October 2011 - Get the best out of client meetings
Finola looks at how keeping an eye on the basics can lead to a significant improvement in the results of client meetings. Here she presents her tips for worthwhile and productive client meetings. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
October 2011 - Practical tips on managing cashflow and getting clients to pay
There is one major issue that all practitioners seem to have at the moment and are asking for help with. This is cash flow. We all know that 'cash is King' and the lifeblood of all businesses, yet many practitioners are finding it a challenge at the moment and are having problems with clients paying for work done. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
June 2011 - How and when will I retire?
Finola offers her advice for partners looking to plan ahead and prepare for succession. Finolas experience has shown that the main criticism of buyers is that an outgoing partner may not have spent adequate time planning their exit making their practice less attractive and worth less than it could be. Read this article and ensure you don't sell yourself short! Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
April 2011 - How to recruit and retain the right staff
Ok - You have read this series of articles and have a business plan, a marketing plan,improved your gross profit margin, managed your own time and feel life should be good! Why then can't you find or retain the right people to work in your firm?. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
April 2011 - How to win new clients
This month FInola takes a look at how smaller practices can compete with bigger companies with their marketing through the use of a straight forward marketing plan. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
March 2011 - Erosion of Gross Profit in a Recession
Practitioners are reporting increasing pressure on how to maintain or improve their gross profit margin in challenging times when clients are demanding higher levels of services and often are reluctant to pay their bills. This month, Finola seeks to address some of these issues. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
January 2011 - Time to plan for the New Year...
Whilst the rest of the world celebrates New Year at midnight on 31st December, many practitioners defer their real celebrations until 31st January and then immediately take off on holiday to recover! Whenever you start your new year, it always helps to have a plan and that's where Finola is here to help, offering a list of points to consider for a successful New Year. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
December 2010 - It's Tax Return Season again...
Less than 3 weeks to Christmas and how many tax returns have you still to complete? Finding it difficult to track down clients for missing information and dread to think how you are going to complete the outstanding workload in the time available? Clients seem to be increasingly grumpy? Finola offers some practical ideas to make things a little more bearable! Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
November 2010 - How to manage your time in tax return season and keep control of your sanity!
With the tax return season approaching, Finola looks into how best to deal with potential issues through the use of systems and offers ideas for handling clients and workloads. Click here to read the full article or click here to view the article on Accounting Web.
September 2010 - How does a partner in Practice measure up to being the leader they need to be?
Finola asks what it takes to make a succesful leader and what extra skills are required in the modern workplace as well as offering her tips for inspiring leadership. Click here to read the full article.
June 2010 - A partners guide to professional knowledge sharing
This week, Finola looks at how partners can develop simple systems enabling them to free up their time while sharing knowledge with their teams.Click here to read the full article or view the article on Accounting Web.
June 2010 - A partners guide to preparing for events
My last article focused on how to target your event and invite guests. This piece will focus on the delivery of these events – how to prepare your presentation and what guests should be given on the day. Click here to read the full article or view the article on Accounting Web.
June 2010 - Running your own Events and Seminars
Running events or seminars is not something that only the bigger firms can do. Finola shows you how to create great events that acieve great results. Click here to read the full article or view the article on Accounting Web.
June 2010 - Listening and Leadership
This month, Finola offers a summary of leadership and management advice personalised to the needs of smaller practices with practical advice on how to improve and develop your leadership and listening skills. Click here to read the full article or view the article on Accounting Web.
March 2010 - Focus on client service and what it really means in practice
Client service. We all talk about it and in a modern day practice it is a given that all accountants in practice deliver excellent client service...but what does this really mean? In this article, Finola takes a look at what 'client service' actually means. View the article on Accounting Web or click here to read the full article.
March 2010 - Finola's Latest Accounting Web posts
This month on Accounting Web, Finola talks about the importance of following your own financial advice and tackles the issues of billing and how to deal with late payments. The first article about heeding your own advice can be found here while you can click here to see Finola's ideas on billing and late payments.
February 2010 - Money Management for Accountants
Now that the January 31st deadlines are out of the way for the year, its time for a little housekeeping. Here, Finola offers a summary list of advice to help your business get off to a great start this year.
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December 2009 - The final 'Ask Finola' of the year!
In the final 'Ask FInola' of 2009, Finola answers the most prevalent recurring question and issue raised by practitioners she has met and talked with during the last month.
Click here to read the full article or click here to see the video on
Accounting Web.
November 2009 - How to support your clients businesses and increase fees
Finola offers her expert advice on the best ways to support your clients business while increasing revenue without taking up huge amounts of a Partners' time.
October 2009 - Accountants suffering toxic debts
This month, Finola takes a look at the subject of bad debts, poor cashflow and just plain bad clients and offers her expert opinions on how to deal with these issues.
View the article on Accounting Web or click here to read the full article.
September 2009 - Ask Finola!
Ask Finola is a column where AccountingWEB members can get expert professional advice. This month, Finola answers questions from three accounting practitioners.
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August 2009 - Ask Finola Video Exclusive
Finola, Accounting Web's resident practice expert, addresses professional queries and offers advice to their users on how to market their practices on a shoestring. Click on the link below to view the video.
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/topic/practice/ask-finola-video-exclusive-august-2009
August 2009 - How do I plan for the future?
Finola presents a brief but practical overview of the steps a practice can take to make sure they are able to safeguard their future without sacrificing the productivity of the present.
Read the full article here
July 2009 - AccountingWeb - Ask Finola!
Got a professional problem and need some expert advice? Do you need tips on how to grow your practice? Some guidance with a personal development issue, or are you unsure of how to tackle a practice management conundrum? Whatever the problem, you can Ask Finola on the AccountingWeb website. Get your questions in by 28th July!
http://www.accountingweb.co.uk/topic/practice/ask-finola
June 2009 - Finola's Story - Part 1
A practitioners journey to a 4 day working week, negative WIP and 250% profit growth
Finola takes you through the rise and rise of Landers and how that company the award winning practice it remains today.
Read the full article here
June 2009 - Finola's Story - Part 2
A practitioners journey to a 4 day working week, negative WIP and 250% profit growth
In part 2, Finola expands on just how those 4 day weeks and 250% profit increase became a reality.
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June 2009 - The other side of an amazing story...
Robert Brown, Managing Director of Landers Accountants Ltd gives his side of the amazing of the story of how he and Finola achieved such amazing success and 20% lower blood pressure at Landers.
Read the full article here
December 2008 - Business MK article
Business MK's Andrew Gibbs talks to Finola McManus, who explains
why she has turned cancer into opportunity rather than tragedy.
Read the full article here
December 2008 - Press Archive
Click the image below to take a look at the entire press archive featuring Practice Perfect and Finola McManus.
November 2008 - Finola Speaks at Business Seminar
Finola recently spoke about her ideas and methods during a
presentation in November 2008.
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