Insights
Practical writing for people making a delivery decision.
We do not write thought leadership or listicles. These are the arguments we would make in a scoping call, written out in full, including the parts that argue against using us.
MTD for Income Tax has quadrupled your client contact, but not your team.
Roughly 780,000 taxpayers entered quarterly reporting in April 2026, and the threshold falls twice more before 2028. The technical work is manageable. The strain comes from the number of reporting cycles set against the size of the team.
Read the articleOutsourcing and UK GDPR: what a practice actually has to do
Your firm stays the data controller. Most of what follows comes from that fact, and it is why your regulator will not accept “our provider is compliant” as an answer.
23 June 2026 ReadHow to run an outsourcing pilot that tells you something
Most pilots are designed to succeed. The practice sends easy jobs, the provider gives them extra attention, both sides call it a success, and the real position shows up in January. A pilot can be designed to give you information you can use.
19 May 2026 ReadWhy the cheapest outsourcing quote is usually the most expensive
Headline rates in this market mean very little without context. This framework compares quotes on what you will end up paying, which is often not the figure you were quoted.
28 April 2026 ReadWhy we write these
Because the decision is harder than the marketing suggests
Choosing a delivery partner involves regulatory obligations, professional ethics, client confidentiality and a commercial commitment, yet most of what is written about it treats it as a procurement exercise with a rate card. These articles cover the parts we think are hard.
Use them against us
The evaluation frameworks in these articles are the ones we would want applied to us. If we fail one of our own tests, that is a fair thing to raise on a call and we would rather you did.
Next step
Let’s find out where your capacity is stretched.
A 30-minute scoping call with no pitch deck. We look at your service mix, peak periods and software, then tell you plainly whether we can help and where we would start.
What to expect
- No obligation and no minimum commitment to talk
- A written proposal within five working days
- A paid pilot before any long-term arrangement