How cloud accounting can change the relationship between accountant and client
Cloud accounting software brings numerous benefits to businesses and accountants alike. In a new Clear Books article, we take a look at how it can help with collaboration and make the lives of both businesses and accountants easier and more...
Case study: 2E Accountants Ltd
We recently spoke to several of our valued customers to find out what it is they like about cloud accounting and Clear Books. In this case study, we sat down with Riz Wasti, Director of 2E Accountants Ltd. My name...
We’ve been shortlisted for another award!
We are proud to announce that Clear Books has been shortlisted as a finalist for the “Cloud Provider Innovation of the Year” award. This award is part of the technology excellence section in the UK IT Industry Awards 2014. Adam...
We’ve been shortlisted at The British Accountancy Awards 2014
We are delighted to announce that Clear Books has been shortlisted for the ‘Client Software Product of the Year’ award at the The British Accountancy Awards. In addition to Clear Books being nominated, two Clear Books partner accountants have also...
Case study: Aidhan Accountancy
We sat down with one of our accounting partners, Tony Dhanjal from Aidhan Accountancy, to ask him about his experiences with online accounting, Clear Books and why he chose to implement us throughout his practice. Hi I’m Tony Dhanjal of...
Clear Books visits the Shout Network group
Last Friday, Chris and Mike from Clear Books headed up to Barton in Lancashire to attend the latest Shout Networking Joint Meeting. Shout Network is a networking organisation for small and medium businesses, with regular networking events taking place throughout...
Scheduled Maintenance – 8th September 2014
Clear Books will be unavailable between the hours of 00:00 BST and 06:00 BST on 8th September 2014 while scheduled maintenance is carried out. We hope that the time slot chosen minimises any inconvenience caused. Read More
Feature updates – August 2014
As some of you may know, the revamped Clear Books Community forum now includes a News area where we’ll be posting all updates for Clear Books products. If you haven’t already seen it, feel free to take a look here....
Did you know…? With Michael Evans
This is the first in a new series of articles we'll be running each month, which will focus on a different member of the Clear Books support team. We'll be finding out what time-saving features are available to Clear...
Cloud Funding II Update
It's been a busy summer for Clear Books plc and following on from our first AGM as a plc I wanted to add some further background on the progress of Cloud Funding II. Cloud Funding II raised approximately £700k in 20...
Clear Books holds its first AGM as a plc
As many of you will know, Clear Books became a plc last year and invited customers to purchase shares in the company, raising over £800,000. As a result, last week Clear Books held its first ever AGM, inviting all shareholders...
Cloudfunder: Elaine’s Admin and Bookkeeping Services
1. What does your business do? I am a bookkeeper based in the West Midlands. 2. Why did you invest in Clear Books? Because I wanted to be able to say that I owned a share of Clear Books. 3....
Small Business Infographic: Starting up your business
The Clear Books community is home to thousands of UK business owners, creating and running their own businesses across a wide variety of industries. We wanted to find out the challenges and benefits of starting your own business, and to...
Ellen McLoughlin’s week at Clear Books
My name is Ellen McLoughlin, and I’ve spent this week doing work experience with Clear Books. I’m 17 years old and currently halfway through my A-levels, and I wanted to have some work experience to know what working in a...
Listen to Marketing Mastermind Club interview with Tim Fouracre
Earlier this year, Clear Books founder Tim Fouracre took part in a telephone interview with Richard Lomax of the Marketing Mastermind Club. The interview was for the website’s monthly ‘Success Story’ feature, which focuses on the story behind successful entrepreneurs....
Clear Books and CashFlows launch new integrated service
Clear Books has teamed up with CashFlows, a regulated financial services company, to launch today the first fully integrated cloud based accountancy and online business banking service for small and medium sized businesses. We have together developed a new seamless...
The Share Incentive Plan
The Share Incentive Plan (SIP) is a government backed tax efficient share scheme which has been around since the beginning of the century, and in a somewhat different form since the 1970's. It has been widely used by larger quoted...
Good luck to Clear Books COO Lizzie in her Olympic distance triathlon!
On 3rd August, Clear Books COO Lizzie Fouracre will be taking on the amazing challenge of an Olympic distance triathlon! Lizzie has been working hard over the last few months not only to prepare for the triathlon, but also to...
Calling all accountants and bookkeepers in Bristol!
Some of you will have heard of our quarterly Tick & Bash events which have so far been mostly held in London. Tick & Bash is a free event, designed for anyone in the accounting or bookkeeping community, providing them...
Scheduled Maintenance – 25th July 2014
Clear Books will be unavailable for up to 60 minutes between the hours of 23:00 BST on 25th July 2014 and 00:00 BST on 26th July 2014 while scheduled maintenance is carried out. We hope that the time slot chosen...
Clear Books makes donation to World Wildlife Fund
After a month of unpredictable and exciting football, the World Cup has finished. Here at Clear Books, the team took part in a sweepstake competition with prizes for the winner, runner up, 3rd place and worst performing team. Since I...
Clear Books featured in cloud technology article
Clear Books has been featured in an article in CA, the official member magazine of professional chartered accountant body ICAS . The article looks at the changing ways in which small businesses use technology and increasingly adopt cloud accounting applications,...
Hugo Conder’s work experience
My name is Hugo Conder and I have been at Clear Books this week as part of my work experience. I am 15 years old and am halfway through my GCSE’s. My work experience at Clear Books has been a...
Infographic: Why don’t small businesses use an accountant?
Earlier this year, we carried out a survey among our small business customers, asking their views on working with an accountant and what characteristics and skills they value. We used the results to create an infographic which proved to be...
Meet fellow small businesses at our free networking event
After the success of our recent Clear Books Community event, we are hosting another free networking event giving our customers and their guests the chance to meet and mingle with a mixture of small businesses. The next Clear Books Community...
Clear Books cloud accounting provider to Santander iBusinessHub
Clear Books has been selected as an integral partner to iBusinessHub, a new service available exclusively to Santander small business banking customers. iBusinessHub is a range of bundled cloud applications, including applications that help with financial and customer management, credit...
Clear Books sponsor Christian Malford Scarecrow Trail
Earlier this year, Clear Books sponsored the 2014 Christian Malford Scarecrow Trail, as part of our ongoing commitment to providing charitable support to causes in the UK. The annual event raises money for Acorns pre-school and Friends of School -...
Clear Books Pro take a trip to visit Cloud Bookkeeping
Clear Books team members Gavin and John made the short trip to Harrow last week to visit the offices of Cloud Bookkeeping, an exciting bookkeeping franchise. The company was launched by Mandy Bagot, a chartered ceritifed accountant, and aims to...
Clear Books hold first Community networking event
Our first Community networking event was held on Friday 13th, but luckily for us it was a great success! The lunchtime event featured a product demonstration from Vanish, a member of the Clear Books support team, which covered various features...
Thanks for coming to Tick and Bash!
Members of the Clear Books community met in Hammersmith last Thursday for the latest in our series of Tick and Bash events. Tick and Bash is our quarterly social event that gives sole practitioners and startup accountants a chance to...