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The Positive Accountant
The Secret Blog of Adrian Mole
Chartered Accountant, Chartered Tax Adviser, Ballroom Dance Teacher, Pilot, Diver. Oh yeah, and Principal of Quove Accounting
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The Positive Accountant - Vol 3 Ed 2
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. So Dr Seuss's most famous character (no, not the Cat with the Hat) has come to life and stolen Christmas for...
Adrian Mole
Dec 19, 20202 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 3 Ed 1
So, vaccines are around the corner, that's got to be good news. We can start thinking about life getting back to normal, whatever that...
Adrian Mole
Dec 3, 20202 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 50
This is a milestone I never thought we'd achieve...Volume 2 Edition 50 means that this must be...the 100th edition !! Just in time to...
Adrian Mole
Dec 1, 20203 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 49
So now we know - lockdown v2 is ending next week but replaced (for most of those reading this) by being in tier 2 with related...
Adrian Mole
Nov 26, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 48
Day One of Lockdown version 2....so it's time to dust off the Positive Accountant hat... There's also some positive news that's been...
Adrian Mole
Nov 5, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 47
So, we have news of new business support packages being made available on the back of yesterday's announcement. Furlough - was supposed...
Adrian Mole
Nov 1, 20202 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 46
What a day. To quote the Dowager Lady Grantham (Downton Abbey) - 'What's a weekend' You can read the news as well as me. But the one...
Adrian Mole
Oct 31, 20201 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 45
I'm in trouble again... I just wandered down the other end of the house to see the person that some clients call The Payroll Princess. ...
Adrian Mole
Oct 23, 20204 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 44
Is it just me that has noticed the similarity between what we’re living through and Game of Thrones ? Before I carry on, let me be clear...
Adrian Mole
Oct 20, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 43
So, the question burning on all of our minds is whether there is a second wave coming. And if there is, will it be a weak follow up ? ...
Adrian Mole
Oct 6, 20203 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 42
Positive cases are rising, the R number is increasing, test and trace is to be renamed sink or swim and uncertainty is ruling. Reading...
Adrian Mole
Sep 28, 20204 min read
Breaking News - Chancellor's Statement
Breaking News The 'eagerly awaited' Chancellors' speech to the Commons today contains the following announcements. As ever, the Devil...
Adrian Mole
Sep 23, 20201 min read
Breaking News - Chancellors Statement - 2
Breaking News I said the Devil would be in the detail - here is some more detail. On the Jobs' Support Scheme the initial 1/3rd is a...
Adrian Mole
Sep 23, 20201 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 41
Wasn't there meant to be a European cup or something this year ? You know, the game when overpaid men chase an inflated pig's bladder,...
Adrian Mole
Sep 16, 20203 min read


The Positive Accountant Vol 2 Ed 40
Furlough was a word that a few months ago few, if any of use, knew existed. And yet now it ranks amongst the highest of google searches....
Adrian Mole
Sep 7, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 2 Ed 39
I was glad to read today of the breakthrough that we now know that viruses and resistance thereto is direction dependent. Take Ann Gus, a...
Adrian Mole
Sep 3, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 38
It has been a little while since the last one of these. I wondered if, as a product of the lockdown, the need had diminished. But based...
Adrian Mole
Sep 1, 20202 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 37
The media continue to talk us down. Further and further down. It seems that you can't open a news channel without reading about Boris...
Adrian Mole
Aug 11, 20202 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 36
I had an interesting phone call this week from George (name changed). George operates a franchise business. The basic deal is that he...
Adrian Mole
Aug 11, 20203 min read


The Positive Accountant - Vol 2 Ed 35
The Positive Accountant - Vol 2, Ed 35 I wasn't expecting my proverb of Edition 34 to be controversial. The official translation was...
Adrian Mole
Aug 6, 20203 min read
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