Curry & Beer Nights Cain & Co are very pleased to announce the dates and venues for the next 4 Curry & Beer nights as follows: – January – Bromley – Raj Moni – 21-01-2016 from 6.30pm February – Maidstone – Moghul Dynasty – 25-02-2016 from 6.30pm March – Ashford – Everest Inn –…
Auto-enrolment Update Cain & Co have partnered up with Beckenham based Independent Financial Advisors Peter Stewart Associates to offer a full Auto-enrolment service. If you are an employer at some point in the next few years you will have to offer all of your employees a pension. Michael Brennan of PSA and Paul Cain finalised…
Team Additions Cain & Co are delighted to announce that Adil Ismail and Donna Curling have joined the management team. Adil will assume the role of Finance Director and Donna is a Senior Bookkeeper and Sage Trainer. Donna is based in Ringwood in Hampshire and will be looking after our clients in that area as…
Growth Accelerator Cain & Co have embarked on the Growth Accelerator program with UK Business Mentoring & Training. The scheme offers business coaching and Government subsidised individual training days that Paul & Adil will be attending. The coaching focuses on business development and determining SWOTS (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats), as well as helping to…
Xero Partnership Cain & Co have partnered with Xero the very popular online Bookkeeping software and can now offer our clients online bookkeeping. Xero has many merits and advantages over a lot of the conventional PC based accounting software including being able to provide bespoke management accounts and an App that can be used on…
If your business employs staff then after 30th September 2018 you will be faced with up to an extra 3% on your wage bill. Auto-enrolment is something that all employers will need to embrace very soon if they haven’t had to already. Every employer will have to contribute to their employee’s pension funds from of…
Running a Purchase Order System You will be surprised how many business owners and company directors do not have control over their purchases. A lot of companies we visited didn’t even know how much their overheads were each month or what their ‘break even’ figure was; some didn’t even know what a ‘break even’ figure…
Basic Bookkeeping Hints for Start Ups When you start out in business you want to keep your costs down to a minimum and probably your bookkeeping is not very high up on your list of priorities. A common mistake to make but please do not under estimate the importance of bookkeeping for your company. …
Bank on Business Expo 2015 at Biggin Hill Cain & Co’s stand saw a constant stream of visitors (including the Mayor of Bromley) from the moment the show started until the very end. Abigail, Adil and Paul were on hand throughout the day to answer questions regarding our services and of course the very…
It doesn’t matter what type of business you run you still need to keep accurate records and maintain a decent filing system. Your bookkeeping filing system doesn’t have to be complicated though you can keep things very simple and ideally colour coded like the example below: – RED FOLDER(S) – Sales Invoices & Credit…
When you run your own business it is so easy to get bogged down with all the paperwork that arrives through your door. Keeping on top of your paperwork can potentially take up a lot of your time, time that should be spent running your business or with your family. However, you can’t ignore it,…
Do sights like this cause you worry? Then read about some of our handy hints below It is so important to always know where you are with your bank account and keep regular tabs on incomings and outgoings. It is all too easy to bury your head in the sand and leave your bookkeeping to…
