MBC Group Services has been helping build small businesses in Orange since 1979. Having recently welcomed David Bicket’s Parkes accounting firm to the group, the team are excited about being able to offer their expertise to even more people across the Central West.

“Small businesses are the lifeblood of every community,” says MBC Group Services Director Ben Wright about why they are passionate about helping them grow and reach their true potential.

“We enjoy working with rural people and rural communities,” Ben said. “I guess we get excited about what we do and what we can offer because it helps people make better decisions and quicker decisions on their businesses.

“That's what excites us and our staff and now that there's an opportunity for us to be able to do that out of Parkes.”

MBC specialises in tax, accounting, bookkeeping, self-managed super funds, and financial planning – everything you need whether you are just starting out in business or looking to retire.

“For businesses, the service we offer is to manage the whole life cycle from starting out to retiring,” Ben said. “And in Parkes, that's the exciting thing because there's the opportunity to take some service offerings out that way that are currently not there, such as our expertise in the self-managed super fund space, financial planning, business advisory, bookkeeping, and whatnot.”

Technology and cloud-based bookkeeping services are a big focus at MBC, Director Simon Kermode said. Outsourcing your bookkeeping not only frees up time but also means you have access to real-time help and accurate, up-to-date data to make better business decisions.

“We're passionate about technology here. We operate nearly all our business through the cloud, which gives us much more of a real-time view of what clients, particularly business clients, are doing. They can ring us up and say I'm having a problem and our bookkeepers can have a look and fix it for you,” Simon said.

“Our guys here are trained and know how to do it. It gives the client time back and it's done to a much higher standard which is the building block for everything else. We encourage people to really look at it because everyone is time-poor and that's probably why it is one of our fastest-growing areas.”

But more than just taking care of the day-to-day accounting and regulatory requirements, the team at MBC is passionate about helping businesses grow and ensuring that every decision you make moves you closer to your desired future.

“We get excited about what we do and what we offer because it helps people make better and quicker decisions on their businesses,” Ben said.

“We can help get your bookkeeping sorted, then look at how you're tracking and set some KPIs, or targets to see how you're performing and help you make decisions around that. We can help you create something, whether it's a financial return, satisfying a desire to be in business or whatever else — that's where we fit in.

“We offer good service and a good product and we like being able to help people get where they want to be.”