About David Anthony I am a qualified CIMA Management Accountant with a current institutes practising certificate and currently working for the following companies. LA Electrical Ltd (Finance Director and Company Secretary). Electrical contractor that specializes in both Commercial and Domestic wiring, fault finding, home automation, hot tubs, spa baths and PAT Testing. Quality Controls Technology Ltd - QCT (Finance Director and Company Secretary). QCT manufactures belt weighing equipment and speed monitoring alarms. Sludge Tek Limited (Company Secretary). Industrial Effluent Treatment. User Friendly Business Solutions Limited (Finance Director and Company Secretary). UFBS provides full management accounting services including wage preparation and consultancy services. UFBS recommend QuickBooks® Pro to our customers for their accounting needs. UFBS still have and are supporting and helping customers with all versions of QuickBooks from 2000 onwards. UFBS also provide a full suite of support and services for QuickBooks® Pro. Click here for price list.

WORKING WITH SME's After a considerable period offering myself as a consultant I moved over to working directly with SME's. The change was driven by the apparent lack of support available to SME's from other accountants. Young business need access to advice and support at any time and not just at year-ends. Most of my time is now spent with a growing number of small customers (1-5 employees) helping them grow their chosen business to full potential. The services I offer them are: The complete or part outsourcing of the accounting function leaving the business owner time to work on the business. Management accounts and business reviews. Monthly wage preparation and the production of wage slips wage journals and the yearend routines. Completion of CIS (Construction Industry Tax Scheme) monthly returns. Help and support on VAT, Self-assessment, Corporation tax and other government returns. Production of yearend accounts (reduced prices for QuickBooks users). Budgets and cashflow forecasts for internal and external uses. Support with visits from bank managers. VAT and PAYE/NIC inspections. Training and support on QuickBooks accounting system (All versions) including help with the set up of opening journals and agreement with old accounting systems. The formation of new companies along with the setting up of VAT and PAYE.

CONSULTANCY WORK Working via User Friendly Business Solutions Limited (11-May 1996 to 31-July 2001). As a consultant I have worked on a variety of different length interim management projects the longest lasting fourteen months. The range of projects has help increase the range of skills I am able to offer to new assignments.

David Anthony's Varied Job Roles I am always looking for new assignments to enable me to help develop and grow my main business UFBS and to build long term relationships with our customers. I charge on either a fixed hourly rate fee, a fixed fee for the job or on cost saving exercises a percentage of the savings. In this way your commitment is controllable by yourselves. The initial consultation is always free so you do not take any risk or commitment. Working as an independent consultant has provided me opportunities to do a wide range of interesting challenges. Some of the highlights are shown below: COMPANY NATURE OF TASK SCA Packaging. Helping to re-establish controls after the migration to SAP from a non year 2000 system. East Midland Electricity (for Lucidus Ltd) To work as part of a team of consultants whose role was to re-establish procurement creditability. At the same time establish IT procurement projects for opening up of the supply industry and be ready for Year 2000. Once this was underway to help recruit and train new staff to replace the consultant's team. Documenting the system and setting up standard terms and conditions for IT supply. Protake Limited Complete a feasibility study for the purchase of a range of catering machines from the USA. Peppercorns (New Zealand Natural Foods) Review the computer system and suggest the updates required. Source and install system updates including new Windows NT fileserver and memory upgrades for existing equipment. Provide telephone support. Capital Property Care Limited Complete a feasibility study on setting up a 24 hour call centre for McDonald's service work. Garden Leisure Setup and install a Quest accounting software system. Upgrade computers and train the staff on how to use the system. Provide ongoing support. Various private individuals Advice on business setups and tax, VAT returns and payroll matters. CF Taylor (Wokingham) Setting up Sage 100 computer system for 5 companies including consolidation accounts. Aquapal Limited Work as part of a skeleton crew cleaning up the business and collecting in the outstanding Debtors after the company ceased trading. Then handing over the company to the official receiver. Radiant Knowledge Systems Limited Working on a company de-merger setting up new system looking after Dutch, French, USA and UK payrolls. Providing system documentation and liaising with various outside agencies. For VAT, PAYE, NI and Data Protection etc. Wade McDonald Associates Reconciling the balance sheet items and providing year-end journals. Providing advice to ways to reduce the growing audit costs.

David Anthony's Speciality Field of Knowledge I specialize in system implementation and design, with the emphasis on cost reduction using the experience gained while in my present role along with working experiences for the companies listed below. In this age of increasing costs the key to fighting these are strong systems coupled with management controls. Proper well documented systems are your first step to gaining BS5750 or ISO9000 which all expanding businesses require. These skills have been used to take one company from a small private company to part of a large listed plc. They have also encouraged me to invest in my own companies and do the same for myself. TAYLOR FREEZER (UK) PLC Financial Director and Company Secretary 1st January 1986 to 10th May 1996 I joined Taylor's just after a Management Buy Out that had left them with no in-house systems. A management accountants dream, a clean slate on which to build, where each system you install shows an instant improvement. The company required all you would expect from a new set-up, registration of VAT, PAYE/NIC, payroll bureau, and a computer installation. At this stage invoices were still being typed by hand. It did not take long to install an integrated Sales, Purchase, Nominal and Stock system along with support systems. In 1987 the company was faced with the challenge of EDI, which was still in its infancy, and this soon added to the systems functions. In 1992 the service side required development and the Service Manager concept grew with information required on serialized machines, service history and full call logging providing customer care. HANSIL LIMITED Financial Controller 1st April 1982 to 30th November 1985 CPC LIMITED Management Accountant 1st March 1972 to 31st March 1973 ALLIS CHALMERS GREAT BRITAIN LTD Assistant to Financial Director 1st August 1980 to 31st March 1982 RONSON PRODUCTS LIMITED Management Accountant 1st November 1971 to 28th February 1972 HALL & HALL LTD Cost & Budget Accountant 1st April 1977 to 31st July 1980 AIRSCREW WEYROC LTD Assistant Cost Accountant 1st October 1969 to 31st October 1971 ELK & CO LTD Assistant to Financial Director 1st April 1973 to 31st March 1977 CAV LTD Commercial Apprentice 1st August 1964 to 30th September 1969

How to contact David Anthony User Friendly Business Solutions Ltd 24 Suffolk Close Woosehill Wokingham Berkshire RG41 3AU Tel: 0118-979-4452 Fax: 0118-977-2158 Email: david@ufbs.co.uk