The Power of 💯1% Improvements | Gareth Burton

<p>In this episode I speak with Gareth Burton Founder of Assure UK and Progress Accountants.</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🤝 Why Gareth Burton decided to start two firms.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">💯💡 100 1% improvements in 100 days.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">💼 Why Gareth decided to start his own accountancy firm.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">📈 The 100 1% improvement.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">💻 Technology used in that business: Xero, Dext, Microsoft, BreatheHR, MyWorkPapers.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🌎 How Microsoft’s change to Teams has changed the landscape of the industry.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🎯 Finding a niche within a niche.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🔄 The transition from commodity to service-based business.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🚀 Key takeaway from attending the accountants bootcamp.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🐭🎢 How Disney would run an accounting practice.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">🔑 Customer service and customer experience.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">💬 Gareth’s advice for new accountants: “Look for small gains”.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">📅 Making one small change each day or each week.</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong> </strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Today I’m bringing you an interview as part of a series of interviews I conducted at the Accountants BootCamp which was held in late April ‘23. I had the unique and rare opportunity to interview a few award winning UK accountants who travelled to Australia to attend the e