{"id":940,"date":"2013-06-04T12:54:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clearbooksltd.com\/?p=940"},"modified":"2013-06-04T12:54:18","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T12:54:18","slug":"tim-fouracre-elected-to-basda-general-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\/blog\/tim-fouracre-elected-to-basda-general-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Tim Fouracre elected to BASDA General Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clear Books Limited, the authors of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.clearbooks.co.uk\">cloud accounting software<\/a> Clear Books, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.openpayrollhq.com\">cloud payroll software<\/a> Open Payroll and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staffroomhr.com\">cloud HR software<\/a> Staff Room, today announced that its Managing Director, Tim Fouracre, has been elected to the General Council of BASDA (Business Application Software Developers Association \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basda.org\">www.basda.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>BASDA is the not-for-profit trade body providing representation and information on common needs and opportunities for the industry. 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