Insights

Focus on the picture, but like… zoomed out. 🧐

Running a business is like trying to build a spaceship while you’re already in orbit (not that I’ve ever tried that by the way!).

But there’s always a leak to patch, a button blinking red, or someone floating off into the void (usually metaphorically… hopefully).

It’s all too easy to get stuck in the day-to-day chaos that you forget the whole reason you launched the thing in the first place.

Take the time to remind yourself that:

– Not every email is an emergency.
– Strategy time isn’t a luxury – it’s a necessity.
– Doing everything yourself is a fast track to burnout.

So if you’re in it right now – feeling swamped, scattered, or questioning your life choices – take a second to zoom out.

Reconnect with your “why.” Revisit the vision.


If you’re always stuck in the weeds, you’ll miss the view from the mountain top.

And that’s where the good stuff is.

Recent insights

A message from our founder

We are pretty sure you didn’t go into business to fiddle about with payroll, bookkeeping, VAT returns and HMRC forms.

Let’s face it. Running your own business can be difficult enough at the best of times and there’s one thing for sure – it isn’t getting any easier! You’re trying to keep so many plates spinning and juggling so many balls all the time to keep customers, staff, stakeholders and the bank happy. But who keeps you happy? You’ve got suppliers to pay, VAT, and all sorts of other taxes too.

You are looking for more profit and more return for all your hard efforts for you and your family.

Is now the time for you to get some more help? A plan? More controls? A different approach? Do you want things to happen better or faster?

If you can relate to even some of this this then maybe you need to make a call?

To show you we mean business I can visit you, at your convenience and without cost or obligation, at your business or home to develop a plan of action. You will know exactly what you will pay with us and there will be no hidden costs. Guaranteed.

What’s the worst case scenario?

Only that you will have some more ideas to take away.

But it could be the best call you ever make.

Jeff Wingham

Jeff Wingham studied at Dundee College of Technology (now The University of Abertay) gaining a BA in Accounting with commendation and was also a prizewinner in his penultimate and final years of his degree.

BA AFA MIPA

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31 Hawkhill
Dundee
DD1 5DH

Phone: +44 (0) 1382 220263
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Email: enquiries@cikas.co.uk

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Monday: 8:30am — 5:00pm
Tuesday: 8:30am — 5:00pm
Wednesday: 8:30am — 5:00pm
Thursday: 8:30am — 5:00pm
Friday: 8:30am — 5:00pm

(Evening consultations also available)