Do you think there's still a compelling reason to use a "Contract" accountancy?

[Fred Bloggs]

Glad I saw this thread as I was about to start a similar one.

I've been using one of the main "contract" accountancy firms since 2010 & they've gone way down hill, to be sure.

They had some kind of restructuring a couple of years back and I lost my regular guy who was actually very good. Now response times are awful and they leave everything to the last minute and even got my last VAT return wrong. My assigned "accountant" also couldn't give me any advice on capital gains as it was out of his remit.

What's the point in paying £120 pcm for that kind of service? I may as well just use a local outfit and get them to bill me by the hour.

Vote with your feet. Anything that removes business from the private equity vulture funded firms is a good thing. They are trading on client inertia and don't deserve your business.

[Roll Out The Farrell]

Vote with your feet. Anything that removes business from the private equity vulture funded firms is a good thing. They are trading on client inertia and don't deserve your business.

Yes, once they've done my EOY accounts I'm pulling the plug. It's a shame, they did actually used to be very good. I also have my suspicions that they've offshored some of their operations too.