Accounting is the language of business, and business greatly depends on accounting.  These two sectors go hand in hand, master one and reap the rewards in the other. The role of an accountant is vast, they record, classify, summarise, interpret and communicate all the financial information about a business, without which, that business would fail to run.  

KC’s Accounting & Business Diplomas aim to help you take your first steps onto a lucrative career ladder; delivering a solid foundation in finance administration covering areas such as double entry bookkeeping and basic costing principles, alongside complementary business communications and personal skills.  

Below you’ll find a sample of the resources and tasks that you’ll be asked to use and do throughout your time at KC. Kickstart your time at KC and take a look!

We have quite an array of watchable resources for this qualification, take a look at the videos below!

ONE. 

After watching the Bookkeeping video, can you research the best way to enter transactions into a cash book and keep a record of your money over the summer holidays showing what money you received and what you spent it on, which will give you a total of money you have in September.

TWO. 

Following the Carlill v Smoke Ball Company video can you research the following topics and relate them to the case:

• Offer
• Acceptance
• Agreement
• Consideration

THREE. 

Think about an item you have purchased and how this also relates to the above four area of a contract

If you want to do a bit more research over the summer in prep for your start on our Accounting & Business qualifications, follow the links below:-

• THE AAT
• BBC Bitesize
• Basics of Bookkeeping

By the end of your time studying Accounting & Business at KC, you’ll have all the skills you need to break into the industry, you’ll have covered:-

Whether you’ve already got your career planned out, or you’re waiting to see where life takes you; check out a few of the career paths that will open up to you once you’ve completed KC.

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