by Richard Messik | Sep 6, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
I have spent an interesting day at the Speciality and Fine Foods Fair at Olympia where my wife, Marilyn, has been speaking on marketing at one of the small business forums. As well as eating myself silly with all the wonderful samples on offer, I did do some useful...
by Richard Messik | Sep 1, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
I am grateful to my friend Mark Davis for spending time with me yesterday and giving me a demonstration of Twinfield. I will not in this blog go through the aspects of the system (I am currently working on a comparison of the various accounting offerings) but what...
by Richard Messik | Aug 17, 2010 | Cloud computing
I have spent the last few days in Copenhagen where I have been visiting the team at E-conomic to discuss their planned updates and ongoing ideas. What struck me as I entered their modern, crisp, and ergonomic offices was the number of people beavering away at various...
by Richard Messik | Aug 3, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
I had an interesting conversation with Jon Stacey of Riley Chartered Accountants.. I first came across Jon’s firm when I read about them on the Google Apps blog where there was a write up on their move to Google Apps and I was interested to discuss with him how...
by Richard Messik | Jul 25, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
@Bookmarklee posted a very interesting item on his excellent Blog site, “No long term future for “Halfway house” firms of accountants. His points, as usual, were well made but I am prompted to add a few further comments. Most mid-size accounting...
by Richard Messik | Jul 24, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
One of the advantages in setting up my new business, RFM Associates is that I now have the opportunity to practice what I have been preaching about setting up a virtual office. Events have proceeded much quicker than I had originally anticipated and I now have Uzma...
by Richard Messik | Jul 8, 2010 | Accountants
As the dust begins to settle on the implosion of Vantis, it is perhaps opportune to look back and consider some of the lessons that might be learnt from the unseemly fall of a top 20 accountancy firm. No doubt in time, we may learn more of what really caused its...
by Richard Messik | Jul 3, 2010 | Cloud computing
I spent two days last week at the Cloud Computing World Forum at Olympia. I am grateful to David Terrar for arranging for me to chair two panel sessions. Although the exhibition stands at the conference were heavily biased to the technical side of the cloud (I must...
by Richard Messik | Jun 22, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
When I qualified more years ago than I care to remember and joined the family firm of Bellman Messik as the third generation of Messik accountants, I rather thought that this was a job for life. As we all know, Life is what happens when you are making other plans and...
by Richard Messik | Jun 19, 2010 | Cloud computing
A headline in the Times business news of Friday 18th June reads: “Investors thankful for Sage’s wisdom in steering clear of the clouds” The article itself goes on to explain that Intuit which “..has been quick to embrace the new world of...
