Charis surridge

Linkedln Guide pt2 – help your ACCA career

In my previous article, “How LinkedIn can help your ACCA career", I mentioned why is it important to join professional networks (especially Linkedln) and stay ahead of competition. But starting at Linkedln requires some professionalism and some manners th... Read >

What do Accountancy Clients and Employers want?

Interview clients of personal service firms (such as accountancy firms), and ask, “Why do you continue to work with your personal account manager and even the firm in general?" You assume you know their answer. It’s skill. People like to work with ski... Read >

Let’s Do It – Achieve your ACCA goals!

This article might be a bit different from others. But as I can relate the story to “commerce" I think it would be helpful for ACCA students sitting for their June10 attempt. I would never have found this story if I never went to hospital! In last few... Read >

Can ACCA Accountants Be Leaders?

Part I This question is asked of me so many times that I decided to directly ask various company professionals. So I started a poll at a finance group at Linkedln (Professional Networking website) and so far the results are not concluding. According to... Read >

ACCA students hindered by the downpour of snow in London, UK

Although it’s customary for the bookmakers to place odds to see if it’s a White Christmas each year, for some, that realisation is not welcomed. ACCA students may find themselves at a bit of a disadvantage, at such a crucial stage of their ACCA exam prepa... Read >

The Truth about Multitasking... and will it help for your ACCA studies?

For decades, multitasking was used to describe the parallel processing of computers. According to wikipedia* definition, “In computing, multitasking is a method by which multiple tasks; also known processes, share common processing resources such as CPU. ... Read >

Increasing ACCA Numbers?

Sitting with a friend at a coffee shop discussing about the current global crunch and wondering when things will take good shape, I came to know that our accountancy body, i.e., ACCA (The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), has grown by more ... Read >

Customer Feedback – how is it effectively obtained?

Old Days The reputation of a company “back in the old days" would usually rely on the word-of-mouth recommendation from one party to another, where word-of-mouth literally meant face to face speaking communication. A company could succeed or flounder b... Read >

Brief Introduction to Communicating Responsibility

The latest buzzwords in the business world are CSR, CSR, and still more CSR. This acronym stands for Corporate Social Responsibility. It's the way the titanic conglomerates, the not so gigantic medium and even small companies try and ‘give back' to the va... Read >