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Christmas is wonderful: the markets, the twinkly lights, seeing family \u2014 and the presents of course. But for small businesses it can cause major logistical headaches: unreliable transport<\/a>, bad weathe<\/a>r, staff on holiday and plenty of colds and bugs flying around.<\/p>\n

Luckily cloud accounting software can reduce the impact of these unexpected events by allowing you to work anywhere and at any time you choose \u2014 whether it\u2019s from the comfort of your sofa during Mary Poppins, drinking cocktails on a beach in Thailand, or hiding from your relatives in a spare bedroom in the Outer Hebrides.<\/p>\n

Within our own office we have staff travelling the length and breadth of the country and across the world \u2014 from Stockport to Southend and from Amsterdam to Australia. And I\u2019m sure some of us will be at least sneakily checking the odd email.<\/p>\n

What do you think? What\u2019s the weirdest time or most far-flung place you expect to be using Clear Books this Christmas?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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