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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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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?…
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5 Tips to be a Badass Bookkeeper
Let’s face it— bookkeeping isn’t the most exciting part of running a business, but it’s a really important part to get right. Managing your bookkeeping records well will save you a lot of time, hassle and future stress. It could also potentially save you money in the long-run by avoiding penalties and fines. Most…
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We’re Moving!
It’s going to be a busy month here at Ashton McGill as we’re excited to say that we’re moving to our new permanent home on 16th August! We’ll be saying goodbye to our temporary office space at The Flour Mill in Dundee as we move upstairs into a bigger and brighter office. In February,…
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Why You Don’t Need to Use a Local Accountant
Choosing the right accountant is a huge decision for you and your business. It’s got to be someone you can trust, who can provide you with real value and allow you to do more of what you’re passionate about. And as the accounting world continues to shift, traditional ways of working are slowly becoming replaced…
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Thinking Beyond The Business Model Canvas — Risk
The Business Model Canvas is an invaluable tool for designing, challenging and improving your business model. But the one thing the Canvas doesn’t outline is risk. DJCAD Masters student Rebekka Merget has identified the value of risk underpinning everything in The Business Model Canvas. There’s an element of risk which underlies any business,…
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The Business Model Canvas Series: Revenue Streams & Cost Structure
Underpinning any business plan is profitability and cash flow. The Revenue Streams and Cost Structure building blocks of The Business Model Canvas can be used to map out the incomings and outgoings for your business. Revenue Streams This section of the canvas can be used to map out the income generated from each…
