Clear Books plc appoints three new directors
Clear Books is pleased to announce that on 1st April 2014 Brendan McLoughlin, Paul Maunders and Elizabeth Fouracre were all appointed to the Clear Books plc board of directors. Brendan and Paul each take individual roles as non-executive directors replacing...
How accountants make the leap to the cloud
We recently conducted a survey of our accountant and bookkeeper partners, to get some real-life insight into the logistics of moving your practice on to cloud based software. We wanted to share these experiences with you, and pass on the...
Find out about our new training centre
As many of you may know, we recently moved to a brand new office due to the continued expansion of the Clear Books team. However, we retained our old office in West Kensington and, following refurbishment, will be putting it...
Meeting the Clear Books community
Over the past 2 weeks, I have been spending time catching up with some of Clear Books' most active accounting partners. On Wednesday I took the train up to Manchester to visit Sheila Thompson, an accountant in the Cheap Accounting...
New and improved support centre
Here at Clear Books, we’ve implemented a major design improvement to our support centre so customers like yourself (or just casual readers checking out our blog - hello!) will find and receive the help you need fast so you can...
Small British businesses are wasting one week a year unnecessarily
Small British businesses are wasting time unnecessarily. In a year I estimate that the person in a small business who processes payments to suppliers is wasting a full working week. The problem is that most small businesses view unpaid bills...
Running a successful business from a place with a view…
Over the last week I have been venturing around the UK to meet some of our key accounting partners. I use the word ‘key’ to describe those true advocates of Clear Books who actively recommend the software to their small...
AIMS Accountants for Business Conference
Lizzie, Tara and Chris from the Clear Books Pro team headed to the Hilton hotel at Gatwick airport last week, to attend the 2014 AIMS Accountants for Business Conference. AIMS are the largest network of independent qualified accountants throughout the...
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 has moved – take a look at our new office!
The Clear Books team are excited to announce that we've moved to a brand new office! But don’t worry, we’re only a stones throw away from our old office on Hammersmith Road. We had been at our old office for...
Clear Books plc trading update March 2014
The 31 March 2014 is Clear Books' first year end as a plc. This trading update provides an overview of what the team has been up to this year with estimated figures. Full audited accounts with finalised figures will be...
UK Cloud Awards – We won!
Clear Books has been given the coveted award of Best Cloud Accounting Suite by a team of independent judges at the UK Cloud Awards 2014. The UK Cloud Awards have been devised to recognise the best of the cloud in...
Clear Books Pro host Tick & Bash evening
After a very busy January for all accountants and bookkeepers, what better way to unwind than over a few free drinks? Last night saw Clear Books Pro hold the latest Tick & Bash social event, with accountants and bookkeepers heading...
UK Cloud Awards – We’re finalists!
We are delighted to be shortlisted as “Accounting product of the year” for the UK Cloud Awards 2014. The UK Cloud Awards were established by the Cloud Industry Forum, techUK and Cloud Pro to celebrate the best of the UK...
Clear Books in the clouds (literally)
Yesterday evening, Chris and Tara from the Clear Books marketing team headed to the London Eye to take part in the ICB’s amazing ‘Cloud Campaign’ event. The unique location and variety of software providers on show promised to make it...
Deadline getting the better of you?
With the deadline for tax returns just around the corner, Clear Books knows how much pressure accountants and bookkeepers may be under. You may be questioning if the workload will ever reduce, so Clear Books has done a bit of...
Congratulations to the winners of accountingWEB’s Community Awards!
As you may know, the Accounting Web Community Awards were unveiled today to show appreciation to all of the members that make the community as great as it is! As a proud sponsor, we were delighted to see how Accounting...
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...
Thanks for the glowing reviews!
Clear Books were delighted to receive some great feedback from our fantastic customers recently, when the results of the AccountingWEB Software Satisfaction Awards survey were published. The feedback was overwhelmingly positive, which gives us real encouragement that we are providing...
Brand new help videos
We have oodles of help guides to help you find out about Clear Books features. To make things easier for you, we’re creating a library of help videos to also help you get to grips with Clear Books! Check out...
Autumn Statement 2013: Does Osborne come bearing gifts?
As the 5th looms closer, there has been increasing speculation as to what the chancellor's autumn statement may bring. Whether he will take a disciplined stance or one filled with subsidies and giveaways, remains to be seen. It is...
Another nomination for Clear Books!
We are thrilled to announce that Clear Books has been nominated for Best Software Provider Of The Year from the Institute of Bookkeepers! We are delighted to be considered and would like to thank the brilliant team over at ICB...
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...
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...
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...
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 plc raises £839,913 from its customers – thank you!
We did it! Thank you to everyone, all 735 of you who now own a part of Clear Books. We took a unique approach to fundraising. We re-registered as a plc and built our own investor platform to accept applications...
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...
Cloudfunder: Excel With Business/ Filtered
1. What does your business do? We offer high impact online training, where we filter out material our users don't need to know, or know already, using some cleverly chosen questions. 2. Why did you invest in Clear Books? We...
Your £18m call to arms
Clear Books is priced at £18m. How did we come up with that figure? There are two ways to value a business. There is the financial analyst who compares to existing businesses and looks at multiples of revenue. Then there...