Taking advice outside

Taking advice outside

Why outsource? A key benefit for accountants looking to outsource is that it lets you stick to your knitting with tax/compliance services. Many accountants tell us that their clients come to them because they offer specialist skills. Outsourced arrangements allow you...
Cloud removes hassles of IT integration

Cloud removes hassles of IT integration

The rise of cloud-based offerings – like the accounting system Xero, the customer relationship management (CRM) application salesforce.com and the Google Apps productivity suite – shows businesses are willing to work ‘in the cloud’ with internet-based tools to boost...
Operation backup

Operation backup

Challengingly, research shows SMBs don’t have a ‘plan B’ often enough. Why is this important? Simply, no IT system is bulletproof. If it does go down, you need to be able to get it back up – and quickly. SMBs are also realising they can save themselves significant...
Working smarter

Working smarter

(iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, Blackberry) Evernote’s promise is that you can capture just about anything – voice, video, images – and save it to the cloud, where you can then access it from just about any device. Ubiquity is its calling card; not only will it index...