Clear Books RTI Pack
We held an RTI webinar last week which was attended by numerous Clear Books customers. For those of you who were unable to make this session we have created an RTI Pack from the webinar which explores the changes that will be...
Add your customers quickly with Companies House auto complete
Today we are excited to introduce a new feature that will save you loads of time when adding new customers. The Companies House auto complete feature will show you possible matches of Companies House registered companies when you start typing...
Scheduled Maintenance
Clear Books will be unavailable for up to 60 minutes between 03.00 and 07.00 tomorrow 14 March 2013 while we carry out some maintenance. Read More
We’re RTI ready! Are you?
If your business processes payroll you've probably received some alerts from HMRC regarding the upcoming RTI legislation. We've guessed that you now want to find out exactly what, why and how? There's no need to worry as Clear Books is here...
New look for Clear Books.
As you have probably already noticed, Clear Books has recently been going through a bit of a facelift. Bit by bit we are improving our look across the board and all for the better we hope. But is it better?...
Clear Books launches new home page design
Exciting changes. We are really excited to share with you the new home page design and direction for the Clear Books marketing website. Check it out www.clearbooks.co.uk. We have been busy at work and there are many new and exciting...
Clear Books updates its mobile app
We've spent the last month working hard to finish the long awaited mobile app. We'd like to thank you for your patience - and we promise you it'll be worth it! We have now released a bigger and better version...
RTI is coming to Open Payroll
We'd like to let you know the kind of data RTI will require from you, most of which you can start entering now. Here is an update on how we're getting on. User Interface Changes We've been working on adding...
Instant messaging within Clear Books
We have been beavering away trying to find ways to make it easier for you to communicate with people within your group in Clear Books and have come up with a nice new messaging system! In a similar style to Facebook, once you...
New features in Clear Books! Recurring payments and invoices, and expenses copy function
Happy Monday Clear Books users! We have some good news for you on this snowy day, there have been further time-saving feature updates which are now live in Clear Books! Firstly we have now made it possible for you to...
We’d like to invite you out for a drink
There's a definitely a community vibe in the air at the Clear Books HQ. We want to make sure that our 4300 + customers are all given the chance to get involved with that! Please save the 28th February for...
Work Experience at Clear Books
We received a phone call before the Christmas break from one of our customers. He wanted to know if the Clear Books team would be interested in welcoming his daughter on board for a week's work experience. "Clear Books looks...
Management Report Improvements!
The Management Reports in Clear Books are now even better than before giving you more in depth and visual overview of your accounts! You can now simplify your data by rounding it to the nearest thousand or million to make...
Real Time Information (RTI) on Open Payroll
As many of you will be aware, HMRC is changing the way employers submit data on PAYE. Employers will need to file electronic reports for each pay run, replacing the old annual reporting (P35/P14) system. Real Time Information will be...
Take control of getting paid – Clear Books integrates with GoCardless!
You already know how easy it is to create an invoice in Clear Books and email it directly to your customers. You also know how time saving it is to let Clear Books handle sending recurring invoices and reminders for...
PAYE and Real Time Information
Starting in the 2013/14 tax year, HMRC are looking to change the way employers report on pay and taxation of employees. This will have important implications for all our customers who are running a payroll, so we thought we’d give...
Taking Earnings From Owner Managed Companies
In these tough times, many small company owners will look to withdraw money from their business to fill the funding gap. Mahin Khawaja from Clear Books partner Adroit Accountax takes an overview of some of the legal and tax implications...
Happy birthday to us!
Today the Clear Books team has a reason to celebrate, it's our 4th birthday! Over the past four years we have worked hard to help thousands of customers with their accounting needs, but most importantly we have helped our business...
Looking for a cool work space?
The Clear Books team is continually expanding so last week the office had a make over and redesign to accommodate the additional numbers. I therefore spent a day working from home and I found it quite tough! I live with two great friends...
Clear Books Mobile app Beta 2 Released
Today we are very excited to announce the release of Clear Books Mobile Beta 2 into our Labs testing environment. This release is the culmination of many months of hard work (and quite a few sleepless nights on my part),...
Clear Books now hot off the press
Today we are pleased to announce that you are now able to access the latest news, videos and pictures from the Clear Books team via Google Currents. Google Currents is an app available on Android and iOS devices, which provides...
Onsite Training – find a trainer near you!
Over the last month we have been working closely with a group of Clear Books Accounting Partners. The group was put through an intense (but enjoyable!) training boot camp at the Clear Books HQ. Since qualifying, our training partners are...
10 Top Tax Planning Tips for Self-Employed Contractors & Freelancers 2015/16
On the hunt for some accountancy advice and tax tips as a self employed contractor or freelancer? Clear Books accounting partner, Tony Dhanjal from Aidhan Accountancy (www.aidhanfinancial.com), gives us a run down on the top 10 tax planning tips. **Updated on 19th November...
Congratulations and bon voyage to the big boss
This weekend the Clear Books team made a big trip up north to watch their brilliant boss get married. It was a fantastic event and will be remembered by us all. We want to wish Tim and his new wife...
P35 and P14 Submissions
As part of our continued effort to provide businesses with the means to submit all of their company returns from within Clear Books, we are pleased to announce that you can now file your P35 End of Year Return and...
Online Payments with Clear Books
Did you know that there is an easy way for your customers to 'Pay Online' for statements that you send out to them via Clear Books. Clear Books has integrated with one of the UK's leading payment gateways, PayPoint.net. PayPoint helps...
How to network with 300 people in less than an hour
LinkedIn has never been my number one in terms of social networking. Limited interactions with limited connections made the platform seem rather...limited. My opinion changed a week ago when I successfully used LinkedIn to network with over 300 contacts in less than...
Government funded vouchers for small businesses
You may already be familiar with the name Elaine Clark. As the MD of CheapAccounting.co.uk her networking and online social activity is immense. With those efforts recognised, she was recently awarded for her outstanding contributions to the UK Business Forums....
Clear Books Status Updates
I recently met with one of our long term Clear Books accounting partners. During our meeting it became very clear to me just how important communication is. The accountant said " if something changes within Clear Books I need to...
Back to school with Clear Books
It was great to see a busy webinar training session earlier on this morning. For those of you who missed it...fear not. There are more where those came from! Join our next webinar Thursday 22nd September 10am - 11am. If...