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AAT Ranking as 'Top Five Place to Kick-Start your Career'

AAT student magazine 20 ranked Armstrong Watson as one of the top 5 small firms in the UK in which to launch your career in accountancy.

Top 10 wackiest tax return excuses and expense claims

HMRC unveils it's top 10 weirdest excuses for late tax returns and expense claims.

Preparing your business against a cyber attack

Does your business need a Cyber Security Health Check to protect from a Cyber Attack? Find out more...

Introducing Client Technology Advisory Service

We're proud leaders when it comes to adopting new technology and as the first UK accountancy firm to transfer all accountancy clients across to cloud accounting software heavyweight Xero, we're pleased to announce the launch of a new advisory service 'Client Technology', further expanding our exisiting service offering. 

Improving Employee Engagement

Why you should make improving employee engagement most important focus for your business in 2020.

What’s ahead for farm tax in 2020?

Upcoming tax changes announced for the year impacting farming businesses

Is your Top Team Performing?

Briefing Note January 2020 

Law firms need to be agile if they are to successfully identify and respond quickly to threats to their businesses and to take advantage of opportunities. To be agile, law firms must focus strongly on change management, have quick response times to threats and strategic opportunities, have streamlined decision making processes and above all have capable people (including lawyers and those in management) who are open minded, flexible and prepared to learn new skills and ways of operating.

Cyber Security for law firms

Cybercrime is becoming big business, and cyber risk should be a focus for all businesses including law firms.

Outsourcing for law firms

Larger numbers of law firms appear to be outsourcing increasing aspects of their businesses as they look to build leaner and more efficient practices. Here our Strategic Business Adviser, Nick Palmer outlines some of the key issues.

Following a successful 1962 mission to orbit the earth, John Glenn (US astronaut and, later, politician) was asked what it felt like to sit in a rocket awaiting blast-off.

Does the size of your law firm matter?

Mark Baines, Legal Sector Manager reviews LexisNexis’ Is the Future Small? - the latest discussion paper in their Bellweather Report Series.