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...
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...
Announcing: Clear Books Mobile 1.0
Since the mobile app launch in February earlier this year, we have been working hard to improve the app - using your feedback as guidance. Today I am really pleased to announce the release of Clear Books Mobile 1.0 ....
Improving table filter design
We're looking to improve the filter above tables to make them more helpful for our users. Currently filters are a set of drop downs (example above) and not very helpful if you are trying to look for a specific invoice...
Know more about your stock
You are now able to use Clear Books to analyse which customer have been buying each of your stock items and the unit prices you are charging customers compared to what suppliers are charging you. This will improve how you...
Clear Books presents enhanced project reporting
Clear Books has launched a new report allowing you to compare revenue and costs between different projects. This will make it even easier to pick out the best performing areas of your business. It’s not a problem if you forgot...
Allocate payments with your mobile
A new feature requested by a lot of Clear Books customers has arrived and is ready to use in the latest version of Clear Books mobile app. You will now be able to allocate payments to unpaid invoices straight from...
Clear Books and CheapAccounting.co.uk announce strategic partnership
Tim Fouracre and Elaine Clark, the respective Managing Directors of Clear Books and CheapAccounting.co.uk are delighted to announce that they have agreed a strategic working partnership resulting in a unique entry level version of the Clear Books Cloud Accountancy solutions...
Toggling the hover navigation in Clear Books
Here at Clear Books we value the customer's feedback. Following the first stage of redesign, some have voiced their issue with the navigation which pops up when your mouse cursor hovers over the links. Whilst handy to many as a...
How well do you really know your customers and suppliers?
As businesses, we all know how important it is to know our customers and suppliers. Making sure that the people you do businesses with are financially stable is key to business success. That’s why Clear Books is releasing the Companies...
Introducing the new Clear Books. Designed with you in mind.
If you’re an avid reader of the Clear Books blog you will already know that we have been working our fingers to the bone designing a new theme to make Clear Books even more fantastic than it already is! And...
Open Payroll-Designing a New Brand
Corresponding with the recent introduction of RTI filing by HMRC, Clear Books has launched a new face to the Open Payroll home page inspired by the new Clear Books design. With this launch comes a prime opportunity to create a new and exciting brand...
How will the £2,000 jobs tax allowance affect small British businesses?
For small businesses the 2013 budget brought with it the 'Employment Allowance' . This is a £2,000 saving on Employers' National Insurance Contributions for small businesses due to take effect from April 2014. Clear Books and Open Payroll, providers of online...
Add your customers quickly with Companies House auto complete
Today we are excited to introduce a new feature that will save you loads of time when adding new customers. The Companies House auto complete feature will show you possible matches of Companies House registered companies when you start typing...
Scheduled Maintenance
Clear Books will be unavailable for up to 60 minutes between 03.00 and 07.00 tomorrow 14 March 2013 while we carry out some maintenance. Read More
We’re RTI ready! Are you?
If your business processes payroll you've probably received some alerts from HMRC regarding the upcoming RTI legislation. We've guessed that you now want to find out exactly what, why and how? There's no need to worry as Clear Books is here...
New look for Clear Books.
As you have probably already noticed, Clear Books has recently been going through a bit of a facelift. Bit by bit we are improving our look across the board and all for the better we hope. But is it better?...
Clear Books launches new home page design
Exciting changes. We are really excited to share with you the new home page design and direction for the Clear Books marketing website. Check it out www.clearbooks.co.uk. We have been busy at work and there are many new and exciting...
Clear Books updates its mobile app
We've spent the last month working hard to finish the long awaited mobile app. We'd like to thank you for your patience - and we promise you it'll be worth it! We have now released a bigger and better version...
RTI is coming to Open Payroll
We'd like to let you know the kind of data RTI will require from you, most of which you can start entering now. Here is an update on how we're getting on. User Interface Changes We've been working on adding...
We’d like to invite you out for a drink
There's a definitely a community vibe in the air at the Clear Books HQ. We want to make sure that our 4300 + customers are all given the chance to get involved with that! Please save the 28th February for...
Work Experience at Clear Books
We received a phone call before the Christmas break from one of our customers. He wanted to know if the Clear Books team would be interested in welcoming his daughter on board for a week's work experience. "Clear Books looks...
Real Time Information (RTI) on Open Payroll
As many of you will be aware, HMRC is changing the way employers submit data on PAYE. Employers will need to file electronic reports for each pay run, replacing the old annual reporting (P35/P14) system. Real Time Information will be...
Take control of getting paid – Clear Books integrates with GoCardless!
You already know how easy it is to create an invoice in Clear Books and email it directly to your customers. You also know how time saving it is to let Clear Books handle sending recurring invoices and reminders for...
PAYE and Real Time Information
Starting in the 2013/14 tax year, HMRC are looking to change the way employers report on pay and taxation of employees. This will have important implications for all our customers who are running a payroll, so we thought we’d give...
Taking Earnings From Owner Managed Companies
In these tough times, many small company owners will look to withdraw money from their business to fill the funding gap. Mahin Khawaja from Clear Books partner Adroit Accountax takes an overview of some of the legal and tax implications...
Happy birthday to us!
Today the Clear Books team has a reason to celebrate, it's our 4th birthday! Over the past four years we have worked hard to help thousands of customers with their accounting needs, but most importantly we have helped our business...