Why GAS decided to support the inaugural Durham International Festival of Enterprise. You may be reading this because you’ve just heard Phil Andrew, our Head of Customer Experience, introduce us at Durham International Festival of Enterprise (DIFE). You might have seen our bright ‘Bill Doctor’ banners in the foyer. You
Web hosting: the basics for your business It’s 2017 and the Internet Revolution seems to be growing out of the “Wild West” period, where everybody knew the importance of their business having an online presence, but not everyone understood how it worked. This made it easy for web agencies to
One of the biggest stories in the UK over the last two weeks has been the government’s revaluation of business rates in the UK – a move viewed as a significant threat to viability by some smaller operators.
When a business assesses its expenditure and looks for ways to become more efficient, as all businesses should do on a regular basis, they often overlook the rather unattractive subject of their waste management. As unappealing as it is, waste is one of our favourite subjects at Great Annual Savings
Apathy towards their energy bills is costing North East businesses significant amounts of money. That’s the message from Great Annual Savings Group (GAS), after analysing the savings it generated for North East customers in 2016. GAS’ response to the figures has been to introduce a new tool to help businesses.
It was widely reported this week that manufacturers are facing a supply problem, with the falling value of the Pound pushing their raw material costs to record heights. The rising price of oil has also pushed up the cost of energy and plastic.
Here at Great Annual Savings, we’re experts in reducing your running costs and ensuring you aren’t being overcharged on your everyday business expenses. In our regular blog posts and industry updates, we often preach the importance of not overspending unnecessarily on your indirect costs. As the football January transfer deadline approaches, we take a
Great Annual Savings Group (GAS) is pleased to announce it will be supporting the inaugural Durham International Festival of Enterprise as headline sponsor. The free festival will take place on 27 and 28 February and 1 March 2017. Entitled “Rise of the Entrepreneurs”, it offers the opportunity to gain practical
At Great Annual Savings Group (GAS), we’re super-excited about tonight’s National Apprenticeship Awards final in London. Partly because we’re a finalist in the Newcomer SME of the Year category (have you heard?). But also because we’re a vocal advocate of the importance of apprenticeships, both to businesses and the country’s
We’ve read some sobering headlines over the last six months, predicting everything from environmental disasters to the demise of the NHS. The reality of what happens post-Brexit and during Trump’s Presidency will most likely lie somewhere in between the predictions of the supporters and opposition of the situation Great Britain
About Paul
Paul Johnson is very much a home-grown talent.
He joined Great Annual Savings Group in its infancy, fresh from a youth career as a professional footballer with Hartlepool United. He quickly established a reputation within the business and aced all required accountancy qualifications in the space of four years to become the Group’s Management Accountant.
Several successful projects later, Paul was promoted to Head of Finance. When the former FD left GAS, he took on the mantle of the business’ most senior finance professional; boasting a string of incredible achievements all under the age of 30.
