I recently participated in a discussion on AccountingWeb where I questioned the value of including detailed technical and tax resources on accountants’ websites. My long-held view is that such resources are a waste of money. If I were a client, I would want to pick up the phone and get the answers I need. I [...]
I have just been reading this interview with Sage MD Paul Walker on the City AM website and thought I would share a few facts that jumped out at me. Sage is valued at £3.4bn and sells accounting software and services to 6.1m small and medium-sized businesses worldwide It has bought over 110 rivals since [...]
I have just spent 10 minutes writing a comment to this posting over on Accounting Web, then thought that it would be better to set out my thoughts here. There is a fundamental misunderstanding in the Accounting Web discussion, when contributors state (rightly to some extent) that transactions cannot be keyed into the online accounting [...]
Yesterday we learned that IRIS has invested in SaaS accountancy software supplier FreeAgent, the financial details are undisclosed. This news was something of a surprise to me and, since the benefits to FreeAgent seem very clear, got me to thinking what’s in this for IRIS?
