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Understanding Your Balance Sheet
To understand the financial position of a business at a specific point of time, look…
Five big business challenges for 2025
‘Uncertainty’ has been the defining phrase for the first half of the 2020s. The markets…
Mastering expense management in your business
Effective expense management is crucial for sustaining growth and ensuring profitability of your business, while…
Interest rates come down: how could this affect your finances?
The Bank of England recently announced a drop in the UK base interest rate, with a…
Dr Wayne Visser on Corporate Sustainability Targets
Introducing: Our New Carbon Accounting Service
Sumday Partnership We have recently joined forces with Sumday and are really excited to be…
Environmental & Security Benefits of Reducing Data
Environmental Benefits: 1. Energy Consumption: Data storage and processing in data centres require significant amounts…
The Purpose Dividend – Demos
Fascinating results released by Demos reveal the potential of the Purpose Dividend, showing how purpose-led…
Fossil to Clean Campaign
“Ahead of the COP28 Summit in Dubai, the We Mean Business Coalition and partners mobilized…
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Understanding Your Balance Sheet
To understand the financial position of a business at a specific point of time, look…
Five big business challenges for 2025
‘Uncertainty’ has been the defining phrase for the first half of the 2020s. The markets…
Mastering expense management in your business
Effective expense management is crucial for sustaining growth and ensuring profitability of your business, while…
Interest rates come down: how could this affect your finances?
The Bank of England recently announced a drop in the UK base interest rate, with a…
Dr Wayne Visser on Corporate Sustainability Targets
Introducing: Our New Carbon Accounting Service
Sumday Partnership We have recently joined forces with Sumday and are really excited to be…
Environmental & Security Benefits of Reducing Data
Environmental Benefits: 1. Energy Consumption: Data storage and processing in data centres require significant amounts…
The Purpose Dividend – Demos
Fascinating results released by Demos reveal the potential of the Purpose Dividend, showing how purpose-led…
Fossil to Clean Campaign
“Ahead of the COP28 Summit in Dubai, the We Mean Business Coalition and partners mobilized…
Trip to Brasov, Romania – August 2023
In August, Matt traveled to Romania for a Trip to Brasov to spend a week…
Mental Health Awareness 2023 – Wellbeing Tips
This week is Mental Health Awareness week, and the theme for 2023 is Anxiety. Anxiety…
Portt & Co’s First B Corp Impact Report
We are proud to share our first ever report since certifying as a B Corp…
Portt & Co’s volunteering day at the RSPCA
A month ago today, on 23rd February, everyone in the Portt & Co team spent…
Accredited Living Wage Employer
We’re delighted to share the news that we have received our Living Wage Employer accreditation.…
Changes to PAYE Legislation from April 2022
This breakdown should help you understand the changes to statutory payments, such as maternity (SMP),…
Food Waste Action Week
We are helping to increase awareness of Food Waste Action Week. Throughout the process of…
Our B Corp Announcement
What is a B Corp? B Corp is the only certification that measures a company’s…
7 lessons from 7 years in business
To celebrate our birthday, we asked our Founder, Matt Portt, for 7 lessons he’s learned…
Eco Resolutions
Offsetting our carbon Throughout 2021 we have been offsetting our carbon emissions with Ecologi, by…
National Tree Week 2021
What is National Tree Week? National Tree Week is the UK’s largest tree celebration. It…
The End of Furlough
Boris Johnson’s daily coronavirus briefings now feel like a distant memory. But for payroll…
Portt & Co at Bread & Jam Festival
What is Bread & Jam? Bread & Jam is a festival for food and drink…
PensionSync Payroll Services
Auto-enrolment – where it all began It feels like such a long time ago that…
Climate Positive – one year later
Starting our climate positive journey Caring for the environment and creating a better future is…
Small Firm of the Year – Accounting Excellence Awards
We’re thrilled to be shortlisted for the Small Firm of the Year Award and are…
8 Key Questions to Ask When Choosing a New Accounting Firm
What do you want from an accountant? Before you ask accounting firms questions, it’s best…
5 ways Xero can help your small business
There are many benefits to using Xero, but here’s 5 that we think are particularly…
The Major Funding Options for Small Businesses
What are the major funding options for small businesses? There are two main funding opportunities:…
Changes to PAYE Legislation from April 2021
What will the National Minimum Wage be in 2021? One of the key changes for…
Food and Drink Trends 2021 – Hard Seltzer
As an outsourced accounting firm specializing in the food and drink industry, it’s essential for…
PensionSync Gold Partner
In 2016, we were proud to be one of PensionSync’s first payroll and pension service…
Budget 2021 – The Highlights
This year’s budget announcement has been widely anticipated by many. It’s no secret that covid-19…
HMRC’s VAT Deferral New Payment Scheme
If you deferred VAT payments between 20th March and 30th June 2020, they are due…
Accounting Jargon – Understanding Key Terms
As an outsourced finance function, we support small businesses with bookkeeping, management accounts and finance…
Becoming a B Corp
We firmly believe in looking after our team, so becoming a B Corp really fits…
From Lockdowns to Long Island Ice Teas
At Portt & Co, we’ve supported clients in more ways than just furloughing staff. We’ve…
Exporting goods after Brexit
Export using Royal Mail or Parcelforce on an ad hoc basis? If your main business…
Portt & Co – Christmas Opening Hours
Our team have worked incredibly hard this year (they do every year to be fair),…
Bookkeeping Firm of the Year Award
2020 has been a challenging year. We’re pleased that the additional support and guidance we…
Portt & Grow
In today’s uncertain job market and growing environmental concerns, we’ve launched Portt & Grow to…
Lockdown 2: What does it mean for your business?
Here’s a quick summary of all you need to know: Local Business Grants Businesses…
The Working Capital Cycle
Payable days – how long the business takes to pay its suppliers. Inventory days –…
Winter Economy Plan
Owner Managed Companies The plan extends the Self Employment Income Support Grant (SEISS) but provides…
Portt & Co Go Carbon Neutral
At Portt & Co, we’re passionate about creating a better future for everyone. This means…
National Payroll Week 2020
Established 22 years ago, National Payroll Week celebrates the payroll profession and the impact the…
Growth Support Kickstart Grant Scheme
If you operate a small or medium-sized business which has been affected by the impacts…
Proud to Support Taunton Town FC
We work exclusively with aspirational organisations, which made the decision to support Taunton Town FC…
What the Chancellor’s latest announcement means for you
Following the Chancellor’s lunchtime announcement, here’s a summary of a few of the new schemes…
Bounce Back Loans
Fast Simple 100% Government Bounce Back loans are available up to £50k. Replay over up…
Portt & Co Partner With Starling Bank
Starling were recently approved for the Government’s Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) and will…
Accountancy Age – 35 under 35
Our Founder, Matt Portt has been placed at #22 in the Accountancy Age ’35 under…
British Accountancy Awards – Double Shortlisting
Our innovation project shortlisting came on the back of the pioneering work we undertook. We…