure your business is ready for the April deadline. …
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5 Lessons We’ve Learnt from The Never Settle Podcast
It’s been just under a year since we launched the first episode of The Never Settle Podcast. Since then, we’ve been lucky enough to hear from some inspiring and ambitious individuals who are innovating in their field. From creative directors to council leaders, our host Ali has picked the brains of game changers and innovators…
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Introducing Ideate
We’re delighted to present our latest creative platform, Ideate. Aiming to launch at the end of this year, Ideate is a breakfast club which brings friends together for food and thought. Taking the conversation café format, we aim to host quarterly events with inspirational and motivational speakers from the creative field in and…
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Why the delivery experience is so important for online businesses
As an online business, it’s easy to fall into the trap of getting so caught up with internal systems and processes that you forget all about the customer who set those wheels in motion in the first place. Your livelihood depends on customer loyalty, so it’s important to create value for them every step of…
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What the hell does design have to do with accountancy anyway?
At the core of everything we do is one simple question: ‘how can we make things better for our customers?’ We’re always seeking to improve our service, and we’ll never settle for less. To do this, we use design. But you’re probably thinking: what the hell does design have to do with accountancy anyway?…
