August 23, 2010
My efforts to create a paperless accountants office is often hamepered by having to get documents signed. Today the solution to this problem fell into my lap when one of my vendors asked me to sign a document using Echo Sign
This was painless, paperless and fast. I have now set up my own accountant and [...]
February 23, 2010
As authorised resellers and trainers Do My Books can now provide training on Big Red Book at excellent rates. All training on Big Red Book is carried out by a Big Red Book trainer and qualified accountant so quality is guaranteed. Training is offered nationwide on site in your company. Our Big Red Book Training covers [...]
February 22, 2010
Do My Books along with our partners Xero Online Accounting can now allow you to access your accounts anywhere you have internet access. Accounting shouldn’t be a chore – it should be a chance to get a quick and real time view of your financial position. Now you can with Xero online accounting and Do [...]
February 3, 2010
If you are using Sage instant accounts and it closes down untidily the next time you try to log in you may get the error message “username in use” you can try deleting the Queue.dta file. With all users logged out of Sage. Search for the Queue.dta file which is in the ACCDATA folder for [...]
February 3, 2010
Choosing accounting software is a very important decision for a small business. From my experience the relationship ends up like a marriage (Very expensive if it goes wrong!)
Changing packages is difficult, costly and time consuming so its better to get it right the first time.
After 10 years of using accounting packages and 3 years implementing them I [...]
September 22, 2009
One thing I am constantly stressing to my clients is the importance of Information Technology in their business. Take the following scenario as an example:
Sales Man A is on the road with a docket book and pen. When he makes a sale he fills in a triplicate docket. He manually fills in each price from [...]