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My First Book: “Accounting For Beginners – The Basics: CakeShop Edition”
This is a blog post I cannot believe I am writing but I am so excited to share this news
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The time has come in my life where I can no longer do without having a car. Before COVID-19, I
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Best and Proven Finance Tracking Spreadsheet: Download and User Guide
Welcome to my secret behind how I manage to make an average saving of 83.71% of my monthly disposable income
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If you are reading this, you are likely to either be at the dreaded moment where your Business Planning: Taxation
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LASEK Laser Eye Surgery Recovery Time: Eye-Opening Truth
As LASIK is the most common procedure, LASEK laser eye surgery recovery experiences are hard to find online. This article
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ICAEW Case Study Made Easy – How to Pass ACA Case Study
What was my first impression of the ICAEW Case Study? Weird. This exam is completely different to the 14 ACA
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5 best ways to Minimise Exam Stress
I would say I have sat a LOT of exams in my 25 years, including more recently the 15 ACA
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How Difficult/Hard REALLY are the ICAEW ACA Exams? With ACA Exam Difficulty Ranking and Proven ICAEW ACA Pass Rates
Before reading, please note that this is an extremely subjective blog. What I find difficult another person may not and
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DIY Home Gym Under £100 – Lockdown Edition
Has anyone else been searching for weights online since the first lockdown? The funny thing is, I always anticipate the
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11 Best Ways To Control Spending
My average monthly savings of my disposable income (after bills) since October 2019 is 83.71%. Yes, you read that correctly,
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How to Pass the Difficult Tax Compliance (ACA TC) Exam – ICAEW Professional Level
It is about time I got round to writing this blog on passing ACA TC, which now completes the set
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One Year Post Laser Eye Surgery – Optical Express Aftercare Appointment and Honest Review
It has been one whole year since getting laser eye surgery and I literally have no idea where the time
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11 Best Tips For Surviving Busy Season – External Audit New Joiners
For those of you who are unfamiliar with busy season, this is essentially the time of year where external auditors
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My First University Careers Talk – Jag’s Journey
I probably sound like a broken record at this point but last Thursday was my first Thursday “off” from posting
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Big 4 Transaction Services Secondment Opportunity
Earlier this year, I came across an internal secondment opportunity within Transaction Services (TS). If you are not familiar with
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The Best Order to Sit The ACA Exams
This blog is for those of you who are studying for the ACA qualification independently or for those whose employer
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10 Essential Excel Tips and Tricks For Finance Professionals
Before starting my role as an external auditor, I did not expect to use Microsoft Excel in my job as
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How To Pass ICAEW Professional Level Audit and Assurance – ACA AA
The Audit and Assurance (AA) exam in my opinion is one of the ‘lighter’ exams that is not as content
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The Weekend Before Sitting ACA Advanced Level Exams: Last Minute Tips
The ACA Advanced Level exams are usually the final hurdle between you and that ICAEW ACA Chartered Accountant status. You
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The Gradual Shocking Deterioration of my Skin: Skin Scarring Treatment – Part 3
So far in this blog series, I have mainly covered the factual side of how my skin went out of
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How/When To Submit Your ICAEW Training File To Become ACA Qualified
If only becoming ACA qualified was as ‘simple’ as passing all the requirements and automatically receiving the formal certificate. In
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Skin and Diet? The Gradual Shocking Deterioration of my Skin – Part 2
Part 1 revealed exactly how disastrous my skin had suddenly become. I was diagnosed with disseminated secondary eczema in late
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How to Make ACA Studying and Working Full-Time Easy
In all honestly, I have not found balancing studying and working full-time very difficult to manage. To give you some
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The Gradual Shocking Deterioration of my Skin: Eczema or Psoriasis? – Part 1
Today is the day I have decided to take you along the very difficult journey I have had in somewhat
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