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BLOGBuilding a brilliant team
From the Resistance going up against the First Order in Star Wars to Leicester City winning the Premier League in 2015/16, most people love a team that punches above its weight. Seeing a set of individuals come together to achieve something remarkable is thrilling to watch, but such successes aren’t confined to…
How to manage your finances in difficult times
As rewarding as it is to run a business, it’s a time-consuming and exhausting job at the best of times – even when you’re not dealing with any additional pressures. But we’re living in times of economic and political uncertainty, and many business owners are feeling...
What to consider when setting wages for employees
Setting staff wages is a tug-of-war between the head and the heart but it’s vitally important to get it right. If you’re too generous, you could end up harming the long-term viability of your business, and putting yourself and your family in a precarious position. But...
Xero Mid-Size Firm of the Year finalists!
It's hard to imagine delivering our services to clients without Xero. It allows us to connect with them on a day-to-day basis and really get to know their business. So much so, that we strongly persuade everyone joining us to use this beautiful accounting...
Growing pains: how to manage an expanding business
Finally, all your hard work is paying off - your business is not only thriving, but also set to grow. It’s an exciting feeling, and seems more of an achievement amid Brexit uncertainty and global trade wars. There is an interesting detail hidden in Government figures...
Budget 2018 highlights
Our budget report details Chancellor Philip Hammond’s main announcements for October 2018.
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When to hire a new employee
Your business is growing, you have less and less time to spend with your family, and you’re rushing through jobs to fit them all in. You might even find yourself turning work away. These could be signs the time has come to hire more employees, and take your business...
When is the right time to take a step back from your business?
After all the hard work, money and time you’ve invested into your business, you’ve reached that crossroads: your business cannot run without you but it may be time to call it a day. It’s a familiar dilemma faced by thousands of business owners around the UK, most of...
Self-assessment: an introduction for first timers
Bristol is the fourth most productive place in the UK and the West Country more generally is a hotbed of entrepreneurial spirit, so the concept of self-assessment is nothing new. There were more than 39,300 people registered as self-employed in Bristol at the end of...
Evans & Partners sponsor a Gromit on the Bristol trail
On a wonderfully balmy evening at the world-renowned Aardman Animations studios in Bristol, all the decorated Gromit, Wallace and Feathers McGraw sculptures were gathered together for a preview event before they scarper off to their locations all over Bristol for the...
Making Tax Digital: our Xero Technologist reveals all
Interview with Amar Jethwa, Xero Technologist at Evans & Partners. Talking about Making Tax Digital.
Outsourcing your finance team: the pros and cons
Feeling like there’s not enough time in the day is familiar to most of us. You work all the hours under the sun to give your business the best chance of success, and a lot of that time can be spent on burdensome tasks. If you’re nodding your head in agreement or...