Long-term, trusting relationships are crucial for Cathrin Frykevik, who is a partner and handles administration at Johns Maskinstation in Väse, halfway between Karlstad and Kristinehamn. At LR Revision in Karlstad, she always has access to good advice.

Johns Maskinstation AB operates agricultural machinery on a contract basis for farmers. For many smaller farms, it is far too expensive to own the machinery themselves in relation to how many hours they use it, so they outsource the work. Johns Maskinstation can help with many things, such as spreading liquid manure, solid manure, and lime, mowing, raking, baling, and chopping grass.

Cathrin Frykevik has been with the company for just over four years, and since it was her partner John who started the business, she has a good insight into how it works. While Cathrin takes care of administration and negotiations, her partner handles the day-to-day running of the company. They currently have three employees, but during peak season, such as snow removal periods, they employ up to ten people.

Johns Maskinstation has been a customer of LR Revision in Karlstad since 2017 and receives assistance with accounting, financial statements, and tax returns.

• When I started, everything was new to me. Going from just paying my own bills to this administration was like stepping straight into a jungle. Åsa Wedberg at LR Karlstad has been absolutely crucial for me. You want to do things right, and Åsa showed me how. It was hands-on accounting for dummies, says Cathrin.

Cathrin appreciates the personal relationship she has with LR Revision in Karlstad. Most often, it's about day-to-day matters, but it can also be bigger decisions that need to be made quickly.

• It's so easy to work with Åsa and the rest of the team. I send an email or give them a call and always get help quickly. Sometimes things need to happen very quickly, for example if we're looking at buying a new machine and need updated figures for a finance company. If it's a machine that's available on the open market, you can't wait too long for a response.

Having long-term, trusting relationships with their auditing and accounting firm is important to Cathrin and her husband.

• The company is our shared responsibility, and it is very personal to us at every level, including in our relationships with our customers and suppliers. We also have children, and I have a regular full-time job outside the company, so having someone and an agency we can truly trust is incredibly valuable to us.