Case Study: Howards achieves a four-day working week and improved staff retention with IRIS Software Group (IRIS Outsourcing)

Four-day week for Howards Accountants with support from IRIS Software Group

Howards, a Stafford-based chartered certified accountancy firm, needed to tackle recruitment and retention challenges and give a young team a better work-life balance. After observing a nationwide pilot, Howards partnered with IRIS Software Group—using IRIS accountancy software and IRIS Outsourcing—to trial and then adopt a four-day working week.

IRIS Software Group supported Howards with account manager guidance and outsourced processing (IRIS Outsourcing) to free staff from routine tasks like tax returns—work that was completed quickly (even over the festive period) and to high quality. The solution enabled Howards to implement the four-day week, boost staff energy and retention, increase capacity to take on more clients, and progress toward cloud adoption.

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Ryan Hudson

Director