We will probably all find ourselves working from home more and more over the coming weeks and possibly months, so it is important to have some ground rules.

I have come across a huge number of tips over the years, but these are the ones that have helped me:

• Create a dedicated space for work, ideally a room where you can close the door

• Build a work routine - have a set start time and a set finish time

• 15 mins before your finish time, create a prioritised list of the things you have to do - these become your tasks for the following day

• Get dressed for work. It helps me to work, in work clothes

• Make sure you take breaks, and if possible get out of your home (garden etc) just for 2 mins

• Keep in contact with the office

One or more of these might work for you, and if they do great.

I believe that we all benefit from feeling a part of something. A sense that we are all in it together, and everyone understands what we are going through.

Our Online Learning Community was created to help foster a collective environment where all individuals studying for professional accountancy exams could come together.

I would urge you over the coming weeks and months to get online, say hello and become part of the studying collective!

We will also be running a series of drop in online surgeries, where anyone can log in to say hello and just generally chat about how they are getting on - look out for these in the main chat room.

This is one thing I know we are all good at.

I am always seeing HTFT students helping each other, with bits of advice, support and encouragement.

We need, during these times, to do more of this.