This month, Best Practice - Accountancy Age's monthly supplement for smaller practices and their clients - meets Beevers and Struthers partner, Maria Hallows.
Hallows believes the not-for-profit sector is as professional as any other and applies big ideas to smaller practices and business discipline to charities. According to the English Institute of Sports' chairman, Steve Cram, her expertise and experience has proved invaluable for its company.
Elsewhere, we look at how to lead by example – and get people to follow; coming clean over new money laundering rules; why an over-stretched finance department is bad for your business; making email work for you and how to keep cool when disaster strikes the workplace.
And in our advice section, we take on Rowena Kerslake's YMCA nursery, and much, much more.
Enjoy the January - and our website.
This month's articles:
Editor’s comment: Happy New Year?
Profile: Maria Hallows, partner at Beever and Struthers
• Business adviser section:
Ask the experts: Chelmsford YMCA nursery – a success
What the experts say: The Chelmsford YMCA nursery
Q&A: Do private companies have to hold AGMs?
Changes in CGT: caught in the net
Finance: how to rescue an over stretched finance department?
People: How to become a credible leader
Legal Q&A: money laundering directive
Technology: master your inbox
Market research: access all areas
Crisis planning: business continuity plans are essential
Outsider: the entrepreneurial mind with Erkko Autio
Business moneyfacts: Financial comparisons of products for your clients
• Practice manager section:
Insider: plans for 2008 - always look back
Audit quality: strength in numbers
Legal Services Act: new opportunities for accountants
Horror stories: destination nowhere