Joe’s passion shines through his flooring business.
Joe Murphy has just celebrated 3 years in business.
He started the business to give himself the flexibility he wanted between working and being a Dad.
Wanting a healthy work/life balance comes top of Joe’s priority list and he relishes doing the school run with his kids.
Between Joe and his wife Margaret, who works as a legal secretary, they have built the business to a size that keeps Joe busy.
Joe has 26 years’ experience and supplies and fits safety flooring, carpets, linoleum, LVT, Amtico, karndean, Rubber & vinyl, click flooring, ply board & self-levelling compounds.
With such an impressive local reputation and offering an exceptional quality service Joe is always busy but has no desire to take on staff. The passion he has for his business shines though in every aspect and he delights in doing everything from the quotes to fitting the floors.
The ability to earn a good living for himself and his family is a huge high for Joe, however, he feels the down side to his success are the barriers the government put in the way of small business. Now that he is also supplying floors as well as fitting them he has had to go VAT registered, and as the majority of his clients are domestic, it has had an affected on the costs he has to charge on his labour.
He believes the government should have a 2-year buffer for new businesses before having to charge VAT and having a reduced rate to those that serve domestic clients. In his opinion the current system penalises business owners when they are doing well.
In his spare time Joe likes to spend it with his family and staying active, he enjoys playing football and going to the gym.
Having TI Accountancy doing his bookkeeping Joe says that it makes him more organised. He keeps his invoices and receipts tidy to give them once a month and getting reports on a monthly basis gives him peace of mind that the business numbers are correct and that HMRC wont come knocking on his door, as everything is filed accurately and on time.
Joe says he regularly recommends TI Accountancy to other business owners and loves the fact they help him feel like he’s on top of all the admin side of his business giving him more time to spend with his family.
