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Our Top 8 Useful Blog Posts for Accountants & Bookkeepers

Running an accountancy practice can be challenging — especially if you don’t have the right resources. As we work closely with accountants on a day to day basis, we’ve listed the top blog posts from our archive, that we hope...

/ 10th June 2015

Our Top 10 Most Useful Blog Posts for Startups, Small Business Owners & Entrepreneurs

For any new business, it can be hard to initially find your feet. We know the importance of having a great selection of useful resources, advice and tips at your disposal — not just to help you get started but...

/ 2nd June 2015

Thanks for coming to Tick and Bash!

On Thursday 21st May we hosted our regular networking event for accountants and bookkeepers. May’s Tick and Bash took place at our new favourite riverside pub, Doggett's Coat and Badge on Blackfriars Bridge in London. We were happy to see...

/ 28th May 2015
Top 10 resources for small businesses

Top 12 Small Business Blogs and Resources in 2016

 Top 12 resources for small businesses: *Updated 4th March 2016 with 2 extra resources for 2016* As a growing business, we understand the importance of SMEs around the UK having a wealth of useful resources at their disposal. Not only...

/ 15th May 2015

Accounting Terms UK: Free Online Glossary & Definitions

As cloud accounting providers, we feel strongly about eliminating jargon and making accounting simple and accessible for everyone. In this spirit, we’ve compiled this handy guide to the most commonly used accounting terms for your reference. Glossary of Accounting Terms Jump...

/ 13th May 2015

Paying for invoices in Clear Books

There are a number of ways to pay for invoices in Clear Books which can make reconciliation confusing at times. I have listed a number of different processes you can use to pay for invoices and keep your bank accounts...

/ 9th April 2015

Calling all accountants and bookkeepers in Bristol!

Some of you will have heard of our quarterly Tick & Bash events which have so far been mostly held in London. Tick & Bash is a free event, designed for anyone in the accounting or bookkeeping community, providing them...

/ 25th July 2014

Clear Books makes donation to World Wildlife Fund

After a month of unpredictable and exciting football, the World Cup has finished. Here at Clear Books, the team took part in a sweepstake competition with prizes for the winner, runner up, 3rd place and worst performing team. Since I...

/ 17th July 2014

Meet fellow small businesses at our free networking event

After the success of our recent Clear Books Community event, we are hosting another free networking event giving our customers and their guests the chance to meet and mingle with a mixture of small businesses. The next Clear Books Community...

/ 4th July 2014

Chance your luck – join the Clear Books community event on Friday 13th June

The first ever Clear Books Community networking event is right around the corner, and will give small businesses the chance to liaise with each other in a friendly and professional atmosphere. The event will be held at our training centre...

/ 5th June 2014

Weekly events with Clear Books Pro… will you be attending?

For the month of June, Clear Books Pro is hosting free Open Days for accountants and bookkeepers every Thursday. These half day events are designed to give you a full understanding of our Partner plan and to learn how you...

/ 3rd June 2014

Thanks for visiting us at Accountex

After a very busy few weeks with lots of hard work and planning, we are delighted to say that our first year at Accountex - the UK’s largest accounting exhibition - was a huge success! Our British garden party stand...

/ 21st May 2014

Clear Books Pro is gearing up for Accountex!

Accountex - Europe's largest annual accounting exhibition - hits ExCel in London on Thursday 15th May with over 3000 people expected to attend over the two day duration. Here at Clear Books Pro we have been eagerly preparing for this...

/ 13th May 2014

Crowdsourcing Twitter chat with Tim Fouracre

Our CEO Tim Fouracre took part in a twitter chat yesterday to discuss the use of crowdsourcing, and its effectiveness in providing value to the customer. As many of you will know, Clear Books has taken the crowdfunding model and...

/ 2nd May 2014

Clear Books comes Highly Commended in Practice Management award

It's been a busy few months for Clear Books, and now to top it off we've come Highly Commended in the Accountancy Age Practice Software of the year category! Having spoken to Accountancy Age we can confirm this means we...

/ 25th November 2013

Thanks ICB – your bookkeepers are fantastic!

Yesterday, Clear Books marketing girls Lizzie and Tara set of  to the rather stylish Pullman's Hotel in London Euston to exhibit at the Institute of Chartered Bookkeepers (ICB) Bookkeepers Summit. It was our first opportunity to showcase our brand spanking...

/ 15th November 2013

Clear Books holds the first Tick & Bash evening

Autumn is now officially upon us, and the accounting calendar is getting rather busy... so Clear Books hosted an evening of drinks and nibbles to help keep spirits in the accounting community high! A lovely bunch of accountants came from...

/ 8th November 2013

Calling all accountants!

Clear Books has noticed that there are no social events for sole practitioners to get together for after-work drinks or to simply mingle with other accountant types. So Clear Books has put one (and there will be many to follow)...

/ 2nd October 2013

Another free webinar from Clear Books

Get your hands on another free webinar, courtesy of Clear Books. Our lovely lead designer, Michelle Choi, shares her wisdom in an effort to help SMEs improve their branding. We’ve made this video available for all our customers in the...

/ 22nd August 2013

Easy online learning – recommended by Clear Books!

Recently we’ve started talking to Excel with Business, who have developed a wealth of online course content designed to help businesses of all sizes with their training needs. In the near future Clear Books hopes to be able to develop...

/ 14th August 2013

Remittance per payment rather than invoice

All customers now have the option to send payment remittance emails on a payment by payment basis To use this time saving new feature click on the Payment id which is located at the bottom of the invoice the payment...

/ 25th June 2013

Make sense of your business accounts

Are you new to finance? Do you have a team that is eager to get their heads round double entry bookkeeping, invoicing and all those little tax quirks? We would like to welcome you to the Clear Books HQ to...

/ 21st June 2013

Recurring invoice notifications

You will now be notified via email every time a batch of recurring invoices is generated. Don’t want a notification? That’s fine too. Switch the feature off by heading to Settings > Organisation > Toggle features. This is yet another...

/ 19th June 2013

Improvements to journals

All ideas posted to the Clear Books Network are constantly being reviewed by the team and we are always on the lookout for popular ideas to implement. Ideas such as adding functionality to journals. During the most recent review it...

/ 6th June 2013

Your lightbulb ideas shine the way forward

Your ideas are what keep Clear Books at the top of the (ever competitive) accounting software game. The way we see it, no one knows better about what our customers want than our customers themselves. Seems pretty obvious when it’s...

/ 16th May 2013

Clear Books delivers ViaPost

Everyone who uses Clear Books will be aware of how easy it is to create an invoice and email it directly to their customers. But what if you don’t know a customer’s email address? Or they prefer not to receive...

/ 14th May 2013

Have your say!

Clear Books is and always has been, developed around the need of  our customers. We want to provide you with the best online accounting software out there.   We will be holding a focus group this month and really want...

/ 10th May 2013

Brand new “Introduction to Finance” seminar with Clear Books

Due to popular demand Clear Books is going to start hosting "Introduction to Finance" seminars. We are aware that not all customers can be experts at business finance. With this in mind we have designed a new seminar aimed at...

/ 9th May 2013

Work Experience at an Accounting Partner

I’ve been in the Clear Books support team for nearly six months and so far so good. I have enjoyed learning all about the software, helping out customers and evolving with the team. I’m no accountant by any stretch, but...

/ 26th April 2013

Clear Books Brings You Free Seminars!

As a small business, Clear Books knows just how many things there are to think about to drive things forward: marketing, office management, HR, SEO, excellent customer service...the list goes on! In our quest to go that extra mile for...

/ 17th April 2013