Working on the business or in the business? It’s one big balancing act!
Many of us have gone into running our own business for all the freedom and creativity it brings to us. The 9 to 5 regime five days a week is over, we will never have to work for someone whom...
How creating smaller teams can help your business – Resource
Here at Clear Books, our embracing of Agile principles has never been stronger. One idea that has made serious headway is the Agile concept of ‘cross-functional teams’. We use the term ‘workcell’ as a nod to its roots in lean...
Clear Books holds its first AGM as a plc
As many of you will know, Clear Books became a plc last year and invited customers to purchase shares in the company, raising over £800,000. As a result, last week Clear Books held its first ever AGM, inviting all shareholders...
Improving your Clear Books workspace
As Clear Books continues to develop and innovate, we’re always looking to improve the experience for our users which is why we've decided to make our interface wider. Previously we used a width of 960px as a standard to fit...
Security: Heartbleed vulnerability
On April 7th 2014, security researchers discovered a serious vulnerability (CVE-2014-0160) in OpenSSL, a very popular cryptographic library used by many websites, including Clear Books. This library ensures secure communication between server and client but also confirms the identity of...
Clear Books focus on security
Here at Clear Books we always strive for what is best for our customers. With this in mind, we've recently been working with a security consultant, Yousef Syed, as a result of an innovation grant we received. Yousef is also...
Clear Books Hackathon
On the 29th of November the developers had a day off from their usual duties to work on something completely different. Small projects with a short period of development constituted the Clear Books hackathon day. The only requirement was that...
GoCardless – Import pre-auths into Clear Books
Great news for our customers with an active GoCardless integration! The ability to import pre-authorisations created outside Clear Books into your account and link them with your existing customers is now available. To access this feature navigate Tools > GoCardless...
Clear Books presents GoCardless integration revamp
If you’re wondering what GoCardless is and what an integration with Clear Books mean, here’s a quick snapshot: GoCardless is a payment tool integrated with Clear Books allowing you to request and receive Direct Debit payments from your customers. We...
Infographic: Find out what your clients want
We surveyed a whole bunch of small businesses across the UK to find out exactly what they’re looking for in an accountant. The results are now in, displayed below as a lovely infographic! Do please let us know by commenting on...
