The new Clear Books Community forum is out now!
After months of development, redesigns and user experience improvements, we’ve relaunched our old Clear Books Network as the Clear Books Community. We designed the Clear Books Community as an outlet for our customer base to be able to share their...
Read Tim Fouracre’s views on building a successful business
Clear Books CEO and founder Tim Fouracre is featured in the June edition of ICAEW’s ‘Economia’ magazine. The feature, by Xenia Taliotis, focuses on a group of entrepreneurs who have used their accounting training and background to build a successful...
Clear Books founder featured in Elite business magazine
Our CEO and founder Tim Fouracre has been featured within Elite Business magazine on the subject of financial forecasting specifically highlighting the danger of cashflow pitfalls. Within the five minute money masterclass article, focusing upon financial forecasting, four business leaders...
Are you coming to Tick & Bash?
We’re fast approaching the date of our latest Tick and Bash event, and we’d love to see plenty of accountants and bookkeepers there! Tick and Bash is a quarterly social event hosted by Clear Books which allows accountants and bookkeepers...
Accountants – you can now bulk process your clients’ payroll!
We’re always looking at ways we can improve the user experience with Clear Books applications, and wanted to let you know of a fantastic new feature for accountants when processing your clients' payroll. After feedback from our accounting partners, we’ve...
Clear Books accounting partner featured in ‘Economia’ magazine
We were delighted to see one of our key accounting partners, Roger Moore, mentioning Clear Books in the latest edition of ICAEW’s ‘Economia’ magazine. Roger, from Beaufort Chancery Chartered Accountants, is featured heavily in the article titled ‘Keep them Sweet’....
Tim Fouracre recognised in Accountancy Age feature
Clear Books CEO Tim Fouracre has been included in Accountancy Age’s 2014 ‘35 under 35’ feature. This annual list highlights the outstanding talent in UK accountancy as part of Accountancy Age’s ‘Young Professionals Day’. ’35 under 35’ recognises the talents...
Clear Books Pro will be at Accountex 2014…will you?
Accountex is Europe's largest exhibition and conference for the accounting profession. Taking place on May 15-16 at ExCel, London, the top minds from the accounting world will share their expertise while leading companies showcase their products. You can register for...
Your suggestions become Clear Books software updates!
Have you visited the Clear Books Network area? This forum not only allows Clear Books users to ask questions and discuss features with the Clear Books community, it's also a vital source of feedback for the team here at Clear...
Paper vs Digital
Nowadays it’s all about saving the environment, recycling paper and sending digital birthday cards. ‘Save the trees!’ they say, and Clear Books absolutely agree, especially as we're an online accounting software provider striving for a paperless office for everyone. But...
Meet Clear Books new starters!
We've had a very busy day today in the Clear Books office, welcoming 4 new employees! The Clear Books team continues to grow rapidly following our move to a new, larger office - please take a look at our careers...
Employers – find out how to get a £2,000 NIC reduction
The new tax year brought about a very welcome change, originally announced in the March 2013 budget. Most employers will now benefit from a £2,000 reduction in the National Insurance contributions (NIC) they are billed for. This reduction relates to...
Clear Books helps raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer
This month one of our Clear Books accounting partners, Martin Briggs, is taking on the challenge to cycle from London to Paris over the course of 5 days to raise money for Breakthrough Breast Cancer. By cycling to Paris, Martin...
Infographic: What do clients want from an accountant / bookkeeper?
We recently got in touch with our community of small business customers, asking them about their experiences with accountants/ bookkeepers and what services they they want from you. The infographic below contains the results of this survey. Cloud accounting software...
Vertical monitors – not such a bad idea!
An article by Mashable titled “You're Looking at It Wrong — Why the Web Demands Vertical Screens” brought up the interesting and mind bending issue of how people use their screens. It’s pretty safe to say that, at this moment...
Clear Books team raise money for homeless charity Porchlight
Clear Books developer Rob Aiken recently spent a night sleeping outside as part of a fundraising effort for homeless charity Porchlight. Rob joined members of Canterbury Homeless Outreach, a student-led volunteering group at the University of Kent. By spending a...
New version of Clear Books Mobile out now!
We recently launched a new version of the Clear Books mobile app. The update brings a whole host of new features, including the incredibly popular mobile scans. You asked, so we delivered. You can now upload all of your receipts...
Support for Internet Explorer 8 has ended
As you may know, on 8th April 2014 Microsoft ended support for Windows XP operating system. Internet Explorer 8 is the last version of the Microsoft browser that was supported by Windows XP. Due to Microsoft ending support for Windows...
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...
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 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...
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...