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When Should You Setup a Company? | Box Bulletin February 2020
Hopefully, things are in full swing by now with the festive season over! We've been back at work and going hard at it with the team to try and produce more great and unique content for you while also trying to run a professional services business too (it's tricky!)....
The Major Differences Between Chartered Accountants and Accountants
Trying to find out the difference between Chartered Accountants and Accountants? When you're looking for an accountant for your business, you'll inevitably run into accounting firms that spout about how they have Chartered Accountants. But what exactly is a Chartered...
Announcement: “Knowing Your Numbers” Workshop
I'm excited to announce that I'll be partnering with South-West Entrepreneurial Hub (SWEH) in conjunction with Fairfield City Council and DAWN Network for an intimate workshop on "Knowing Your Numbers". Details Topic: 'Knowing Your Numbers' Date: 3rd February 2020...
How You Can Help with the Bushfire Devastation! | Box Bulletin January 2020
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and celebrated hard for the New Year! Most importantly, I hope you all had a chance to recharge, reflect and establish some goals for your businesses in the new year. I've spent the past week and a half reflecting and then...
New Ruling for the Small Business Grant! | Box Bulletin December 2019
A real bumper edition in November with plenty of content to help with finding new opportunities within your business to help it to grow. This month, we've steered away from our usual super-practical guides and changed it up with some content about my business...
Learning From Other Industries & Not Following the Pack
I work in an industry that for such a long time, has been incredibly slow in reinventing itself. A large portion of the accounting industry still finds itself using what it used 20 years ago - software, methodology, communication, you name it. As a result, our clients...
4 Important Lessons From Growing My Business
Running a business, let alone a successful one can be incredibly tough. Sharing the ups and downs of the business journey is something that doesn't often happen enough. It just so happens that business owners often only tell of their wins but elect not to divulge in...
The True Cost of Your Employee Tool | Box Bulletin November 2019
It has been a busy month for us at Box AS and it is just going to get busier all the way to Christmas! It's important that I continue to share with you some of the learnings and insights that have benefited me. In turn, I hope you find some of this valuable to apply...
Fundamentals on How to Buy or Sell a Business
Are you looking to buy or sell a business and not sure where to start? In this article, I'll go through some of the fundamental concepts you should know about buying or selling a business so that it can get you off in the right direction. Introduction There are...
How Hiring My First Employee Changed EVERYTHING | Box Bulletin October 2019
Wow, where has the time gone? There's been a lot of buzz lately in the Box Advisory community! Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of being a part of a panel of experts hosted by our friends at Prospa to talk about access to business lending for SMEs as part of a...
How Hiring My First Employee Changed Everything
Whilst being self-employed and running your own business may sound like the same thing to a lot of people, there are some differences that ultimately can have an impact on how you run and grow your business. 2016 - Self-Employed Working in corporate...
