01
Listen
We start with the part of the business that is actually stuck: people, money, operations, or the company that does not exist yet.
Hydra Consultancy
Consultancy across the whole business.
People, the accounts, how the firm is run, funding, and the first months of a new company. One practice, with the tools we introduce alongside the advice.
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People and HR
Hiring, payroll, policies, and the first employee. The advice sits with the software, not instead of it.
Open this deskAn engagement
Four moves, whichever desk you need
02
Plan
The work is scoped to that desk. A payroll problem is not turned into a formation package.
03
Introduce
Where a tool helps, we name the companies we use with clients. The advice stays Hydra’s.
04
Stay
Accounts, HR, and the way the firm runs do not finish on the day the company is registered.
Why Hydra
What this website actually does
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Five desks, one practice
People, accounts, how the firm runs, funding, and starting a company. The same slider sits on every page, so you can move to another desk without hunting the menu.
Alongside the advice
Tools we introduce when a client needs them
Tide
Xero
HydraTax
BrightPay
Shopify
Stripe
Squarespace
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From the desk
Notes from the practice
01
How to register a UK company
What a new limited company needs from a formation agent, and where HydraTax fits once the company exists.
02
10 best business bank accounts in the UK
The business accounts a new UK company is usually offered, from app banks to the high street.
03
5 best accounting software packages for small businesses
The accounting systems we set UK small companies up on, plus the receipt tools that feed them.