{"id":27500,"date":"2016-11-29T11:39:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T11:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/?p=27500"},"modified":"2016-11-29T12:00:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T12:00:47","slug":"clear-books-year-explanation-change-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/blog\/clear-books-year-explanation-change-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear Books a year on\u2026  An explanation on change management and where we\u2019re at"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are curious to read about a major change process we have been through please check out Tim\u2019s quarterly investor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/about\/investors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">updates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The summary is that we\u2019ve returned to our roots to make our core business solid. 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