Benefits
ACQUIRE NEW CLIENTS
- Members of Affilica refer their clients’ out-of-country requirements
- Your contacts (seeing the Affilica logo on your email, business card and website) refer their corporate friends to you instead of those large firms
- Readers of “Affilica Update” e-magazine (circulation 20,000 practicing Accountants and Business Lawyers in 100+ countries)
- Visitors to the Affilica website see your profile
- Guests at Affilica seminars held in various cities with a feel good experience
- Users of InPractice Software see a link to Affilica website embedded in their software
AVOID LOSING BEST CLIENTS
- Biggest clients stay longer by knowing that your practice has group answerability as part of this international group
- Banks do not need to divert your bigger clients (they see stand-alone practices as higher risk)
- Support from independent Affilica members
ALTERNATIVE TO BIG FIRMS CLIENTS
- International status whilst staying independent
- Larger clients pay higher fees
- Advantage of the same person serving the client year after year
AFFILIATED INTERNATIONALLY
- Affilica logo in your email signature
- Display the Affilica logo on your business cards, letters, website
- Membership certificate in your office
CREATION OF THE NAME AFFILICA
Affilica is a variation of the word “Affiliate”. This conveys a sense of independent professional practices not sharing liability of any other in the group.
BOOSTER ACTIVITY
We develop and supply our own branded software “In Practice Audit File: The Cost-Effective Method”. It is used by independent audit firms in 34 countries.
From a link embedded in this software, users can rapidly contact Affilica members.
NEW CLIENTS
Millions of persons, families, corporates, trusts:
- trade and invest in other countries
- buy a second home in another country
- inherit from relatives overseas
NGOs and UN Aid Agencies need professionals work done.
They all look for expert advice and assistance for the matters they cannot solve themselves from their far away location.
Before handing over to a professional located far away, the client’s instinct is to check about your answerability. Clients are naturally reluctant to put their business future in the hands of a stand-alone professional practice.
You can reassure them by showing your Affilica membership logo.
THE DIFFERENCE AT AFFILICA IS
- Not dominated by a large firm member
- Multi-disciplinary
- Rapid decision-making
- Diversity and equal opportunities
AFFILICA MEMBER FIRMS ARE AN ALTERNATIVE TO BIG FIRMS
- Personalized service
- High standards technically and professionally
- Competitive fee charges
- The same person looks after the work year after year
COMPANY REGISTRATION
- Company Registration Number 01969932 – Companies House, U.K.
- Incorporated on 10 December 1985
ETHICS CODE
- Accept an assignment only when you have sufficient experience and capacity to deliver in a timely manner
- Confirm fees in a signed Letter of Engagement before starting any professional work
- Work only in the best interests of the client with no divided loyalties
- Ensure all works is carried out objectively, impartially and independently
- Invoice the clients regularly to avoid building up fee arrears
- Cultivate a high standard of professionalism with regular Continuing Professional Development
- Nurture ongoing communication and interaction with other Affilica members
- Communicate is a professional manner
- Respect client confidentiality required by own regulator’s rules
- Not to accept clients engaged, directly or indirectly, in
Human Rights Abuses
the Arms Trade
Genetic Modification
Ecological Damage
Animal Testing
PROFILE OF A TYPICAL AFFILICA MEMBER
- TECHNICAL COMPETENCE
Apart from technical skills in accountancy or law, an in-depth knowledge of the client-specific industry sector - REGULATED
An independent practice regulated by a professionalism body e.g. Institute of Chartered Accountants, CPA, Bar Association, Law Society. - SIZE OF FIRM
2 – 100 personal, can be a specialist boutique firm - ENTREPRENEURIAL & EXPANDING
Looking for growth and expansion for a better profitability - COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to understand the enquirer’s requirements and priorities, then explain solution options with sensitivity to the enquirer’s cultural background - GROUP ENVIRONMENT
Comfortable with group affinity and answerability although independent - TRAINING
Trained in a reputable professional practice - GLOBAL OUTLOOK
Looking for clients from other countries who set up locally - EMBRACE TECHNOLOGY
Competent user of computers and the Internet Technology to deliver work electronically as well as manually