CBCE: What you need to know
It’s just one week until Clear Books Community Exhibition. Thanks to all of you who have bought tickets! There’s still time for those who haven’t yet. Get your tickets for just £10 (fully refundable if you’re a Clear Books customer):...
Clear Books featured in Elite Business crowdfunding article!
Clear Books has been featured in an article on the topic of crowdfunding in Elite Business magazine. In 2013 and 2014 Clear Books raised over £1.5m from investors over two rounds of crowdfunding, using our own ‘cloud-funding’ platform. This was...
How Microsoft can help your business get there faster…
We’re really proud that our Community Exhibition on 6th February will be supported by Microsoft, who enable small businesses to grow through technology. Petra Young, Influencer Partner Manager at Microsoft, will be speaking at the event on the day, giving...
EU VAT changes and Clear Books: an update
As you will probably be aware, on 1st January 2015 the way VAT is charged changed for businesses which sell digital services to consumers in EU member countries. We wanted to give you a brief overview of how we are...
Have you booked a review of your finances yet?
There’s no better time than January to start afresh and sort out those things that you’ve been putting off. And if you’ve already booked your ticket for Clear Books Community Exhibition then we’ve got good news. One of the benefits...
Top 5 reasons to network
Digital communication makes life a lot easier, but nothing can replace actually going out and meeting people to face-to-face. Here are our top five reasons why you should attend business events and promote yourself and your business in person: 1....
Achieve your vision with the Business Doctors!
Business Doctor Martin Vessey tells us why he’s speaking AND exhibiting at CBCE on Friday 6th February... Get your tickets here: https://www.clearbooks.co.uk/events/community-exhibition Tell us a bit about your company. What makes you unique? Business Doctors is a business support...
Tips for minimising risk when starting your business…
We spoke to Ruth Fouracre, another of our great Community Exhibition speakers, about why she loves Clear Books and what attendees can expect from her talk on risk management... The event, supported by Microsoft, takes place on 6th February in...
Make the most of your Clear Books account!
When we asked our customers what they wanted from our upcoming business networking event, the most popular suggestion by far was a ‘Clear Books Clinic’ where you can meet our support team in person and get advice and ask questions...
The art of PR: Meet communications expert Glen Goldsmith
Learning how to effectively promote your business is one of the most important things an entrepreneur should know. In the third of our ‘CBCE speaker’ series, we spoke to media relations consultant Glen Goldsmith about his upcoming talk at Clear Books...
Suggest and vote for the Clear Books features you want to see
Users’ ideas posted on our community forum are the source of many of the new features and improvements you see in Clear Books. You too can propose new ideas for features and improvements you wish to see. We consider all ideas...
Recipe of the month – January
In keeping with the Clear Books slogan of ‘Together We Save Time’, we wanted to introduce a light-hearted new monthly feature to our blog and newsletter - a time-saving lunch recipe from a member of the Clear Books team. With...
Do more business online in 2015
It might come as a surprise to you to learn that almost half of the small businesses in the UK don’t yet use the internet for their business. With many of you reading this blog using Clear Books online software,...
How to grow your business with Clive Lewis, Head of Enterprise at ICAEW
It’s exactly one month until Clear Books Community Exhibition and over the next few weeks we’ll be giving you a taster of the exciting speakers you can look forward to hearing at the event. First up, meet chartered accountant and...
Happy New Year!
We hope everybody has had a relaxing and cosy Christmas and there’s enough leftover turkey and chocolate to ease you gently into January. Our favourite thing about the new year is the opportunity it brings to start afresh and really...
Clear Books Support Christmas 2014
Clear Books Support will be unavailable from 1pm Wednesday 24th December to 8am Monday 29th December. This will mean that phone and chat support will not be available. Emailed response will still be accepted but the response time will not...
Congratulations to the 2014 AccountingWeb Community Award winners!
AccountingWeb have today announced the winners of their 2014 Community Awards, sponsored by Clear Books. We're delighted to be working with such an active online community of accountants and bookkeepers, and these awards are a great way to recognise those...
Christmas and the Cloud
Christmas is wonderful: the markets, the twinkly lights, seeing family — and the presents of course. But for small businesses it can cause major logistical headaches: unreliable transport, bad weather, staff on holiday and plenty of colds and bugs flying...
Pre-Christmas update: Clear Books Community Exhibition
We’ve been thrilled with the response to our upcoming Community Exhibition on 6th February. Almost all of the exhibitor slots have been filled and attendee tickets are selling fast. Don’t worry though — there’s still time to get yours. We’ve...
Yodlee issues: an explanation
We are as concerned as our users about the repeated Yodlee issues. I feel that an elaborate explanation is appropriate, explaining why the service is unreliable and perhaps more importantly— why Yodlee will always be unreliable (if it wasn’t —...
Clear Books sponsors the 2014 AccountingWeb Community Awards
For the second year running, Clear Books is proud to sponsor the AccountingWeb Community Awards. AccountingWeb is the largest independent online community for accounting and finance professionals in the UK, and a site that is used often by many Clear...
Meet ASC Finance for Business!
Are you an entrepreneur looking for advice on how to raise finance for your business? Then ASC Finance for Business can help. They’re just one of the exhibitors already signed up for Clear Books Community Exhibition on 6th February ready...
Clear Books team doodles Christmas in 30 seconds
To celebrate the coming of Christmas, I asked the team at Clear Books to take part in a fun short activity. Each person was given a random Christmas-related word which they had 30 seconds to draw. Most panicked and spent...
Clear Books nominated at 2015 Business Finance Awards
Following our recent win at the British Accountancy Awards, we’re delighted to announce that Clear Books has now also been nominated for an award at the upcoming 2015 Business Finance Awards. We’ve been nominated in the category of ‘Software Product...
Clear Books CEO Tim Fouracre: The Power of Networking
As we get ready for our first ever Clear Books Community Exhibition (CBCE) in February 2015, I’ve been reflecting on the power of community and why networking is so important for small businesses. You never know when your network will...
Don’t forget Small Business Saturday!
As a champion of small businesses we’re really excited about Small Business Saturday tomorrow. It’s a great reminder and opportunity to head down to the nearest high street and see what your local independent shops have to offer. American Express...
New resource guide: Introduction to tax for small businesses
If you’re starting your own business and find tax confusing, our new simple guide to the different types of tax you need to know about will help. [slideshare id=42090792&doc=clear-books-cloud-intro-to-business-tax-141127061629-conversion-gate01&type=d] We’ve also included a list of helpful resources...
Making your life easier
The Clear Books team is always working on new features and tools that help make your life easier, and save you time so you can focus on growing your business. Every time we add a new feature to our applications,...
Let’s welcome the Dutch version of Clear Books!
Clear Books has launched the new website for Clear Books NL, our Dutch subsidiary allowing business owners in the Netherlands to take advantage of the many great features of Clear Books’ Online boekhoudsoftware (online accounting software!). Our NL team has...
Helping small businesses keep on top of employment rules
Nothing is more important to a business than the commitment and skill of its workforce, but it can be hard to keep up with employment regulations, training opportunities and other employee-related information. Luckily the highly useful Business is Great website...
