Testimonials

'Business Fitness is basically the dummy's guide to running an accountancy business.  And it's best practice.  If you use it... then you can't help but have best practice'. 

Reviewer's comments from a recent practice review of one of our clients.

What clients said about our LAQC Transition Kit:

Middleton Holland & Associates Ltd

'Great letters to send to clients'   Sheryl  
'Good decision tree, very helpful'   Mark
'Just what we needed.'  Heather 

Debbie Ogier, Ogier Chartered Accountants

'While it's still early days for us with LAQC transition for clients, we're confident that Business Fitness NZ's LAQC Transition Kit positions us to offer a high quality service to clients affected by the LAQC legislation.  We've already been approached by another firm to take on their LAQC Transition work as well. This is an exciting opportunity we feel well equipped for with the systems and tools in the kit.'

Jason Driscole, Morrison Creed Advisory Ltd 

'We had just begun our planning to design our own templates and procedures when the email about the LAQC transition kit from Business Fitness came through.  Once the team had looked through the kit, they were keen to get started.  We've just utilised the kit for a couple of sample companies to see how long the process takes and get a feel for the issues involved.  This is an extremely important legislative change for a number of clients and the LAQC transition kit provides a high level procedure for our team to use as a basis when reviewing the specific requirements for each LAQC/QC client.  All the hard work designing the procedure has been done for you and this is another prime example of the benefits of being with Business Fitness.'

The GBU Benchmarking Report 

Miles Lambourn, Business Works Chartered Accountants

Miles Lambourn first contributed to the GBU in 2005. Upon receiving the GBU Report (which he read cover to cover) he began implementing the things that resonated most with him. The following year his profit was up 41% and overall position within his fee band went from straddling the median to above the upper quartile.

A hardworking sole practitioner based in Wellington, he has built his business from scratch to achieve fantastic results and a desirable lifestyle. He credits this partly to the GBU, and in 2009 was the top performer in his fee band.

'… As a sole practitioner, it's easy to become isolated and out of touch. The GBU is an invaluable resource that helps me to transparently view sensitive information from like-minded practitioners in order to realistically gauge how well my practice is progressing. very year there's fresh and interesting stuff. The industry is changing constantly and GBU highlights emerging trends before accountants tend to notice them. I can see clearly how my staff and I are doing plus identify just how effective new processes have been. Every year I find myself having to implement less.

With the GBU you get out what you put in.  It's a great building block for growth and success, and a manual to refer back to if you ever feel an aspect of your business slipping… .  It's also about lifestyle (not just the financial rewards).  I've been able to relax and spend more time out of the office.  No matter what motivates you, the GBU is relevant to stay on track Lately I think I've taken the foot off the gas.  Now it's time to move up to the next bracket, a goal that until recently I never saw as attainable but I've learnt from those top performers and I'm now prepping myself for this challenge so I can enter the next tier without scraping the bottom…'

Praise for Wilco and Business Forward:

Cath Jollands, Jollands Callander Ltd

'We sent these out within hours of receiving them from you and have had fantastic feedback from clients and colleagues – including banks and lawyers. Very appropriate, easy to read topical and a great selling tool.' 

Bruce Rankine, Bullot & Rankine

'BusinessForward is a very well written advisory newsletter that we publish monthly to clients. We don't need to change or edit it, and frankly we'd never get the time to write such a high-quality piece ourselves.  It really does encourage clients to see us as part of their essential business network.'

Feedback from The Accountants' Big Day Out:

'Fantastic! - Can't wait until next year'   

'Why have I missed so many BDO's over the years!'

'First time at BDO. Was the most useful knowledgeable conference I have ever attended'

'A high class motivating day!'

'All sessions right on the mark. 10 out of 10!'

'Right on the button - issues we are all facing. We have two pages of notes for our planning day discussion points. THANKS. We recovered our costs of attending by 10am'

'Viv paid for the trip down in 30 minutes'

'Pushed me to think outside of the box & face up to changes that are really required to meet my client service needs'