by Guest | Jan 24, 2018 | Acquisitions, Buying & selling, Disposals, Mental health, Wealth management
This week we share the musings of guest blogger Ross Martin, Accountancy Director at Hive Business, as he wonders whether owning one £2m turnover practice is better than two £1m ones. Thanks Ross. Just like no one needs to explain why they want a second child, a...
by Guest | Dec 28, 2017 | Exit plan, Finance, Wealth management
To mark the end of the year we are sharing this reflective piece from our friend Ross Martin, Accountancy Director at Hive Business. Thank you Ross, and a prosperous new year to you, loyal reader. See you in 2018. In August 2007 the French bank BNP Paribas announced...
by Guest | Aug 23, 2017 | Performance reporting, Wealth management
Have you ever wondered how you’d cope if the lights went out during surgery? It never happens, apart from those rare times that it does. It did, dramatically, to our client Sean Corry last week at Corry Dental Care in Magherafelt, Ulster. He was left in the dark...
by Guest | Aug 9, 2017 | Performance reporting, Wealth management
If you run a dental practice, or any other business, you will have heard of EBITDA: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation. It’s got resonance among practice owners at the moment as a useful metric to see how your business is doing. So how...
by Guest | Jul 5, 2017 | Wealth management
After a while in business you realise that things to do with VAT tend towards the vague and perverse. Vague until they get to the courts, that is; as we write, Irish revenue authorities want four years of VAT on services to dental associates from a principal we know,...
by Guest | Apr 24, 2017 | Blog, Tax, Wealth management
The iron triangle of tax, cash & HMRC By Ross Martin. April 24, 2017. I really liked this blog by Ross Martin, accountancy director at Hive Business, where I help with strategy. Ross has kindly agreed to let me share it here and I hope you find it useful. JJF....
