Bean Counters are very proud to be only the fifth company be be listed in the Beyond Carbon Neutral Directory of carbon neutral businesses.

This year, a young school girl has put the Governments of the world to shame in asking what they are doing, the answer being not enough!

It was, however, a heartfelt talk from, soon to be Dad John Scotcher of Pearson Treehouse that made us decide that it is not enough to sit at home watching the news and just nodding in agreement with that school girl and thinking it is just a problem for Governments and large business to solve.

I have three Children and two Grandchildren and, like John, I do not want them coming to me one day and asking why I turned the other way, why I thought this didn't concern me even though I had their futures to consider, guilt can be a great motivator.

Listening to John speak I realised that it wasn't difficult for Bean Counters to do their bit and become Carbon Neutral, we are a very small cog but if all the small cogs did their bit it would make a huge difference.

So Bean Counters are now proud to be a carbon neutral company. Our listing can be found at 

http://www.beyondcarbonneutral.co.uk/site/main-menu/bcn-businesses/

Why not join us, it won't take too much of your time and could make a huge difference to future generations.

If you have just started up a limited company, the Directors’ Loan Account can be one of the trickiest concepts to get your head around. But I promise you it’s not impossible. It is necessary in understanding how you relate to your company and more importantly, how you get your hands on your profits.

If your employee drives their own car for business and submits a claim for mileage expenses at £0.45 per mile, the current HMRC Approved Mileage Rate, then your business can claim VAT on the fuel portion of the mileage expense if your business is VAT registered this, obviously, does not include the flat rate scheme.

When I started my business back in 2014 it didn’t occur to me that I needed a formal business plan, after all I wasn’t looking at world domination, to set the world alight or even become the next apprentice. I just wanted to earn a modest income doing something that I loved and had trained for.

Towards the end of last year I had a phone call from a very nice Gentleman called Chris, asking if I would be interested in helping a local charity in the capacity of Treasurer as their previous Treasurer had sadly died the year before and they were struggling to get another volunteer for the role.