Small Business Infographic: Working with your accountant

Earlier this year, we surveyed the business owners in our community to find out more about their relationship with accountants. In the latest of our series of 3 infographics using the survey data, we’ve looked at how business owners prefer...

/ 2nd April 2015

Small Business Advice: How Google Works

Several of us at Clear Books have recently been reading ‘How Google Works’ - a book by Google executives Eric Schmidt and Jonathan Rosenberg about the lessons they learned as they helped build the company. It’s a great resource for...

/ 1st April 2015

Q&A with Clear Books CFO Suzy Kerton

Clear Books CFO Suzy Kerton has been featured in the latest edition of The CA magazine - the official magazine of ICAS (Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland)! In the article, Suzy discusses her role at Clear Books and her...

/ 30th March 2015

Infographic: 22 ways to improve productivity in the workplace

The onus is no longer just on employees to maintain high levels of productivity. Employers must also share the responsibility to keep their workforce inspired, motivated and engaged. Read our latest article for tips on how you can keep morale...

/ 25th March 2015

Free Clear Books Clinic – 8th April

After the popularity and success of our Clear Books Clinic at CBCE last month, we’re holding another one at our office in Hammersmith on 8th April. Come along and talk to one of our friendly and experienced support and finance...

/ 24th March 2015

How to make your final RTI payroll submission of the year

At the end of each tax year, HMRC need to know that the RTI (Real Time Information) payroll being submitted is the last submission of the year. A number of declarations need to be answered before submitting to HMRC. Our support...

/ 20th March 2015

Small Business Advice: An easy guide to auto-enrolment

Auto-enrolment can be confusing, and the deadline to enrol your employees in a compulsory pension scheme is coming ever closer for many small businesses. We’ve collaborated with one of our accounting partners to put together a quick introduction to get...

/ 19th March 2015

Scheduled Clear Books maintenance in early hours of 21st March

Clear Books will be unavailable for up to 2 hours between 00:00 GMT and 02:00 GMT on Saturday 21st March 2015, while scheduled maintenance is carried out.  Any customers who are logged in before the scheduled maintenance starts will have...

/ 18th March 2015

Free accounting software for students!

Are you a student in need of accounting software? Whether you’re an accounting student or running your own start-up while at university, then we have a great deal for you! All you need is a valid ‘ac.uk’ email address and...

/ 13th March 2015

Small Business Advice: 21 ways to prevent disastrous meetings

At Clear Books, we’re determined to avoid unnecessary meetings. Experience has shown that too often they’re easily hijacked by other issues, waste time and are ultimately not productive. However there are some meetings that can’t be avoided— such as performance...

/ 12th March 2015

Clear Books at The Cloud Conference 2015

Clear Books will be at AVN’s Cloud Conference in Birmingham this Thursday 12th March. We’ll be speaking about the cloud and how it can impact accountants’ practices, featuring live case studies from accountants and insights from our recent survey on...

/ 10th March 2015

Clear Books Clinic – free face-to-face help with your Clear Books account!

Want to find out how you can make the most of your Clear Books account? On Wednesday 8th April we're holding our first Clear Books Clinic event, where users can drop in to the Clear Books office in London and talk...

/ 3rd March 2015

Small Business Advice: Time Management – ‘Its about time’

Glen Goldsmith, PR consultant and writer, looks at why time management is important and provides some advice on how to manage it more effectively.   As a PR consultant and writer, and as a husband with two children, my time...

/ 3rd March 2015

Recipe of the month: March

Many Clear Books users are business owners, and whether you’re working by yourself from home or as part of a team in an office, time can be tight when it comes to having a lunch break. That’s why each month...

/ 2nd March 2015

Meet the Clear Books team: Lead developer Adrian Clay

Who are you? Hi, I’m Adrian Clay the developer team leader. What does your role at Clear Books entail? The developers perform a number of roles within the company.  Our time is split between working on improvements to the existing...

/ 27th February 2015

New feature update – February 2015

Last month we asked you to vote on 5 feature ideas suggested by Clear Books customers on our online Community forum. Thank you for all who voted and left feedback - there are hundreds of small projects or tasks that...

/ 26th February 2015

Small Business Advice: Resources for writing a business plan

Have you had a ‘eureka’ moment for a business idea? One of the first steps any budding entrepreneur should take when starting out is to write a great business plan. Even if your business is already established, it’s important to...

/ 26th February 2015

Scheduled HMRC maintenance affecting RTI returns

Due to a scheduled upgrade at HMRC,  you will be unable to submit Open Payroll RTI returns between 22:00 on Thursday 26 February and 01:59 on Friday 27 February. If you were planning on submitting returns during this time period, please...

/ 26th February 2015

Business Advice: 5 cheap ways to market your small business

Once you’ve created a solid strategy for your brilliant business idea that covers the big picture, the small picture and everything in between, then you can get to the fun part — promoting it. Here are our top 5 (inexpensive)...

/ 25th February 2015

Small Business Infographic: Finding and choosing an accountant

For business owners, choosing an accountant is an important decision and one that can take a lot of research. We surveyed our community of small business owners to discover what they found important when making their decision, and also what...

/ 23rd February 2015

Free Business Podcast Series: Meet UK Speechwriter’s Guild

The first in our brand new series of business podcasts is now available on the Clear Books website. Entrepreneurs from the Clear Books community will be offering unique business insight and advice, and we have some fascinating and varied subjects...

/ 23rd February 2015

Final Accounts is here!

Today we’re launching Final Accounts, a new online accounting solution enabling businesses’ final accounts to be prepared using information directly from Clear Books’ cloud accounting software. Final Accounts has been built in consultation with accountants and user experience designers and...

/ 19th February 2015

Accountant Advice: Strategies for winning new clients

The way accountants win new clients is changing. As cloud accounting software becomes more prevalent, new and creative strategies for gaining business are rising to the fore. Read our new white paper, which contains case studies from a range of...

/ 18th February 2015

Recipe of the month: February

In our second ‘recipe of the month’, our onboarding team leader Mike shares his favourite meal, a hearty three bean stew which will definitely keep you going until spring finally comes! Three Bean Stew Ingredients: 1 x leek sliced 2...

/ 11th February 2015

New feature ideas and updates

Our active online community forum is a great place to keep up to date with Clear Books features that have recently been released. In this blog we’ll be rounding up the key new features that have been released recently. We’ve...

/ 10th February 2015

Share the love this Valentine’s Day!

Would you like to win a hamper of goodies and feature your business in a podcast on our website? Well, to be in with a chance, all you have to do is tell us in under 100 characters why you...

/ 10th February 2015

Top 10 ways to keep your online data secure

It’s Safer Internet Day and to celebrate we’ve produced our top tips for keeping your private data safe online. The day’s main purpose is to promote the safe and responsible use of digital technology for young people. But it’s not...

/ 10th February 2015

Did you know? With Chris McBride

Who are you? I’m Chris and I’m one of the Customer Support Analysts working in the support team.   What does your role at Clear Books entail? The focus of my role at Clear Books revolves around responding to customer...

/ 9th February 2015

Are you looking to create a professional video for your company?

Clear Books Community Exhibition is tomorrow! And there’s just time to squeeze in one last exhibitor case study. Meet Streaming Well, a digital service company which can help with all your business’s digital filming needs!   Tell us a bit...

/ 5th February 2015

Marketing resources to help your business grow

Are you looking to take your business to the next level? The UK Government’s ‘Business is Great’ website has a section devoted to marketing, allowing you to find new ways to win customers and stand out from the crowd. Take...

/ 4th February 2015