As a leader do you micromanage or delegate? Here’s why you need to start delegating today!
Start delegating the moment you have the resources. Don’t hang on to tasks that someone else can do. You need to be driving the strategy and direction of your company and not getting bogged down in the detail. I coded...
Accountants! We’re always keen to help you win more clients!
Over here at Clear Books we like to build strong relationships with our Accounting Partners and make sure that we're working with you every step of the way to build your practice and integrate Clear Books software into the services...
Building your first startup – things I have learnt building Clear Books
This is the story of how I built my startup; Clear Books. Clear Books may have begun in a similar way to your own business. In 2008 I packed in my career and started working from home as a bootstrapped...
Building your first startup – things I have learnt building Clear Books
This is the story of how I built my startup; Clear Books. Clear Books may have begun in a similar way to your own business. In 2008 I packed in my career and started working from home as a bootstrapped...
Management Report Improvements!
The Management Reports in Clear Books are now even better than before giving you more in depth and visual overview of your accounts! You can now simplify your data by rounding it to the nearest thousand or million to make...
We’ve made some changes to how you log in
From Monday 17th December 2012 the way our customers log in and sign up to Clear Books is changing. For new customers (post 17th December 2012) you will sign up and log in to Clear Books using a direct log...
Management Reports have been improved already!
Although we only released our brand new management reporting feature 2 weeks ago, we have already updated what it can offer you based on all of the feedback we have received. If you haven’t already had a look at the...
Clear Books support targets
As part of our ongoing commitment to support, we have released some official documentation on our targets and the type of support we provide. This can be found on the support home page or by clicking on the link below:...
How to operate your business in the cloud when it rains
It's 10am on a cold Wednesday morning in London and the Clear Books office is completely empty. Our Internet Service Provider is performing maintenance on our exchange so we're expecting no Internet in the office for portions of the day....
Clear Books now offers Management Reporting
Clear Books has a brand new feature - Management Reporting. Head to "Reports > Management Report" within your Clear Books account and you will see that you can now create an attractive PDF report providing a complete overview of your...
Get sponsoring for Children in Need!
Our lovely Accounting Partner Robert Walker of Walker & Co. Accountants will be playing a NINE HOUR tennis match this Friday for Children in Need. He has been inspired by the fantastic weight loss he has achieved by playing tennis...
It’s time for another feature release update!
Clear Books integrated with GoCardless We have integrated with GoCardless! This is extremely exciting news as it means that collecting payment from your customers is even easier. GoCardless is a next generation direct debit service that will allow you to...
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...
London accountant starts £6m software empire from his lounge
British cloud accounting startup, Clear Books, has transformed from a one man band working from home to a SaaS technology company valued at £6 million in four years. 4th October 2012 (London, UK) Clear Books, a leading provider of online accounting...
What’s new in Clear Books!
We have had lots of positive feedback about all of the new features that have been released over the past couple of months. Clear Books Facebook fans have been given the chance to see new features before they are released...
Say it on a post it!
Here at Clear Books we like nothing more than to find out what all of you lovely lot think of us and the software that we provide you with. And why is that? So that we can put your feedback...
GoCardless
GoCardless is an online payment provider who simplify and speed up the whole online payment process through direct debits. Clear Books has started to integrate with GoCardless so that your customers can have the option (along with Paypal and Paypoint) to pay...
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
Here is a quick summary of an interesting business book about teams - The Five Dysfunctions of a Team. 1. Absence of trust The first dysfunction of a team is when team members are not comfortable being vulnerable, open and honest...
New Look for Open Payroll
On Saturday 1st September 2012 we unveiled a brand new look for Open Payroll. If you’re already using Open Payroll, make sure to log in and have a look. If you’re not, why not take out a 14 day free...
New price plans from 1st September 2012
Please note that if you are a business customer and signed up on a trial or subscribed to Clear Books prior to 1st September 2012 this will not affect you. You will still have access to our previous subscription plans:...
Open Payroll Pricing Update
Please note that pricing for Open Payroll is increasing from September 1st 2012 from £1.00 per employee to £2.50 per employee. A minimum charge will apply if you only have one employee. We have been advertising the price increase to...
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...
Clear Books Ltd has a new home on the interwebs
This is a quick blog post to let our customers know that all corporate information about Clear Books has a new home, ClearBooksLtd.com. Let us know what you think of the new website on the first blog post, Clear Books corporate...
Clear Books corporate website launched
Welcome to our new corporate website, ClearBooksplc.com! Over our first four years ClearBooks.co.uk has been home to both our accounting software and company information. However, with a growing team, lots of exciting news, announcements and projects coming to fruition, it has...
Check out our revamped Facebook Page
It is so important to us to develop a community between the Clear Books team and all Clear Books users, and where better to start than Facebook?! If you haven’t done so already, please like the Clear Books Facebook page...
Stand up meetings, cake and champagne
Duncan Knox from Sponsorcraft has given us an insight into how they keep team spirit alive: 'At Sponsorcraft, we believe that an open forum where everyone can be heard is essential to making everyone feel like they are part of...
Let Mr Potato Head motivate your team!
Jeremy Stern - Managing Director of Promo Veritas Ltd - has a novel incentive idea that he uses to motivate his team. He has been kind enough to share this idea with us, so give it a go and let...
Hack Nights – a time for developers to get creative!
Nerv are an award winning Creative Digital Agency ranked in the top 100 independent agencies in the UK and they use Hack Nights to build team spirit and learn new skills. Studio Manager Joe Gassis has informed us of the...
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...