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The Trusted Business Advisor

(15 reviews)
by John Taylor

These days your clients are looking for more from their accountants, they want a trusted business advisor. This course looks at the processes, steps and technology that enable you to understand your clients' businesses, build stronger relationships and add real value.

£100+vat
4 CPD hours
120 days' access

This course will enable you to

  • Develop a relationship, as a trusted advisor, with your clients
  • Add value to your client, and their business so you are the first person they turn to for advice
  • Build rapport with new clients by establishing an accurate view of the business and the people working within it.
  • Develop complex relationships with multiple clients through effective use of technologies such as CRM
  • About the course

      These days your clients are looking for more from their accountants. They want help with their accounts, annual returns and tax, yes, but also with developing, growing and maximising their business – they want a trusted business advisor. Because you understand your client's business better than most you are well placed to take on this rewarding and lucrative role.

      This course explores how you can develop stronger relationships with your clients and how you can transition from being purely a supplier of useful services to becoming a trusted business advisor. It will help you to better understand your clients’ businesses and identify areas of pain and opportunity so you can add real value. You'll also explore how keeping up with technology like CRM and enhancing communications with your clients can benefit both sides.

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    John Taylor

    John is a Chartered Accountant who has spent many years advising small and medium-sized businesses across the North of England. John is the author of two industry standard textbooks: Millichamp - Auditing and Forensic Accounting. He has also written several auditing textbooks for AAT courses.

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    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
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    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
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    Smith J
    19 Nov 2025
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