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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 1 Ed 43
I know that many reading this are not going to be fans of Human Resource departments, nor Health and Safety Consultants. (Nor, funnily...
Adrian Mole
May 14, 20204 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 42
Edition 42, isn't that number the answer to life, the universe and everything ? Which then begged 'what was the question', hence the...
Adrian Mole
May 13, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 41
Obfuscation is catching, or maybe it isn't. After Boris' 'you can go to work except when you can't' we have the Chancellor telling us...
Adrian Mole
May 12, 20204 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 40
And so we enter our third set of three weeks on lockdown. Which, to be honest, is a very British form of lockdown. Sort of left up to...
Adrian Mole
May 11, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 38
I was reflecting today on how easy it used to be to advise on setting up in business. Once upon a time it used to be 'If you want limited...
Adrian Mole
May 8, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 39
Oh dear, I have caused myself some marital strife as a result of my last edition. I said I would be saving 'a fortune' on flowers. That...
Adrian Mole
May 7, 20202 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1, Ed 37
Another sunny day, another day done of the lockdown. Lloyds Bounceback loans continue to be received but I'm not hearing of clients who...
Adrian Mole
May 6, 20204 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 36
Bounceback loans - an update. This has become another steep learning curve. (One of many we've had in the last six weeks...) I have...
Adrian Mole
May 4, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 35
Well, Roger the Robin went down well, and I don't mean just with the cat. (if that means nothing, re-read Ed 34) Back to more serious...
Adrian Mole
May 3, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 34
Are we seeing the slightest chink of a relaxation of lockdown ? Are we going to hear more next week ? One thing that's for certain,...
Adrian Mole
Apr 30, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 32
On Monday I mentioned the 'Bounceback Loans' announced by the Chancellor. There still hasn't been much mention of these, but the inside...
Adrian Mole
Apr 29, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 33
'Unprecedented' That's a word we've heard a lot of recently. I thought I knew what the word meant. Which is borne out when I reach for...
Adrian Mole
Apr 29, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 31
Another day in lockdown...I was thinking earlier today where, exactly would we be had this happened a generation ago. The worldwide web,...
Adrian Mole
Apr 27, 20202 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 30
STOP PRESS - BOUNCEBACK LOANS ! In my previous lives, one of the joys of being a tax partner was that on Budget day one got to work...
Adrian Mole
Apr 26, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 29
I'm going to start this with a plea for help. It is to do with bank account details. We are having to ask for these quite a bit at the...
Adrian Mole
Apr 24, 20204 min read
The Positive Accountant Vol 1 Ed 28
A year ago today I attended a meeting (remember what they were ?) in Devon. It was a two and a bit hour journey (Cessna rather than...
Adrian Mole
Apr 21, 20202 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 1 Ed 27
I criticised my own profession last night. This morning I had no option but to hang my head. My own Institute, who proclaim themselves...
Adrian Mole
Apr 20, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 1 Ed 26
On Friday I had a little pop at the legal profession - and in particular their insistence on the old fashioned practice of wet ink...
Adrian Mole
Apr 19, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 1 Ed 23
I continue to be astonished as to how many people are reading these musings, and even more so about how controversial they are becoming....
Adrian Mole
Apr 17, 20203 min read
The Positive Accountant - Vol 1 Ed 25
Those who know me well will know that lawyers have a habit of winding me up (and apologies to the small number of them that are on my...
Adrian Mole
Apr 16, 20202 min read
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