Cheryl Hopkins : TaxAssist Accountants

Cheryl Hopkins has just launched TaxAssist Accountants – accountancy and taxation service for small businesses.

Read how she turned her finance skills into a business….

I’m married with a young daughter who has worked for the last 15years in finance. This includes management roles within service and manufacturing businesses. I qualified as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2004. After having my daughter I decided that I wanted to have flexibility and work closer to home so considered starting my own business. I didn’t want to go wholly alone so decided that buying an Accountancy Practise Franchise would be ideal for me.

Help setting up

I initially contacted Nuneaton & Bedworth Council for advice on any relevant funding available to me and they put me in touch with the Women’s Business Development Agency. Building a network of other women in business for support and guidance throughout the business growth process seems to be very powerful and rewarding.

I had already prepared my business plan and received funding from the bank prior to meeting with the Women’s Business Development Agency but I was supported by my business advisor, Joy, through the awareness of marketing, networking and other business support.

It helped with having the backing of the Franchise to assist me with the necessary information required. But one area of having my own business which was challenging was the sales and marketing, I felt that I have the confidence but how to use this to my best ability was the hard part which I needed to learn.

Joy helped me to think and develop my marketing plan and offered guidance on places to market my services.

About TaxAssist Accountants

I am a TaxAssist Accountant who offers clients a personal service. Clients benefit from the core accountancy services plus other additional services which help clients build their business and gain good contacts locally.

TaxAssist Accountants offer:

1) Personal Service – Visiting clients at home or business in or out of normal working hours, both for initial meetings and collection of books etc.

2) Customer Satisfaction - Business standards in place to ensure deadlines always met and clients always happy.

3) Value for money – An agreed fixed price, no hidden charges or surprises and the option to pay monthly with no interest charges.

In summary, providing a high quality, fast reliable service at a competitive price.

Having Joy as my business advisor, I feel that I have had the guidance for me to start off in business on the right path. And I am grateful that this will be an ongoing support.

For more information about Cheryl’s services please contact her on 02476 170042 or email cherylhopkins@taxassist.co.uk