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.

Using Spindle Professional can result in significant cost savings on stationery, postage and staff administration (one client saved £70k in the first year and paid for the solution within 6 days just by sending out their invoices using Spindle Professional). With Spindle Professional, 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 is no need for expensive pre-printed stationery.

Here are a few software packages that Harley Grove have integrated Spindle Professional with…

Sage 50 (also the previous versions, formerly known as Sage Line 50)

Sage 200 (also the previous versions, formerly known as Sage MMS and Sage Line 100 , including both the Microsoft Windows and Microsoft DOS versions)

Sage Payroll (numerous versions)

Sage 50 HR (including previous versions formerly known as Sage Personnel)

ACT! (both Standard and Premium, numerous versions)

Credit Hound

Diamond Discovery Software

Iris HireMate

FileMaker Pro

SAP

SAP Business One 

Sun Systems

Microsoft Sharepoint

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Powerpoint

Microsoft Publisher

INVU Document Management

Access Accounts Software

MAS90 (North American Accounting Software)

MAS200 (North American Accounting Software)

Sage Business Vision (North American Accounting Software)

Microsoft Navision (NAV)

Microsoft Great Plains (GP)

Liftdata Lift Company Management Software

Elevator Service Manager (software for the lift and elevator industries)

SuperOffice CRM

BlueBERI (specialist Agricultural Feed software)

Epicor Advantage (Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software)

Several custom software packages (too numerous to list here)

For more information click on the logo above or call us on 0845 8800767 or email rob@harleygrove.co.uk

New Sage 50 Accounts 2012 – Available Now !!!

New Sage ACT! 2012 – Available from 5th September 2011

Updated Spindle Professional – now compatible with Sage 50 Accounts 2012 – Available Now !!!

Updated  Credit Hound – now compatible with Sage 50 Accounts 2012 – Available Now !!!

Updated  Credit Guardian – now compatible with Sage 50 Accounts 2012

Sage ACT! Scratchpad

Google®  Integration

Universal Search

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

1. Lock Date – able to prevent postings into previous period, providing increased financial control
2. Chart of Accounts – Increased flexibility in the chart of accounts
3. Quick Search – more efiicient method of performing a quick search across modules
4. Quick Print - Ability to set up a default layout (eg. invoice) and to complete a quick print without having to select the layout each time
5. Support Home Page – Every bit of information required by support all in one screen
6. Improved Performance – Able to cope with a greater number of transactions and run reports and searches quicker

Contact us at rob@harleygrove.co.uk or on 0845 8800767 for more information.

Going paperless has a lot of benefits that every office would love to have:

The cost of office paper will be zero.

You will do the environment a huge favour, and that also can help a company’s image.

Having less paper to deal with also makes organising much easier.

If you’re interested in achieving a paperless office, just take a humourous hint from some of these great tips!

• Instead of investing money in advertising through the mail, advertise through the internet instead. Social networking has been proven to be a highly effective way to get the word out about your company. So, encourage all your employees to go onto Myspace and begin playing games like Dog Wars and Sorority Life on company time. It’s good for productivity, and advertising.
   
•  Fire your postman. Part of being paperless probably is not accepting paper, either. In fact, install a very large, menacing dog in front of your company’s office. This will likely keep postman from going near your letterbox.
   
• Take all of the papers which were just printed before your meeting, and throw them in a shredder. Afterwards, use the shredded paper as cat litter, pillow stuffing, or compost. (You should recycle, after all.)
   
• Instead of keeping a company phone book, use a company USB thumbdrive with all the important numbers you’ll need. Replace the toilet paper with eco-friendly nappies.
   
• Explain to your customers that you are trying to go paperless. Give them an incentive to opt for electronic bills instead of paper bills. A good incentive is offering to cancel their subscriptions if they don’t switch.
   
• If you have a lobby with magazines, it might be a good idea to get rid of paper there, as well. Use a small 13 inch black-and-white television to impress your clients in lieu of magazines. After all, you do want to appear tech savvy to future clients and employees.
   
• Give your junior staff all the paper that you are getting rid of, and explain to them that the local recycling plant will give them around 5 pence per pound of paper. Even better, tell them it’s a new way of giving a raise to hardworking students due to the economic turmoil that you are facing.
   
• When negotiating contracts, shake the negotiator’s hand, and throw out the contract. Tell them to come back after they go paperless, too.

OK, we jest

Want some serious advice on how to go paperless in your office?

Contact Harley Grove when you want to go paperless. Harley Grove offers the best software to convert your office from a whirlwind of paper to a paperless, spotless office. With reasonable prices, excellent customer support, and the best software implementation and training services on the market, you can’t go wrong.

Harley Grove is dedicated to making offices go green, save money, and save paper with their advanced packages. Preliminary consultations and demonstrations are free of charge.

Harley Grove offers accounting software, customer relations management software, credit control and credit risk software, and more. Solutions for paperless office such as Invu and Spindle Professional are our most loved products.

For companies looking for a one-stop shop that will get them going paperless quickly, Harley Grove is the only way to go.

Testimonials keep pouring in from everywhere raving about the wonderful packages and service that Harley Grove offers its customers. Find out what all the talk is about – contact us today!

This summer Harley Grove (as a Draycir Reseller) is highlighting ways to tackle cash flow and credit management and key issues faced by all UK businesses.

We are supporting and promoting a series of guides (10 in all) , developed by the Institute of Credit Management (ICM) for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.

This week we are concentrating on Guides 2 & 4: Invoicing & Treating Suppliers fairly.

Download Guide 3 here: Invoicing

Download Guide 4 here: Treating suppliers fairly

To subscribe for FREE to further guides, please complete the details below:

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Of course, if you would like further information on Credit Hound, Credit Guardian or Outsourcing your Credit Management, then get in touch with us at Harley Grove.

Increased Compatibility
Sage 50 Payroll 2011 is compatible with both 32Bit and 64Bit Windows operating systems, giving you more choice and flexibility.
 

Quick Installation
Sage 50 Payroll 2011 can be installed with a single click, with the added option to customise the installation process if required.
 

Simple and seamless management of new starters
Taking on new employees is a simple and efficient process with a quick link to create a new employee. Sage 50 Payroll 2011 also lets you enter a P46 Notice of new Employee and submit it directly to the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), saving you time and effort.
 

Efficiently process leavers
Sage 50 Payroll 2011 is designed to simplify the process when employees leave your  business. At the click of a button, you can record that employees have left, automatically calculate final payments, including outstanding holiday funds, and electronically submit a P45 to HMRC.
 

Create new payments and deductions
You can now create or add payments, deductions, attachments or loans with one click without having to change screens, and can be done even as the payroll is being run.
 

Backup you can rely on
Recover quickly from an error or data loss with automatic, easy-to-find backups of your data files. Sage 50 Payroll 2011 takes a backup each time you update your records so you can choose which processing period you want to recover from.
 

Simple process to manage Salary Sacrifice pensions
Salary Sacrifice pensions are becoming a more popular way for employees to exchange part of their gross salary for a non-cash benefit, and both the employer and employee benefit from savings on tax and national insurance. Using Sage 50 Payroll 2011 you simply tick a box and specify the level of sacrifice, then the software automatically calculates all the amounts.
 

Compliance made easier
Sage 50 Payroll 2011 automatically checks that you are using the right version of the software for the tax year you are processing.  It also provides your people with information required by law, for instance it’s now mandatory to supply a P60 summary to any employee who requests it. Simply email a PDF copy with no need for manual editing.
 

Flexible ways to share your reports
Sage 50 Payroll 2011 gives you increased flexibility in the way you share reports across a network or on a server. You can even control which reports a company has access to.
 

More choice with e-banking
Make e-payments to the most popular banks, including Santander, Alliance & Leicester and Bank of America.

Contact us at rob@harleygrove.co.uk to request a FREE online demonstration of Sage 50 Payroll 2011.

Software can be expensive; no two ways about it. How much did you spend on installing the latest software in your office? How many times have you used it? My guess is not as much as you could have been.

When installing new software in your office, it may not be sufficient to just read the instructions, it may be that you need some help with working out how to use it to its full potential and make sure you get the best out of it for your organisation.

There are many one or half day training courses based around a number of various software packages.

It is vital that you and your colleagues all know what the software is for, how to use it and how to maximise its value. I know you may be thinking ‘but that’s even more money!’ But how much money will you be saving in the long run? If you purchase an item of software for a number of PCs (or Macs if that’s your thing!) then the bill could have been pretty hefty. Three quarters of your team probably don’t know how to use it or why they need it and the other half may only use it once for the task in hand and then forget about it.

The point I am trying to make is that without full training, purchasing software may be a colossal waste of money. It needs to be used to its full capacity to be worth its ROI. Given the old joke that men won’t read instructions or ask for directions the majority may not see training as necessary (or admit they need it!) when installing new software in the office. Look at it from an ROI point of view, you want to exploit this software, you’ve just forked out X amount on installing it and you need to use it as often as you can to your advantage to make it worthwhile. If your staff don’t know how to use it or when to use it or even why they should be using it, then your investment isn’t worth its while.

Training doesn’t have to be expensive, many of the sales representatives are highly trained in the software and will be able to provide a short training course on how to use said software. They may offer an all-in price when purchasing. Alternatively search out your local expert – ask for a few hours of his time. If you don’t want to pay hard cash, offer a skill share – if they train your staff for half a day you will give them half a day of your services at no cost. Then the hours can be spread out and the cost doesn’t seem as hefty.

At Harley Grove we offer installation and full training on all of the software we provide – making sure that you get the best out of the purchase, and your organisation reaps the benefits.