If you submit your year end returns between 6pm Tuesday 3 April and 6pm Friday 13 April your online submission acknowledgement will be delayed. You will not receive your acknowledgement from HMRC until Friday 13 April.

We strongly recommend that you wait until 14 April or later to make your submission. This ensures that you will receive a full acknowledgement from HMRC and Sage Payroll can provide and display your unique correlation ID number for your successful submission.

If you try to submit from 6pm on Tuesday 3 April to 6pm Friday 13 April, Sage Payroll will continually wait for an acknowledgement from HMRC and your software will be unresponsive. If this happens you should press Ctrl+Alt+Del.

If you close your submission without waiting for a response, you will not receive a unique correlation ID for your submission, which proves that your submission has been successful and can be used to trace the submission, if required. You will receive a generic email response from HMRC on Friday 13 April, which confirms if your submission was successful. This identifies the company the submission was received for but it doesn't contain your correlation ID number.

With Sage 50 Payroll, you can make a start on your 2012/2013 processing before you make your submission and complete your year end. Simply make sure that you complete all the steps in the Starting the 2012/2013 tax year chapter of your year end guide then you can get going.

Please remember that you have until 19 May 2012 to submit your year end return to HMRC.

With Sage 50 Payroll, you can make a start on your 2012/2013 processing before you make your submission and complete your year end. Simply make sure that you complete all the steps in the Starting the 2012/2013 tax year chapter of your year end guide then you can get going.

A Regulator recently ruled that price controls will be withdrawn from first-class stamps, which paved the way for higher prices.

Well, the Royal Mail certainly haven't hung about.

It has now been announced that First Class postage stamps will be 60p (yes, you did read it correctly) from the end of April 2012 !!!

Also, Second Class postage stamps will be 50p from the end of April 2012 !!!

A first class stamp currently costs 46p and a second class stamp costs 36p.

The regulator had previously said that changes needed to be made to price limits, because the future of the UK's universal, six-day-a-week postal service was "at severe risk" as people switched to using text messages, e-mails, and online messaging.

Be smart and stop accepting these insane price increases

Spindle Professional is a document distribution solution that allows your business to automatically send all communications via email and fax, without having to pay for postage, envelopes and expensive printing costs!

Award-winning Spindle Professional is designed to help your business create the right impression and save you time and money. It’s an ideal tool to streamline and automate communications in small to medium-sized businesses where time and resources are at a premium.

Using Spindle Professional can result in significant cost savings – on stationery, postage and staff administration. By automating routine communications, it also reduces human errors and frees up time for more important tasks. With Spindle Professional’s dynamic and flexible software you can instantly and easily merge information from business applications to produce documents that can be sent by email, fax, print and also archived.

For a more professional look, it allows you to add your company logo and branding to documents such as letters, statements, invoices, remittances, delivery notes and purchase orders. You can print directly onto plain paper, so there’s no need for expensive pre-printed stationery. It’s also flexible, allowing you to create and mail your customers with promotional offers and seasonal messages.

Where could Spindle Professional be used in your business?

Spindle Professional is versatile and equally suitable for use across a range of business applications.Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Customer Services and Accounting functions can all benefit from a more streamlined and automated approach. Spindle Professional works with virtually any application that can print, including Sage 50, Sage Line 100, Sage 200, Microsoft NAV, Microsoft GP, and Microsoft Office.

Take a look at the list of software packages here that Harley Grove have successfully integrated Spindle Professional with over the years.

How much could Spindle Professional save your business?

The answer is loads of money. Click here and calculate the savings YOU could be making and obtain more information.

Never heard of Draycir ?

Draycir is a software development company. They create software that provides practical solutions to real business problems – helping businesses to reduce their environmental impact, cut costs and bad debt, and improve cash flow.

Their multi award-winning software is used by small and medium-sized firms, as well as public sector organisations to enable them to trade intelligently and to reduce the risk of bad debt. Based in Leicester, UK, there are currently more than 1,700 businesses using their software in the UK and they have won many accolades for both innovation and business excellence. For more information about their software, please see here.

What is Engaged Partner status ?

Engaged Partners are Draycir Partners / Resellers that have fully engaged with Draycir in the 4 specific areas of Knowledge, Communication, Presence and Focus (broken down further in the wheel below). They have proved themselves to Draycir in each of the 4 areas by attaining various qualifying criteria set by Draycir.

In essence, customers considering purchasing and implementing any of Draycir's award-winning software range into their businesses should first of all look at Engaged Partners as these partners will have the most experience and knowledge to enable a smooth and trouble-free implementation and have a close working relationship with Draycir.

Why choose Harley Grove ?

Harley Grove have a huge amount of experience and expertise in implementing Draycir software in many different businesses all over the UK and beyond, and with a huge variety of sometimes custom software packages (ie. not just accounting software such as Sage and Microsoft Navision (NAV)). The image below gives an idea of the variety of software that Harley Grove have implemented with Draycir software (there are many, many more).

What sizes of business have Harley Grove implemented Draycir software with ?

Harley Grove have clients ranging from a turnover of approximately £50k all the way up to £200M and in many different industry sectors and niche markets.

Will Harley Grove complete consultancy on behalf of other Draycir Partners / Resellers ?

Yes, of course. Harley Grove have provided their services (including pre-sales assistance) to many Draycir Partners / Resellers and also other software resellers (including their clients) over several years and are able to do so at competitive prices. The image below shows examples of some of the resellers for whom Harley Grove have provided consultancy services to their great satisfaction.

What do Harley Grove's customers say about them ?

Harley Grove currently have several case studies on the Draycir website where they have either implemented Draycir software  for one of their own customers or have completed the implementations on behalf of other Draycir Partners / Resellers. Click on the image below to download one of the case studies.

Would you like more information ?

08458800767

rob@harleygrove.co.uk

harleygrove.co.uk

A Regulator has ruled that price controls will be withdrawn from first-class stamps, which paves the way for higher prices.

The price of second-class stamps will be capped at 55p but this limit could rise with inflation over the next seven years.

A first class stamp currently costs 46p and a second class stamp costs 36p.

The regulator has said that changes needed to be made to price limits, because the future of the UK's universal, six-day-a-week postal service was "at severe risk" as people switched to using text messages, e-mails, and online messaging.

How your business can avoid the price hikes -

Spindle Professional is a document distribution solution that allows your business to automatically send all communications via email and fax, without having to pay for postage, envelopes and expensive printing costs!

Award-winning Spindle Professional is designed to help your business create the right impression and save you time and money. It’s an ideal tool to streamline and automate communications in small to medium-sized businesses where time and resources are at a premium. Using Spindle Professional can result in significant cost savings – on stationery, postage and staff administration. By automating routine communications, it also reduces human errors and frees up time for more important tasks. With Spindle Professional’s dynamic and flexible software you can instantly and easily merge information from business applications to produce documents that can be sent by email, fax, print and also archived. For a more professional look, it allows you to add your company logo and branding to documents such as letters, statements, invoices, remittances, delivery notes and purchase orders. You can print directly onto plain paper, so there’s no need for expensive pre-printed stationery. It’s also flexible, allowing you to create and mail your customers with promotional offers and seasonal messages.

Where could Spindle Professional be used in your business?

Spindle Professional is versatile and equally suitable for use across a range of business applications.Sales & Marketing, Human Resources, Customer Services and Accounting functions can all benefit from a more streamlined and automated approach. Spindle Professional works with virtually any application that can print, including Sage 50, Sage Line 100, Sage 200, Microsoft NAV, Microsoft GP, and Microsoft Office. Take a look at the list of software packages here that Harley Grove have successfully integrated Spindle Professional with over the years.

How much could Spindle Professional save your business?

Calculate how much YOU could save (even more now that UK Postage charges have increased again).

Getting Started

Would you like to get up and running quickly with ACT! You’ll benefit from improvements to the welcome page, the option to import data directly from Excel, plus new layouts to make getting up and running and managing your customers easier – give your customers the service they expect.

Smart Tasks

Have you always wanted a personal assistant? With Smart Tasks you can create, automate and customise processes you undertake in Sage ACT! whether it’s scheduling calls, sending emails or launching email marketing campaigns with Sage e-Marketing for ACT! – you have more time to focus on your customers and sales.

Sage Mobile for ACT!*

Need to access your customers’ data whilst out and about? Sage Mobile for ACT!  will make sure you can do just that. It’s an online-based mobile service that enables you to access your Sage ACT! Contacts and Calendar, Notes and History information at the touch of a button – being away from the office has never been so easy.

• Designed for your mobile so there’s no need to change your handset
• Easy set up means you’re up and running in 3 simple steps
• Always backed up by an online portal so you’re contact details are never lost
• Constantly connected to your business contacts and calendar whilst away from your computer

Improved Outlook Integration

Want to make sure all your applications are up-to-date? With Sage ACT! 2011 you can now truly synchronise your Sage ACT! Calendar and Contacts with Microsoft Outlook, giving you access to your Sage ACT! data whenever and wherever you need it – you’ll never miss another appointment again.

Sage Business Information Services for ACT!*

Want to know how to target existing and potential customers? With an online service set to your predefined needs you can identify target prospects lists for marketing purposes. You can even search customer profiles, financials, industry information and news, and then import them directly into ACT! – build long-lasting relationships with existing and potential customers. Powered by Hoovers TM.

ACT! E-marketing***

Looking to send clear and targeted marketing campaigns via email? Our simple and efficient service enables you to build, send and keep track of marketing campaigns within ACT! Results are directly updated in ACT! Contact Records helping you focus on the right customers.

Enhanced File Security**

Want more control over who can access private customer data and email attachments? With Enhanced File Security from Sage ACT! Premium you can make the process of securing customer information quick and simple. You can now restrict who has access to your customer profiles and email attachments, meaning you know that the right people within your business communicate with the right customers – at the right time. 

*requires an additional subscription

**requires Sage ACT! Premium 2011

***requires an additional subscription.

Contact us at rob@harleygrove.co.uk to request a FREE online demonstration of Sage ACT! 2011