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Article by Patrick Sutton, Partner, O’Kelly Sutton, published in The Sunday Business Post 28th January 2018 One of the easiest mistakes any business can make is to let fixed costs creep up over time. Whilst costs are a necessary part of any business, when they get out of control it can have a crippling impact…

Article by Patrick Sutton, Partner, O’KellySutton in The Sunday Business Post, 28th January 2018 The Irish unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November 2017 of just 6.1 per cent. This is expected to fall further in 2018 to close to 5 per cent. It’s getting to the stage where employees can pick and choose who they…

Pat Sutton is delighted to accept appointment as a director of County Kildare LEADER Partnership. Proposed to the role by County Kildare Chamber Pat hopes to make a positive contribution to LEADER and add his financial expertise to the organisation. Employing over 50 people directly the organisations principal activity is the administration of several National and…

The most recent increases to the EIIS scheme were a step in the right direction. This is a very important tax relief scheme for investors and one that many companies use to raise much needed seed capital. Over the last number of years O’KellySutton have advised and assisted several companies in their quest to raise…

It is important that business owners have the right structure in place so that the appropriate relief from taxes can be claimed in the event of sale or transfer of your business assets. In particular, if you are over 45 years of age you should seek advice as tax planning cannot be done retrospectively. Two of the…

Budget Overview Spending increases and tax cuts of €1.3bn. . ‘Help to buy’ scheme A new ‘help to buy’ scheme will see first time buyers entitled to a 5% grant on newly-built homes (signing contract date after 19/7/2016) up to the value of €20,000, includes self builds. A rebate will be available for income…

Planning for Business Growth Sunday Business Post June 2016: The lowdown By Patrick Sutton Four fully actionable targets for growth To achieve growth and boost profitability, SMEs and family-owned firms must take decisive action. A strategic plan can help to identify opportunities for growth and set out strategic objectives. The strategic plan should have fully…

Pat Sutton receives award from Anne Keogh

The inaugural Irish Accountancy Awards took place on Thursday, April 21st 2016 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Dublin. Ireland’s accountancy industry was recognised and celebrated in front of an audience of over 350 industry professionals. 15 prestigious trophies were presented to the very best leaders, practices and teams within the industry. Pat Sutton said…

O’KellySutton are delighted to announce we have been appointed as Xero Certified Advisors. Xero is the leading global cloud accounting software with 600,000 users worldwide and now for the first time this software can be got locally through trusted advisors O’KellySutton. Xero will compliment nicely our existing range of business reporting and business planning tools and tax…

Businesses who should undertake the O’KellySutton Strategic Business Planning (SBP) programme are those who: want to achieve growth – taking on new owners or investors – launching new products – moving into new markets – increasing size of workforce – looking to kick start their business – next generation joining the business – where buying…

How to control fixed costs

Future-proof your talent base in 2018

Pat Sutton appointed as a Director of County Kildare LEADER Partnership

Employment and Investment Incentive Scheme (EIIS)

2 of the best business tax reliefs for extracting cash

Budget 2017 Highlights

Planning for Business Growth

O’KellySutton Wins Best Small Practice in the Irish Accountancy Awards

O’KellySutton appointed as Xero Certified Partners

Strategic Business Planning for SMEs and Family Businesses