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In today's episode 17, "Why Software & Tech Adoption is Slow in Accounting" with special guest Will Farnell, founder of innovative UK accountancy firm Farnell Clark and author of The Digital Firm. https://www.linkedin.com/in/willfarnell
You can also watch this on youtube here: https://youtu.be/uwCrXMi2KxU
Key takeaways from this episode include:
☞ reference to a Xero slide via Ian Phillips about how early adopters often capture a market
☞ the reasons why the accounting profession and cloud technology adoption hasn't moved on as much as experts predicted
☞ the magic number of 75% when defining cloud adoption in accountancy practices
☞ why only 5% of the UK accounting market can be defined as cloud accounting firms
☞ how innovative cloud accounting firms and strong tech adopting practices are taking clients from bigger firms
☞ the power of cloud and tech adoption differentiates accounting firms when the playing field is otherwise level
☞ the opportunity that MTD could offer accountants if it goes ahead and drives tech and cloud adoption with digital accounting
☞ how MTD could have been a catalyst for better tech adoption in accounting firms, though it's sad that the profession even needed a push to modernise
☞ the switch from regulation and government driving digital accounting to clients and millennial business owners
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