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A show full of business and accountancy tips, plus news update on tax and software.

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Captain's Log: 230619 - Season 2 Preview: Keep The Faith

It's been a hot minute since the last season, but we're finally back and we've got some plans to help you grow your businesses... plus there's a tip, keep the faith!

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Captain's Log: 230220 - The Citee Are United

There's been a storm brewing in English football for a while, the Premier League have announced they are charging Manchester City with over 100 financial rules breaches.

Have Man City been playing financially fair?

What business lessons can you learn from this incident?

Find out with this edition of the Captain's Log: An Accountant's Guide To The Galaxy.

Captain's Log: 221031 - Budgeting Gives You Wins - Carl Ford & Associates (carlfordaccountancy.biz)

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Captain's Log: 230123 - A Careless Whisper

In this episode of Captain's Log: An Accountants Guide To The Galaxy, host Carl discuss Wham... No he doesn't, he discusses the recent tax investigation into Nadhim Zahawi and the difference between careless mistakes, reasonable mistakes and then a deliberate mistake.

Carl also covers 4 helpful insights into how you can avoid making your own accounting and tax mistakes.

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Captain's Log: 230116 - Budgeting Is Boring

Budgeting has got this reputation for being boring, not being a particularly sexy business task.... but it's crucial to business success! In this edition of Captain's Log - An Accountant's Guide To The Galaxy, Carl Ford (Carl Ford & Associates) will break down the 5 reasons why budgeting is important to you and your business.

Captain's Log: 221121 - Be A SMARTie Pants - Carl Ford Accountancy: https://carlfordaccountancy.biz/captains-log-221121-be-a-smartie-pants/

Captain's Log: 221031 - Budgeting Gives You Wins - Carl Ford Accountancy: https://carlfordaccountancy.biz/captains-log-221031-budgeting-gives-you-wins/

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Captain's Log: 230109 - This Is Your Captain Speaking

Carl Ford (Carl Ford & Associates) is now referred to as the "self styled Captain Accountancy"... Is that a big headed ego trip or is there a story behind the name?

Well, obviously there's a story behind it and in this episode of Captain's Log Carl tells the story which gives an insight into his personality, his hobbies and interest plus his professional credentials.

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Captain's Log: 221212 - MTD: Making Tax Delayed

MTD may have a new name... for years (Decades) MTD has stood for Making Tax Digital but does it mean something else?

It may well mean Making Tax DELAYAED! There's rumours of yet more delays in this slow, oh so slow, project.

Plus we have business news on Black Friday and Scottish Tax.

Cloud Apps Show: Cloud, very cloudy

Captain's Log: 221205 - Cloudy, very cloudy - Carl Ford Accountancy

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Black Friday Show:  Black Friday: Bad For Business

Captain's Log: 221114 - Black Friday: Bad For Business - Carl Ford Accountancy

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Captain's Log: 221205 - Cloud, very cloudy

The weather has been awful, cloudy and getting cold. Nobody like clouds.... Well, I do!

I like The Cloud, cloud technology is amazing! 

In this episode I run through some amazing cloud based apps to really help boost your business.

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Captain's Log: 221128 - Outsource: The Business Ketchup

Are you holding your business growth back? The answer is probably YES!!!!

You need to outsource aspects of your business, then play ketchup... sorry, catch up!

In the show, we cover the 3 reasons why you should consider outsourcing and look at how to start the process.

Blog: How to Successfully Outsource Business Tasks to Boost Your Growth - Carl Ford Accountancy

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Captain's Log: 221121 - Be A SMARTie Pants

It's coming to the time of year when we need to start making plans for the next year, for 2023!

so, how will you go about setting and achieving your goals?

You need to be a SMARTie pants, that's how!

Autumn Statement: Autumn Statement 2022: This time it's personal - Carl Ford Accountancy

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Captain's Log: 221114 - Black Friday: Bad For Business

January Sales... Bank Holiday Sales... End of Season Sales... Now Black Friday!

There seems to be a perpetual sale happening, so is it good for the business or... Is Black Friday actually BAD for business?

In a world full of ongoing sales, have sales now lost their meaning and become the status quo?

Maybe, it's time to ditch being part of the established routine and be bold, be different.

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Captain's Log - 221107 - Don't Panic Me Mainwaring

The world is on fire, things are going to hell in a hell in a handbasket So let's panic!!!

Or... Don't panic Mr Mainwaring!

Carl Ford, the Captain of Accountancy, gives you some pointers to help you stay calm and navigate the current troubled waters that we are seeing. Yes, inflation is crazy, interest rates are rising and energy costs appear to be out of control. But, there are opportunities out there if you stay calm and look for them.

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Captain's Log - 221031 - Budgeting gives you wins

Accountancy is boring right? Tell that to the Formula 1 world right now! There's been a lot of controversy in the F1 world after one of the teams was found to be in breach of the Cost Cap. In this show I'll point out some of the areas that have gone wrong and how you can avoid making similar mistakes in your business.

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Captains Log - 221024 - First Contact

Welcome to the pilot episode of the Captain's Log: An Accountant's Guide To The Galaxy. In this episode we'll be discussing the plans for the show and a brief history of Carl Ford.