John Taylor
About John Taylor
John is a Chartered Accountant who spent many years advising small and medium-sized businesses across the North of England.
He worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers before moving into industry as finance director of a medium sized plc.
He later joined Leeds Beckett University where he specialised in teaching auditing and management accounting on ACCA professional courses, and Forensic Accounting at Masters level.
John is the author of two industry standard textbooks Millichamp - Auditing and Forensic Accounting. He has also written several auditing textbooks for AAT courses.
What makes John tick?
John cares about ethical practice and fair dealing in business and requiring businesses to honestly recognise their responsibilities to the environment.
CPD Courses
Business Turnaround
Most businesses, at some point, will face issues that bring into question their long-term survival. This course examines common warning signs and the actions you need to take to implement an effective business turnaround.
Buying an Online Business
More organisations are thinking of purchasing an online business. But how does this differ from buying a terrestrial business? From risks and operations to SEO, this bite gives you a guide to the key things to consider when undertaking due diligence.
Corporate Ethics, Governance and Sustainability
Nowadays, stakeholders want a financially successful business that is also ethical, and sustainable. This course explores key principles involved in ethics, sustainability, and governance and how your organisation can adopt them.
Corporate Resilience and Business Recovery
Businesses that succeed in a crisis are ones that have prepared, building up a resilience against uncertainty. Identify the foundations, structures and management systems needed to help your business to embody resilience during times of instability.
Corporate Resilience and Decision Making
At times of immense pressure, like now, businesses make decisions that affect their whole future. This course looks at how to optimise our decision making to cope now, and with any future shock that could be thrown at us.
Creating a Cost Management Plan
A cost management plan is a vital component of any project. But what should it include? Whether you're new to creating cost management plans or looking for a refresher, this bite explores the key things to remember.
Critical Thinking for Accountants
Critical thinking is becoming increasingly vital for accountants, as businesses depend on you to deliver insight, analysis, and proposals to improve your or your clients' business. This course examines critical thinking techniques and provides practical guidance on using them to benefit the organisations you work with.
Due Diligence in Buying and Selling a Business
This course explores the process of due diligence from both the buyer and the seller's perspective. You will learn the importance of due diligence for both parties and will consider the risks involved in buying or selling a business, and what you can do to minimise these.
Ethical Shades of Grey
As an accountant, you are often responsible for making sure that your organisation behaves itself. So, in this bite we consider what you should do when you find yourself in situations that might be ethically complex or ambiguous.
