Industry Guides
Practical financial consolidation and group reporting guidance tailored to specific industries. Learn about the unique accounting, reporting, and consolidation challenges faced by different business sectors.
IP Royalties in a SaaS Group: Why Every Entity’s Margin Is Wrong — and What the Consolidation Reveals
Jamie is the group CFO of Axiom Software Group, a UK-based SaaS business that restructured eighteen months ago into a…
Acquiring a SaaS Business: Why the Deferred Revenue Write-Down Means Your Consolidated Revenue Will Be Lower Than You Expect
Sophie is the group CFO of Nexus Technologies, a UK-based software group that acquired CloudPay Ltd — a payroll SaaS…
Financial Consolidation for Hospitality Groups: How Multi-Entity Hospitality Businesses Get Clean Group Accounts
Hotels, restaurants, and accommodation chains face a consolidation picture unlike almost any other industry. Here is how to handle it…
How Accounting Firms Should Choose a Group Consolidation Solution: A Buyer’s Guide for Practice Leaders
When an accounting firm evaluates group consolidation software, the process looks almost nothing like the evaluation a group finance director…
PropCo/OpCo Hotel Leases: The Variable Rent That Doesn’t Appear on the Balance Sheet — and Why Your Consolidation Won’t Balance Without It
Marcus has done everything right. Summit Hotels Group restructured into a PropCo/OpCo arrangement eighteen months ago: Summit PropCo Ltd owns…
Financial Consolidation for Financial Services Groups: What IFA Networks and Wealth Management Groups Get Wrong in Their Group Accounts
Charlotte is group FD of Meridian Wealth Group, a network of three acquired IFA practices built over the past 18…
Step Acquisition in a Construction Group: The Consolidation Accounting When Your Associate Becomes a Subsidiary
Construction groups often hold minority stakes in specialist subcontractors before acquiring control. A main contractor might take a 30% or…
The Management Fee That Won’t Eliminate: How Hotel Groups Fix the Incentive Fee Consolidation Mismatch
Priya is the group financial controller at Meridian Hospitality Group, a UK-based collection of four hotels operating under a single…
Selling a Retail Chain: Why the Consolidated Disposal Gain Is Not What the Parent’s Books Show
When Vantage Retail Group completed the sale of Forum Apparel — a fashion chain it had owned for three years…
Intercompany Loans in a Restaurant Group: Eliminating the Loan, the Interest, and the Impairment You Didn’t Expect to Reverse
Opening a new restaurant costs money before it makes any. The fit-out, the equipment, the initial stock, the pre-opening wages…