Tom Webster for AI Accounts Video Testimonials

Speaker: Tom Webster

Tom Webster: Hi, I'm Tom Webster. Uh I'm one of the founders and directors uh at Kia Recruitment. So we're a specialist uh professional services recruitment agency based in Bristol. Um So I've worked with Anna and the guys at A I accounts now for around three years. I've had a fantastic service with them throughout that time. Uh I can honestly recommend them to uh to anyone and they've been very thorough uh and very helpful at some, some difficult times. They've helped very much with cash flow uh management. Uh They helped with general advice and they really do go the extra mile. Uh We partnered with a few accountancy firms before uh landing with A I accounts. And I have to say that the service has been fantastic in comparison. Um It's the little things, it's the, it's the responsiveness, uh the good communication uh and just go that extra mile really um and being fair with their pricing. Um It's been really great for us as an sme business. Um Just knowing you're getting a good rate and a good service uh it is, is very, very valuable. Um And yeah, I can definitely can definitely recommend them cool.

Tom Webster: So we, um we actually chose A I uh accounts initially because they were helping with our uh payroll. And we were partnered with a much larger um accountancy practice. Uh And just from that uh outsourced uh part of our, our needs, we developed a really good relationship with A I accounts. They let our business inside out and actually really, really helpful and didn't sort of overcharge us too much uh when it came to uh additional uh you know, needs that we had. Um And as a result, we sort of started questioning if the, the largest spend we had of a bigger uh accountancy practice was actually right for our business at the time. Um We agreed at a reasonable price with A I accounts and we actually got a hell of a lot more uh for that uh than we were getting with our, our provider at that time.

Tom Webster: So A I accounts have helped us in, in lots of ways uh to be fair. Um It helps a lot with budgeting uh set in, you know, uh budgets for the year. They've helped with cash flow management. Uh They've helped with general advice around remuneration and they've actually gone over and above really in terms of maybe the role of an accountant and almost sort of acted like a bit of a business consultant uh in a lot of ways, uh when we've had uh various matters that have cropped up, uh We've sort of used a I accountants as a bit of a sounding board and echoed some of the uh business critical uh things going on and we've had a lot of value, uh you know, through those um communications around various matters.

Tom Webster: Uh I would definitely recommend A I accounts um for businesses looking to grow. I mean, my business specifically um is in the recruitment industry, it's been a particularly difficult time across the whole industry over the last year or two. And we've sort of gone from boom years where growth was very much um the the the flavor of choice to having to potentially consolidate and slow down that growth a little bit. Um But A I accounts have been really um really helpful in actually helping us manage the, the turbulence and the difference between the industry. Um sort of trends and helped us in, in terms of reas budgets and managing sort of cash flows uh and different bits and pieces around that. But um very much have helped us sort of in a sustainable way, uh look at growth in, in, in a more sustainable manner. Uh And yeah, very much excited about the next uh 3 to 5 years ahead and uh feel a lot of confidence going into this next phase of our journey has come from the close collaboration with A I account.