Water cooler talks, high-profile clients, and strategic expansion with Gary Bell

Gary Bell is the Co-Founder and Partner at FLB Accountants, an independent firm of Chartered Accountants based in the UK. In this episode, Gary and Stuart chat about Gary’s experience attending the first-ever Karbon customer conference in Lake Tahoe, FLB’s rationale for going hybrid, working with high-profile clients such as Apple TV, Netflix, and Amazon, and some exciting projects he’s working on in the renewable energy space.

Together they discuss:

• Gary’s experience at Karbon X (00:30)
• The accounting industry’s growing appetite for change and innovation (2:30)
• Limitations of legacy accounting systems (05:00)
• Accountants as trusted advisors (09:00)
• How FLB provides reporting for clients (11:00)
• Pros and cons of hybrid work (12:00)
• Remote work and company culture (17:00)
• EMEA economy outlook (20:00)
• FLB business divisions (22:45)
• TV, film, and entertainment studio clients (24:30)
• Attract and retain employees with interesting clients (28:00)
• Serving renewable energy clients (29:00)
• The most interesting carbon-neutral project at FLB (31:00)
• Greentech startups (34:10)
• Biotech startups (36:10)
• What Gary and Stuart would do if they weren’t running firms (36:30)
• VC investment and the future of technology (41:00)
• Gary’s plan for the rest of the year (46:00)