Changes to our subscription area – part 1
A shiny new look for Subscriptions Our product team have been hard at work transforming the subscription area to make it clear and simple for you to manage your subscriptions with Clear Books. Today, we’re releasing ‘Part 1’ of our...
Clear Books – a brief history, what we do, and how we can help you
Clear Books is a company of smart, passionate people who are all focused on one thing: making it easier for you to manage your business’s finances. With over 10,000 customers, we’re on a mission to make accounting clear and simple...
Clear Books Payroll users – make sure you’re eligible for Employment Allowance
Not all companies are entitled to Employment Allowance this year. Check your eligibility If you’re using our Payroll application for Employment Allowance this year, we advise that you check your eligibility before enabling it. Clear Books cannot check your eligibility...
Is it time for you to hire an accountant?
You end up taking on so many hats when you become a small business owners — besides being the actual owner, you often have to be the customer service, HR, creative, operations manager, finance manager, and more. And while doing...
Calling all accountants, come to our next free open day and have lunch on us!
Clear Books Open Day Are you an accountant or bookkeeper looking to find out more about how Clear Books and cloud accounting can help you run your practice? Then we've got the perfect free event for you! The Clear Books...
What is depreciation and how do you calculate it in the UK?
What is depreciation? Depreciation is a term used in accounting to describe the cost of using an asset over a period of time (when it’s useful to your business). How do you calculate depreciation in the UK? There are two...
Improvements to ‘date picker’ calendar within Clear Books
What is it and what does it do? The ‘date picker’ is the small calendar that appears in various places within your Clear Books account, allowing you to select a date. This helps users work out the days of the...
Benefits of using cloud accounting software for business
More and more business owners are turning to cloud accounting software to manage their business’s finances. If you haven’t yet tried it yet, here are 10 ways online accounting software can help your business. 1. Save time with automation Don’t...
How to divide your day for maximum effectiveness
It’s always interesting to see how things become “normal” — for instance, since the Industrial Revolution, everybody’s pretty much just accepted that an 8 hour day (with one break in the middle) is how we should work. But actually, behaviour...
5 things not to do when working with your accountant
One of our very favourite things about accounting is the clients. We love making it as easy as possible for you to keep on top of your business’s finances, and our accounting and bookkeeping partners often tell us that working with...
RTI payroll submission 2016
RTI payroll submission 2016 At the end of the tax year, HMRC need to know that the RTI (Real Time Information) payroll being submitted is the last submission of the year. This means that a number of declarations need to...
Our product roadmap is under new ownership – find out what this means for you
Clear Books has set itself a clear & simple vision. We are focusing on accounting and payroll in the UK market. We want a clear & simple product that is fast and works for all our customers. Having listened to...
SEO for beginners: How to improve your SEO
SEO for beginners: How to improve your SEO SEO is one of those things that people talk about all the time in connection to websites, but it so often seems to be such a technical topic that many people ignore...
How to channel your best personality traits
There’s a lot of talk about channeling your best personality traits, both in work and in life in general. And while that’s great, in practice this tends to slip down the priority list in the face of daily life, so...
New improvements to our account code features
From tomorrow (Wednesday 2nd March), you'll notice some changes we've made to several of our account codes features which will have a positive effect on your overall user experience when using these tools. In case you've not used them before,...
How to turn your hobby into a career
How to turn your hobby into a career So you have a hobby that you think might make a good business. You’re good at it, you enjoy doing it, and you can think of nothing better than getting paid for...
Helpful Clear Books Tips #5: Bulk payroll processing / un-processing feature
As cloud software providers, we always aim to make your experience with our accounting and payroll applications as simple as possible. That’s the reason we have made several useful time-saving features for you to use, so you can focus on...
6 ways to market your small business (that aren’t ads)
Just a few years ago, your options for advertising your small business were pretty much limited to telemarketing, mailers, and expensive ad buys on billboards, TV, or radio. But with the advent of internet marketing, it’s possible to market your...
What are the best personality traits for being an accountant?
People who haven’t worked closely with an accountant before sometimes tend to think that they’re kind of like really good computers when it comes to their work: they plug in the numbers, follow the rules, and spit out a report...
Clear Books auto enrolment – all features now released!
We’ve now released the 7th and final stage of our auto enrolment features for Clear Books Payroll! Below you can see what’s included in the stage 7 release, and at the bottom of the page we’ve linked to details of...
Scheduled maintenance tonight (Thursday 18th February)
We will be performing necessary maintenance for 2 hours tonight, between the following times: Start time: 23:00 GMT Thursday 18th February End time: 01:00 GMT Friday 19th February This will involve downtime for users, so Clear Books will be unavailable during this period. We’ve chosen...
5 benefits of having a website for your business
5 benefits of having a website for your business It might seem an obvious part of starting a business but a surprising number of entrepreneurs don’t consider setting up a website when they’re starting out. Reasons for this could include...
The four pillars of great customer service
You probably couldn’t find one business owner who would tell you that good customer services doesn’t matter. And yet, there are whole industries that are known for being terrible at it! The truth is, the experience people have with your...
Accountants and bookkeepers – join Clear Books for some after work drinks
On Thursday 10th March, we're holding the latest Tick and Bash - a free social event for accountants and bookkeepers. The events are an opportunity to unwind after work as well as a chance to chat with others in your...
Five reasons to let your employees work from home
Do employees at your company work remotely from time to time? At Clear Books, we have a relaxed attitude to colleagues working from home if they need to — not only because it’s a nice perk for employees and contractors,...
What is a dividend? How they’re paid, taxed and how to create them
In the previous blog for our 'Commonly asked accounting questions' series, we looked at what a creditor and debtor was. This time we’re focusing on what a dividend is, how you pay them and how you can create them within...
What do employers need to know about auto enrolment?
Clear Books partner accountant Michael Godsmark of Woodville Accountancy looks at the steps you need to take as an employer to be ready for auto enrolment. What is it? Auto enrolment is essentially a government pension scheme which is administered and run by...
Ending of Fubra Passport log-in
From Tuesday 9th February 2016, customers will no longer be able log in with their Fubra Passport. The reason we have moved away from the Fubra Passport is to streamline the process when signing up and inviting users. Since early...
Clear Books auto enrolment features – stage 6
Today we released stage 6 of our auto enrolment features. To find out more about what auto enrolment is, take a look at The Pension Regulator’s website. If you’d like to know what auto enrolment features we’ve released already, see...
The strange history of accounting
It’s no secret that accounting has a reputation for being a bit boring, and we can see how you might be tempted to think that the only thing more boring than modern accounting is the history of accounting. But actually,...
