Office Layout

[moosey86]

Ok so its a bit of a boring topic but it's something I'm really struggling to cope with! Ive just set up properly after being self-employed for the past year. Ive got a couple of good industrial contacts and a couple of firms that like to use me that I sub labour to and the occasional domestic job.

I love the whole thing about running a business but I have a real weak point..... and that is paper work, I'd go as far as to say that I hate it! But it has to be done as we all know and the more frequently I do it the easier it is.

I'm posting this to see what others that have a company tend to do with the set up of the office, the layout and the general regime to which you run your paperwork in order to make it as efficient and ideal as possible.

Just to put you in the picture... I'm limited, I'm vat registered and I invoice quite frequently.

So if there is any advice out there for me from you well respected veterans I'd really appreciate the help.

Cheers guys

 

[acat]

Go for sage accts for that side then have a look in your local rag to see if anyone is offering office services for a reasonable price. All you do is dump your paperwork on them and pick it up later.

Good luck


Chris

 

[moosey86]

So what does sage accounts do for you then? I just had a quick look at the homepage but im being lazy lol. The old biddy to do the paper work is a good shout tho mate.

Cheers

 

[acat]

If you enter all your payments out and in on a daily basis it takes minutes then when you want to know exactly how you stand click a few buttons and you know it all so you can adjust margins to make them more profitable. Most accountants use sage as well so its makes your audits easier and should be a bit cheaper.


Chris

 

[chris gray]

get in with a secretary who will do it for you
we do a lot of work for a company and their sec does it for us

 

[moosey86]

Another good idea cheers chris gray, i dont know any fit ones yet tho lol.

As for the sage chris... what package is best suited for us, again being lazy sorry there was a fair few on there.

Cheers

 

[acat]

The basic sage accounts or sage accts v14 if you want to enter in all your stock and the price you buy it at then the price you sell it at if you do that couple of mouse clicks will show you what you use the most and what you lose the most on change a couple of entries and that wil get rid of the loss.


Chris