First time contracting, looking for good accountants

[Invisiblehand]

Hi I require insurance as per my contract which is as follows

Public Liability - £5m  Employers Liability - £10m  Professional Indemnity - £1m

I have got a quote of £620 for turnover of just under £100k.

Does that seem reasonable to the more experienced contractors here?

Call Kingsbridge as they're a good outfit and much cheaper. Will DM you the details.

[ContractingBrit]

Call Kingsbridge as they're a good outfit and much cheaper. Will DM you the details.

my quote is from Kingsbridge

[Invisiblehand]

my quote is from Kingsbridge

That seems high. Maybe try Qdos.

[ContractingBrit]

How about a quote of £450, is that reasonable?

[Invisiblehand]

How about a quote of £450, is that reasonable?

That's about what I pay. I'd say that's reasonable.

[pr1]

How about a quote of £450, is that reasonable?

yes

[ContractingBrit]

Great thanks

[ContractingBrit]

Hi

I have been searching for good business bank accounts for my first contract as limited company. There doesn't seems to be too much difference in what you get mostly.

Santander seems good. Has anyone got experience with them, are they good?

or if you have other that are better, please suggest. I know from the forum, Metro bank is no good atm.

[tys]

Hi

I have been searching for good business bank accounts for my first contract as limited company. There doesn't seems to be too much difference in what you get mostly.

Santander seems good. Has anyone got experience with them, are they good?

or if you have other that are better, please suggest. I know from the forum, Metro bank is no good atm.

Starling business. I've used them and have had no issues. V user friendly.

[northernladuk]

Santander is fine. I've been with them thick end of 8 years now without problem.

It seems quite a few people are gravitating to Tide and Starling now though due to them being digital rather than old skool banking.

To find the threads where they are discussed use the Google method for searching the forums. Type the following in to Google but change the 'tide' for whatever keyword you want to search for.

Tide site:forums.contractoruk.com

You should be using the search before posting questions like this as well as there have been many many banking recommendation requests so it's all on here already. Very useful tool.