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Clear Start Accountants has announced a major team expansion with the addition of seven new employees. The Customer Service department has been bolstered with six Customer Service Agents appointed; Fezan Bhatti, Suad Sidi, Fawad Ahmad, Paige Staniforth, Anthony Dale and Muhammad Taha. Clear Start Accountants has also welcomed Aimee Collier to the team, who takes up the position of Administration Assistant. The significant growth follows hot on the heels of a bumper year for Clear Start Accountants, established only four years ago, which closed the last financial year (ending 2022) with a record turnover of £4.2 million. Fiaz Ashraf, Founder and CEO of Clear Start Accountants commented: “As the business continues to grow, we’re thrilled to be able to offer significant job opportunities within the North West, as well as considerably enlarging our customer-facing team, allowing us to maintain the exceptional level of service to our clients that we pride ourselves on. “It is a pleasure to welcome seven new members to Clear Start Accountants, all of who I’m sure will add great value in supporting our dual offering with clear advice and complete transparency – accountancy services provided by a qualified team of accountants, and a monthly budgeting service for businesses and individuals.”

We are proud to unveil the latest enhancement to our Personal Monthly Budgeting Service, as we launch version three of our pioneering app, offering real-time, unbiased advice on the cheapest deals in a customer’s area. The latest version draws on state-of-the-art programming to source the very best prices, which are now updated every hour, and with the added functionality of push notifications ‘as it happens’ to ensure that our customers are accessing the most competitive deals. Just as prices at the fuel pumps rise steeply, and with big differences in the cost per litre often within a few mile radius, the newest version of the app sends alerts on the cheapest five fuel stations in your locality, drawing on postcode data, as well finding the very best prices for your weekly food basket, top insurance deals and broadband providers. The updated platform also alerts customers via instant push notifications if they go over their monthly budget, helping them to keep control of costs, so everyday living expenses don’t spiral. Our CEO Fiaz Ashraf, said: “For our customers the budgeting app is a lifeline, allowing us to do the hard work for them, in advising how they can save on everyday necessities. Our significant investment in the latest version now takes this one step further, with customised price data supplied in real time to offer the very best deals close to their homes. “This latest move proves our commitment to harnessing the very latest technology to improve our capability, and hence our customer service offering on an on-going basis.” Clear Start also has its own podcast ‘Penny to the Pound’, co-hosted by Founder and CEO Fiaz Ashraf, which teams up with experts and industry leaders across the series to offer their views for those embarking on a journey to financial freedom. Penny to the Pound explores and demystifies in an easy-to-listen format relevant topics such as personal budgeting, household expenses, individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) and debt relief orders. The podcast is now available to listen to on all major platforms, and can be viewed on the Clear Start Accountants Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClearStartAccountants

A new podcast called Penny to the Pound, providing practical personal budgeting support and guidance, has been launched by Clear Start Accountants. Co-hosted by Clear Start’s Founder and CEO Fiaz Ashraf, the podcast will welcome a host of experts and industry leaders across the series to offer their views for those embarking on a journey to financial freedom. As part of a dual offering, in addition to accountancy services provided by a qualified team of accountants, Clear Start Accountants also provides a monthly budgeting service for businesses and individuals. Throughout the series, Penny to the Pound will explore and demystify in an easy-to-listen format relevant topics such as personal budgeting, household expenses, individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) and debt relief orders. Fiaz Ashraf, Founder and CEO of Clear Start Accountants comments: “With the rising cost-of-living and current economic climate in mind, we understand the challenges presented when it comes to managing a household budget – something that can also be a very time-consuming process. At Clear Start Accountants, we are committed to supporting our clients by helping them to understand their monthly income, expenditure and areas of overspending with our unique personal budgeting platform, and we wanted to further extend this support to the wider community with the launch of Penny to the Pound. “We have helped countless consumers and small businesses in reducing their living costs to date, identifying alternative cheaper expenses or ways to reduce their monthly outgoings in areas including gas and electricity, car insurance, fuel prices, monthly food prices and savings.” The podcast is now available to listen to on all major platforms, and can be viewed on the Clear Start Accountants Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ClearStartAccountants