Retail
Specialist accounting expertise to help retail businesses to prosper.
Choose specialist retail accountants who will help you plan and grow your business
Our specialist retail accountants have a deep understanding of the competitive and ever-changing world of retail. We’ve worked with various types of retail businesses through their growth and the evolution of the industry to a more tech-focussed one. We understand and can implement systems that will support with electronic point of sale (ePOS), inventory management, management reporting data processing and much more, ensuring that all integrate with your primary accounting software. This ensures that your finance function is fully automated and that you can easily see track your profitability of different services and products, whether this is in one location or more.
Some of the types of retail businesses that we currently worth with include:
As specialist retail accountants we help small independent boutiques link their till system to stock management and ensure there is a fully automated seamless process throughout.
Connecting multiple sites to manage cash, stock and staff allocation and rotas. We also help you understand the most profitable parts of your business, to ensure you are maximising your productivity.
Our experience in e-commerce is two-fold, as we have a wealth of experience in retail but one of our other specialities is with tech. This combination of expertise in tech and retail enables us to support our e-commerce clients from software integrations to automate their finance function through to logistics.
From inventory management to delivery notes to purchase orders, we can help design or streamline existing systems and processes to maximise profit.

We’re can provide a wide range of services that can be tailored to your business, from outsourcing your entire back-office and attending board meetings to supporting just on the compliance. Some of our services include:
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“The team have helped us grow and become more professional. Dave has been invaluable in advising us. He has helped our accounts team so much and they now absolutely love Xero!”
“Stock taking was a nightmare and we kept everything on spreadsheets until we spoke to the team. Switching over to Xero was an easy process.”
“One of my previous headaches was always the absence of reliable management information and that often consumed my time unnecessarily. Since working with the team, they have implemented new systems, enhanced existing systems and they provide information on a monthly basis which is accurate and clearly communicated. This allows me to spend time doing what I should be doing.
Combine that with their sector expertise, knowledge and professionalism we would have no hesitation in recommending their services to anyone.”
“We’ve always found the team to be responsive, helpful, and proactive in suggesting ways for us to improve our processes. In particular, we have been happy with the move from Sage to Xero, which has made our lives much easier as we grow our business.”
“As our accountants and advisors, the Smart Accountants have always been on hand to support our business but recently they helped the sale of our business to an Employee Ownership Trust. Ultimately this transaction helped us with obtaining a fair price for the business, ensuring long-term succession, and rewarding our employees. The team supported us from the very initial advice and planning stage right through to the implementation and were on hand to offer their expertise throughout.”
The Next Steps
If you’d like further information or to discuss how we can support your retail business, please get in touch and one of our specialist retail accountants will be happy to talk to you.
Please call us on 0845 606 9632, email us at team@thesmartaccountants.co.uk or complete the contact form below.