Can a bookkeeper help you?

The last few weeks have really become an unprecedented challenge for bookkeepers worldwide. Not only have we had to decipher a record amount of changes implemented by the Government in order to help our clients or potential clients, but we ourselves have had to become isolated, change our working pattern, becoming teachers for our now home schooled children and become remote working under extreme circumstances, overnight.

These challenges have come in a number of means – for example….as we listened to the eagerly anticipated announcement for the financial assistance for Self Employed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, we were all receiving calls, messages, emails from worried clients about just how this could help them, as the chancellor was announcing this.

We have had to decipher any ambiguities of the information provided in guidelines from HMRC and basically become messengers! And at these times we have pleaded with everyone to please don’t shoot the messengers!

So, what is actually a bookkeeper and how can they help you?

The dictionary term for a bookkeeper is “someone whose job is keeping an exact record of the money that has been spent or received by a business or other organisation”.

But for me, being a bookkeeper means

·        Providing a solution to business owners problems with organisation and data input of financial paperwork

·        Providing business owners with more time to work on areas that suit their skill set

·        Saving them time and money

·        Not just undertaking data entry – we also monitor and maintain all financial records

·        Helping all kinds of businesses – not just big limited companies

·        With advancements of technology, bookkeepers can now offer bookkeeping services no matter where you are in the UK.

Can a bookkeeper help you?