The Microsoft giant in November 2007 jumped into the UK bookkeeping software market. 16 November 2009 they will jump out. So again we see a case of the larger software company trying something and failing. That’s all well and good, but what about those using this product? Well, the news in my opinion, is not [...]
Should I or shouldn’t I use a bookkeeper? From the perspective of Holden Associates it really looks like a no brainer. Even so we speak to a number of businesses who do not see why it is important for businesses to have a bookkeeper or the importance of sound financial record keeping systems. First and [...]
Stefan and the winweb team are in the national press again, this time Alison Coleman of the Daily Express writes in their franchise section about WinWeb’s OnlineOffice 5 and remarks that you ‘can’t help but win with WinWeb.’ Alison makes the valid statement that most small businesses lack the financial resources to get good business [...]
Well it happened on Monday 6th October 2008, Winweb launched Version 5 of their powerful online office. Online Office Version 5 is by far the most powerful version to date of the Online Office, there are over 100 new features, yes over 100!! I am very excited about this launch, it is through collaboration that [...]
Microsoft have now entered into the accounting software market here in the UK with Office Accounting Professional 2008. Will we use it, probably not, because it sits on your desktop and as previously mentioned yesterday, amongst other reasons, I really do like the benefit of someone else taking care of the data back up and [...]
Okay, I know this is the least favorite part of running your own business, having to keep ‘the books’, but I feel at this early stage in the new Holden Associates blog it is very important that I cover this. I cannot overstate enough how important, boring and dull maybe, but nonetheless it is important [...]
This article in the Times Online caught my attention, apparently research carried out by YouGov found that 45% of would be entrepreneurs are put off by the legal requirements involved. Their worries included failure, employment law and tax. Hey that’s easily dealt with, failure can be one of the best ways to learn, ask any ultra successful entrepreneur, most [...]
Today, Monday 15th October 2007 marks the day that the Holden Associates blog goes live. We have since October 2004 had a regular monthly news page on our site, and although this proved useful it also had its limitations. So we decided it was time to move with the times and get blogging! I have [...]
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