Looking for a cool work space?
The Clear Books team is continually expanding so last week the office had a make over and redesign to accommodate the additional numbers. I therefore spent a day working from home and I found it quite tough! I live with two great friends...
Clear Books Mobile app Beta 2 Released
Today we are very excited to announce the release of Clear Books Mobile Beta 2 into our Labs testing environment. This release is the culmination of many months of hard work (and quite a few sleepless nights on my part),...
Clear Books now hot off the press
Today we are pleased to announce that you are now able to access the latest news, videos and pictures from the Clear Books team via Google Currents. Google Currents is an app available on Android and iOS devices, which provides...
Onsite Training – find a trainer near you!
Over the last month we have been working closely with a group of Clear Books Accounting Partners. The group was put through an intense (but enjoyable!) training boot camp at the Clear Books HQ. Since qualifying, our training partners are...
10 Top Tax Planning Tips for Self-Employed Contractors & Freelancers 2015/16
On the hunt for some accountancy advice and tax tips as a self employed contractor or freelancer? Clear Books accounting partner, Tony Dhanjal from Aidhan Accountancy (www.aidhanfinancial.com), gives us a run down on the top 10 tax planning tips. **Updated on 19th November...
Congratulations and bon voyage to the big boss
This weekend the Clear Books team made a big trip up north to watch their brilliant boss get married. It was a fantastic event and will be remembered by us all. We want to wish Tim and his new wife...
P35 and P14 Submissions
As part of our continued effort to provide businesses with the means to submit all of their company returns from within Clear Books, we are pleased to announce that you can now file your P35 End of Year Return and...
Online Payments with Clear Books
Did you know that there is an easy way for your customers to 'Pay Online' for statements that you send out to them via Clear Books. Clear Books has integrated with one of the UK's leading payment gateways, PayPoint.net. PayPoint helps...
How to network with 300 people in less than an hour
LinkedIn has never been my number one in terms of social networking. Limited interactions with limited connections made the platform seem rather...limited. My opinion changed a week ago when I successfully used LinkedIn to network with over 300 contacts in less than...
Government funded vouchers for small businesses
You may already be familiar with the name Elaine Clark. As the MD of CheapAccounting.co.uk her networking and online social activity is immense. With those efforts recognised, she was recently awarded for her outstanding contributions to the UK Business Forums....
Clear Books Status Updates
I recently met with one of our long term Clear Books accounting partners. During our meeting it became very clear to me just how important communication is. The accountant said " if something changes within Clear Books I need to...
Back to school with Clear Books
It was great to see a busy webinar training session earlier on this morning. For those of you who missed it...fear not. There are more where those came from! Join our next webinar Thursday 22nd September 10am - 11am. If...
Clear Books gets a make over
As you probably have already noticed (unless you are technically trendy and are reading this post through an RSS reader) the Clear Books website has had complete re-design. The new design aside from being aesthetically pleasing to the eye focuses...
Clear Books mobile beta
Today I am pleased to announce that the Clear Books Mobile app is released in beta. Contents Clear Books Mobile Beta About the Beta Trial How to Apply About Clear Books Mobile Clear Books Mobile Requirements Roadmap Known Issues The...
July newsletter
At the beginning of July Clear Books welcomed six newbies to the team. New faces = new features. Read on to find out more... Clearly enjoying this photo moment we would like to give a warm welcome to Tom, Patrick,...
How to ensure casual workers are treated fairly
In my last blog I looked at keeping leave fair for regular workers. There are a number of issues to face for workers who are less regular. Firstly the Equal Pay Act says that people should be paid the same...
Paid holidays & being fair
OK, so this article isn't strictly payroll as such, but it has a lot to do with payroll, so I’m going to write about it! There are some major issues with holidays that can make them potentially unfair. The issues...
May newsletter
Hi Friends! We hope you've enjoyed the chocolate, the wedding and all this lovely weather. Find out what's been going down at the Clear Books HQ... Invoice Themes Directory Take a look at our new Invoice Themes Directory and download...
Payrise on the cheap?
In the current economic climate pay rises are not the norm, and are not easy to afford. So if some method of rewarding staff can be found that costs very little, that would be worth finding! Which is where Salary...
Invoice themes moves out of beta
As you may recall, we launched Invoice Themes as an opt-in beta feature at the start of the new year. Over the last four months we have gathered a large amount of feedback from our beta testers (to whom I...
April newsletter
Another month, additions to the team, more users, new system improvements and some beautiful weather along the way. Clear Books has had yet another exciting month, and we want to share this good news with you. Record Month That's right...we...
New integrated help panel
Today we are pleased to announce a new integrated help system within Clear Books, which enables us to link specific pages within the system to the numerous help articles on our blog and the discussion threads on a support community....
Invoice themes v2 launched
You may have read our previous post relating to the forthcoming update to invoice themes in which we gave a sneak peak to the exciting new features. Well today we are pleased to announce that the update for invoice themes...
New invoice themes sneak peak
Approximately 3 months ago we released a new feature called invoice themes under beta testing, which allows you to customise the design of your invoices within Clear Books. During the beta testing, we gathered lots of feedback from our users...
The new Clear Books HQ
We've moved! We have finally settled into our new office space and it's all ours. Tim, John, Priya, Ed, Alpha, Matt and myself are now all under one roof. We may be lacking a few essentials like cutlery, mugs, glasses,...
January newsletter
Excess holiday weight shifted. Evenings getting lighter. Online tax returns complete. Huge sigh of relief. As always, things have been busy at the Clear Books HQ. So here's a snippet of what's been going on this month. Office Move With...
Rock out with a free Clear Books t-shirt
Everyone will want one. All the cool kids will be wearing them. Our range of Clear Books t-shirts are incredibly versatile and can be worn for all occasions: pyjama parties, gym sessions, decorating... Ok so we may have only had...
Pigment loves Clear Books
Yes that's right, another video from one of our brilliant customers telling you all why they love Clear Books so much. Pigment is web design company and the tight team of four started using Clear Books when they established in...
Interview with the geek…I mean young entrepreneur
Ever wanted to know a bit more about the brains behind Clear Books? Well actually I'm referring to the main brain. The one that came up with the concept of Clear Books. The one that created the Clear Books phenomenon....
Mediaroots Loves Clear Books
Young entrepreneur, Jack Smith, is the owner of Mediaroots Ltd - a growing company offering a range of multimedia software training DVDs. Jack turned to Clear Books after thorough market research and the exhaustion of Excel spreadsheets, and decided that...