The Kreston BulMar Journey

A completely renewed version of the expert website BALANCE.bg has been launched. The platform offers conceptually new functionalities and content, that are unique for the country.

The company continued to operate at 100% capacity despite the challenges of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Kreston BulMar provided the business community with a structured and easy to read collection of all the legislative and regulatory changes, introduced as a result of the Covid crisis.

It is for a third year in a row that Kreston BulMar has been recognized as a Bulgarian superbrand in accounting services by the London-based international organization Superbrands awarding this exceptional brand status for business quality.

Kreston BulMar ranks 59th in the Graduate Survey Bulgaria of the most preferred employer among graduate students.

The company ranks 110th in the Employer of Choice Bulgaria survey of the most preferred employer among employees.

Kreston BulMar opened Europe’s first Museum of Accounting in its office. The museum is the world’s second of its kind after the one in China.

The company ranked 127th in the Graduate Survey Bulgaria of the most preferred employer among graduate students.

Kreston BulMar published a textbook and manual on practical accounting which is the first of its kind and presents accounting and tax theory and practice in a unique way, without a precedent in the world.

Kreston BulMar yet again was officially recognised as the Bulgarian superbrand by the international organisation for business quality assurance Superbrands, based in London.

Kreston BulMar has a network of 25 offices, opening recently 7 more offices – one in Pleven and 6 in Sofia.

Kreston BulMar was officially recognised as the Bulgarian superbrand by the international organisation for business quality assurance Superbrands, based in London.

Kreston BulMar opened 2 new offices– in Stara Zagora and Vidin.

Kreston BulMar launched the Accounting-Seminars.com system – online video-seminars on taxes and accounting. Each year, 108 video tutorials on various professional subjects are produced, for viewing by students, accountants, and consultants at any time.

Kreston BulMar opened 1 new office – in Burgas.

Kreston BulMar launched the expert website Balans.bg, sharing there its full professional knowledge to demonstrate its capacity and expertise as it believes this allows its experts to improve further.

Kreston BulMar opened 2 new offices in the country – in Sliven and in Kyustendil.

Kreston BulMar became the first company in Bulgaria and the 70th company in the world to receive a certificate for training and consulting centre for Central and Eastern Europe on the issues of sustainable development reporting, awarded by Global Reporting Initiative (centre for cooperation within the UN Environment Programme). Bulgaria became the 36th country in the world with a local certified organisation that can deliver trainings, consulting and audit of corporate sustainable development reports.

Kreston BulMar became the first company in Bulgaria and the 110th company in the world certified by the AccountAbility as auditor of sustainable development reports under the АА1000 AS standard.

Kreston BulMar became the first consulting company in Bulgaria certified under the ISO 27001 standard – IT security management.

Kreston BulMar established an Accounting College – a permanent school for accountants, where over 120 persons are trained annually.

Kreston BulMar launched Fakturirane.bg – a professional web-based system for issuance of invoices which is free for use by all Bulgarian businesses.

Kreston BulMar launched the weekly financial digest Financial Week.

Kreston BulMar opened its first 4 offices in the country – in Veliko Tarnovo, Pernik, Silistra, and Kardjali.

BulMar became a full and exclusive partner of Kreston International for Bulgaria – one of the biggest networks of independent and consulting companies in the world.

Kreston BulMar was approved as Gold Certified Partner of Microsoft.

Preparation began for the expansion of BulMar across the country through a network of offices.

The subsidiary of BulMar, Smart Corporate Solutions, became the first VMWare Enterprise Partner for Bulgaria.

BulMar became the first company in Bulgaria whose IT infrastructure is fully built and based on VMWare solutions for server visualisation, with the highest level of security of information.

BulMar College was granted a Licence by the National Academy for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET) for training in “Accounting” in the third qualification degree (vocational college).

BulMar became a full non-exclusive partner of Moore Stephens International for Bulgaria. The partnership between the two companies continued until 2009.

BulMar is one of the originators behind the restoration of Sofia Chamber of Commerce and Industry, which was re-established after its closure.

BulMar became a correspondent firm for Moore Stephens International for Bulgaria.

Еmil Popov was elected chairman of the Association of Accounting Companies in Bulgaria.

BulMar fully decentralised its business via specialised subsidiaries providing a wide range of business services in accounting, payroll, legal services, financial audit, business consulting, business valuations, business software solutions and vocational training.

BulMar relocated to a new and modern office meeting all requirements for comfortable work and perfect servicing of clients.

BulMar introduced regular quarterly exams to evaluate the qualification of its accountants.

BulMar began launched the monthly tax digest BulMar Report, renamed to TAX & Budget Report in January 2017.

BulMar became the first accounting company in Bulgaria to be certified under the ISO 9001 standard – quality management.

BulMar Office was successfully launched on the market and won a gold medal at the autumn fair in Plovdiv.

The BulMar Office accounting and business software was successfully implemented in the accounting department of BulMar.

BulMar introduced a specialised year-round programme for training of its accountants. The programme expanded and improved over the years and served as a basis for establishment of the Accounting College and year-round open seminars in accounting and taxes.

BulMar started development of its own package of accounting and business software BulMar Office, so as to have the best tool for provision of services to its clients and offer a professional and integrated solution to all peers.

BulMar was founded by Emil Popov. At the beginning the team consisted of four persons and provided only accounting services and distribution of accounting and business software.