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Stuart McEwan

Stu McEwan, Principal Product Manager (Tax) at accounting software company FreeAgent, and regular podcast guest on accounting tech topics.

Oct 22, 2026

MikeGUEST
29:42
I know, so it's very
29:43
human to me now.
29:45
And yeah, when we bring out the other colours, perfect.
29:47
Can't wait.
29:48
What are the colours? I mean, I don't know what we're talking about.
29:52
Has Bailey ever made it to that collection? No, I don't have a Bailey.
29:56
I need to, I need to get a Bailey, but no, just a, just a Vinnie.

18 MINS LATER

48:17
What's your favourite call friend on the Astley Accountant Network? Favourite call friend on the Astley Accountant Network?
5:09
Yeah.
5:09
And, um, very coincidentally, 'cause I'm based in Edinburgh and FreeAgent's based in Edinburgh, they were hiring into their support team.
5:16
And this was at a time where they were, uh, as we still do now, where you hire a lot based on like personality rather than like accounting degrees or you've gone to university and this kind of thing.
5:26
And so I was hired on the basis that, like, you use cloud accounting.
5:30
I'd used FreeAgent, I'd used some others as well.
5:32
And you kind of do your own books.
5:33
You kind of know what you're talking about.

54 MINS LATER

59:18
There's your answer.

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