Shortlisted for the BBA, this is the manual every qualified accountancy professional needs to read before setting up their own practice. Having applied her corporate experience to building a modern cloud accountancy practice, Della Hudson presents her road map to help you to do the same. Here, she shares her hard-earned knowledge so that other accountancy professionals can grow their own successful, scaleable and even sellable businesses. This book is a road map that will help a qualified professional to: Start a successful business from scratch with no personal or business contacts Move from the kitchen table to an office space Recruit and train a team of technical and administrative staff Create a highly systemised business, which can function independently of the business owner Run an ethical business that contributes to the local community Host and speak at business events Set up a marketing system that operates even during the busiest periods in order to grow the business organically Purchase and even sell a business