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Peaky Blinders won Best Drama at the BAFTA TV Awards last night. Congratulations to all concerned in the making of this amazing series.Any business can have its own peaks and troughs but with Xero accounting systems you have all the information you need at your finger tips to play your own blinder and reap your just rewards without the drama....

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Mark Williams celebrated his 3rd World Snooker Championship title by turning up to a post match press conference in the nude. Almost as revealing is the new Small Business Insights recently launched by Xero. Updated monthly, Small Business Insights is a snapshot of the sectors health based on anonymised, aggregated data from hundreds of thousands of Zero subscribers. The result is a picture of business conditions that is more accurate than most private surveys and it is hoped that with this...

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Great news for HSBC customers.  They can now link their Business accounts to Xero via Business Internet Banking. So simple to set up - simply select 'Manage Bank Feed' and follow the on line prompts. Once this has been set up HSBC will automatically send statement data to Xero.  No more manually downloading bank statements.  This reduces manual bookkeeping time by automating parts of the accounting and reconciliation process plus the daily reconciliation  with Xero impro...

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Congratulations to all our Commonwealth Games medallists.  We are all very proud of our teams performances.Boost your own performance with Xero Top Tips.  One of our favourite time savers when adding PDF's or other documents to purchase invoices or bank transactions, is to drag the document to anywhere on the new bill / transaction screen. No need to click on the doc icon and upload.  Definitely wins our gold medal!...

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After a nail biting Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari were celebrating a masterful drive by Sebastian Vettel to win his second race of the year but were also investigating the forced retirement of Kimi Raikkonen after he ran over a mechanic during a pit stop.Whist not all retirement news is so dramatic, Friday does see the beginning of the new tax year and an increase in the Auto Enrolment Pension Contribution Rates. In 2018 employees will now pay a minimum of 3% while employers will pay 2%. From Apri...

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This Easter weekend may have been an opportunity for many of us to indulge in chocolate eggs but is is also time to get cracking with preparations for the new tax year.  Fortunately Xero makes it so simple to review and update payroll and their check list will make sure you have everything in place to meet regulations....

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An amazing day at the Xero Roadshow last Wednesday.  The packed agenda covered a wide range of topics and we learnt so much about the latest Xero features. Can't wait to put them into practice. It was great to meet with so many like minded professionals who love Xero as much as we do ....

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April 1st may be synonymous with April Fools but is is also the date that changes to the National Minimum and National Living wage come into effect.  These changes include the largest increase in a decade for the rates that apply to 18-20 and 21-24 year olds.  More employers than ever before will be affected by these changes so make sure you check out the new rates to avoid any nasty surprises....

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While the weather may still be pretty miserable there are signs that spring is here with the first daffodils and lambs starting to appear.  Along with celebrating Mothering Sunday and Easter, March is also the time to start getting ready for Payroll year end and Xero has put together a really useful guide to processing  your final pay runs for 2017 -18....

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Congratulations to Gary Oldman on winning Best Actor Oscar for his incredible portrayal of Winston Churchill.  Avoid your own 'Darkest Hour' by using the Xero Dashboard for an instant health check for your business....

Brand new week, brand new office - so exciting!!

The Accounts Place moved into their new office today. We're all very excited!!...

New beginnings for the Accounts Place

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Xero client training - look at what our clients get........

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Using Xero - just in case you didn't know.......

If you are using Xero software - the file storage for documents is brilliant. You can open an invoice in here and post it directly whilst its still open on the screen. You can add documents such as HP agreements etc to the actual nominal account on the chart of accounts. We are all about making clients lives easier - they won't even have to search for their HP and lease documents at year end for their accountants - they will all be attached in the correct place. Its brilliant - loving Xero softw...

Lovely sunny morning in North Oxfordshire today............

......bet its the same in the Warwickshire office too. Another month end gone and by day 6 of this month one of our clients will be reviewing his monthly management accounts for June. By keeping on top of his bookkeeping every week on Xero, we are able to close his month end and provide him with his results just 6 days into the next month. This client really does know his numbers and use them to run his business....

Don't struggle with your bookkeeping.........

....we can offer one off rescue packages to help you get back on track with your bookkeeping. This morning a client was very confused with the closing balance adjustments sent by their accountant and they had posted entries after sending the numbers to their accountant - they just needed a bit of help and they are now up to date with accurate figures. We can help with a bookkeeping backlog, or offer training and support on monthly processes such as reconciliations - get your Balance Sheet right ...

Cloud accounting always up to date.......

Just thinking how lucky our clients are - logged into Xero this morning and reconciled a weeks bank transactions so easily - once the you are set up we can keep on top of your bookkeeping throughout the month then at the month end we can have your monthly management accounts ready soon after month end. Remember though - you have to do your bit to help us achieve this - just make sure you send us all your invoices and receipts on a regular basis. We like Receipt Bank - it works well with Xero and...

Met with a very reasonable chartered accountant today and agreed some great rates for our clients! He loves cloud accounting, Xero and Quick Books almost as much as we do and will help us provide an even more amazing service.

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One of our clients is out with a friend. Client pays for dinner, photographs the receipt using Receipt Bank, presses OK and off it goes to Xero! "Wow" says friend "I want that!" "Easy - call the accounts place!" raves client. What are you waiting for.....

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At dinner yesterday, a friend was moaning about keeping all his receipts for his bookkeeper. With the technology we use, there is no need to worry - just photograph your receipt with your phone and with one swipe its sent to us to add to your accounts.

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Twelve isn't just the number of days of Christmas - it's the number of working days in which we like to have completed month end and the Rooftop Results for our clients! Every business should know their numbers.................

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According to my son the latest Rooftop Results design is 'EPIC'! I totally agree of course - every business should have them!

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Another happy client - "loving that I can just help myself to the information on Xero - it's so easy!"

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Client comment received today - "and in case I haven't said I am really very grateful for the work you have put in so far on my accounts. For the first time ever I feel like I am runningmy business with glasses on rather than without" - yayyyyy!

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Xero Bronze Partner

This month we're excited as we are now fully Xero Certified and also a Xero Bronze Partner. It's fantastic to see how much you love your new books and reports. Watch this space....Silver here we come!...