I am embarking on setting up my own business and while I have previous bookkeeping experience (but rather rusty) I want to do a comprehensive course that will best prepare me for running my own business on Sage and with the services of an accountant. I have read up on AAT & the OU B190 course and am finding it impossible to know which may prepare me better or if I should go for something else entirely. If I could get some advice that would be brilliant. Thanks so much.
Thank you for prompt reply. Ha, no it isn't! It's hospitality but while I am hoping in the future I will be able to take on a bookkeeper I will need to do it myself to begin with. I want to give myself a good grasp on accounts/business/bookkeeping in order to make sure I have knowledge and confidence in my numbers, in hospitality cash-flow is vital so I need to be up to scratch...
Osborne books are clear and easy to understand. They also have additional texts which would build upon the knowledge gained in the book I have linked to above.
Hi Diddy! There's a webinar on the 4th June I think you'll find really useful. It's about setting up your own bookkeeping business, but most of it will be directly relevant to you, including what qualifications it's useful to have before taking on bookkeeping tasks, what equipment you'll need etc. You can sign up here: www.babington.co.uk/starting-a-bookkeeping-business/
-- Edited by Jannike on Friday 22nd of May 2015 12:14:57 PM
-- Edited by Jannike on Friday 22nd of May 2015 01:05:34 PM
bit naughty that you are stating something as a fact via a webinar rather than joining in a discussion that may disagree with your advice (we have a lot of disagreements over that advice on this site).
However, I've glanced at your site which seems to be suggesting AAT as the route to take if you want to be a bookkeeper which I would tend to agree with (cry havoc and let slip the ICB training companies, lol).
Your prices seem in a similar ballpark to the likes of Premier, First Intuition, Eagle, Ideal, etc.
Also nice to see that you are also pushing ACCA and CIMA.
Good luck with your business,
kind regards,
Shaun.
p.s. whilst this one is OK please refrain from advertising and try to be like the Premier and First Intuition providers who gain students by answering technical questions in relation to tax and accounting on the site (The Premier and First intuition guys are ICAEW, AAT and ACCA so to give credibility to any advice that you offer it might also be an idea to give us a little background about yourself).
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