Twinfield blog

The truth is out; Twinfield has been acquired by Wolters Kluwer. The acquisition is in line with Wolters Kluwer’s strategy to expand its portfolio of products and services.  for the finance and business professional. It is a sign of the times that they have acquired a completely new business model: subscription-based online accounting. It is [...]

I fondly recall the memories I have of my grandparents’, Grandma & Grandad Kwakernaat, own grocery on the high street in Nijmegen, Holland and of my Grandad’s little kiosk at The Canisius Hospital in the city centre. It made my day whenever I was allowed to help out with little jobs in the kiosk or [...]

I recently started to organise a 10 year re-union for a rowing crew who raced at the Henley Royal Regatta.  We live all over the place (one person is even in Hong Kong these days) and we’ve hardly seen each other in the last decade, so where to start?  I decided to create a Facebook [...]

In an earlier post I tried to define “cloud computing”.  You would think this term had been flogged to death by now, but there are discussions happening all of the time trying to define it in terms of the various kinds of technology that are available.  That leaves me cold, even as someone who works [...]

A recent question on AccountingWEB asked: “Like many others, a fair amount of my time is being taken on chasing cients for information for their tax returns.  I would be really grateful for any ideas and suggestions how to change this. ” I think a complete change of mindset is needed (on both sides). This [...]

I am often asked to predict how the world of accountancy will look in 10 years time. So what is my vision? Well, we are already starting to see various initiatives which effectively ‘productise’ accountancy services. But I still think accountancy firms look at these products too much from their own point of view rather [...]

Sail Amsterdam is here again. A wonderful event with impressive ships, which really highlights the city of Amsterdam. It’s as if time stood still and we catch a glimpse of how the world of transport worked hundreds of years ago. It also makes me realise how the past 5 years have flown by. The children [...]