For any business not specifically working in finance, the task of making and receiving payments effectively can be worrying to say the least. In all likelihood, employees will have been chosen because their skills match the creative aims and objectives of the business, not because they make good accountants. As such, many companies without the […]

With the UK finally leaving recession after the first double-dip downturn since the 1970s, organisations are turning their minds to growth rather than consolidation and digging in. Property prices have levelled off across the country, although commercial property London has been comparatively resilient – it has pushed up the rest of the country’s property figures […]

document processing is the conversion of physical documents – whether already typed and printed, or hand-written – into electronic ones. This is achieved by a variety of means, including mere scanning and conversion to pdf, optical character recognition and intelligent character recognition, amongst others. The advantage of this is that the files created as a […]

Since bacs came onto the scene in the late 1960s, it has expanded in popularity until now, some 44 years later, when it is employed by the majority of organisations in the UK. Bankers automated clearing services allows financial transactions to be done electronically, meaning that cash and cheques are no longer necessary for the […]

powerpoint presentations are rarely thought of as great sources of innovation. Many of us can recall a number of meetings attended where Powerpoint design was employed but to no clear benefit of either speaker or audience. But Powerpoint is often used badly, particularly in the case of sales presentations where some of the worst offenders […]

Do you remember the days when connecting to the involved using your phone line? We would hear that strange dialling tone, wait for a few more strange noises and clicks and if all went to plan we would sooner or later be connected to the internet. Often, it was later and sometimes hardly worth the […]

bacs software has been around for decades now, but it still has not been universally taken on by businesses. This is odd when you consider the many advantages of making bacs payments, rather than older and less reliable or secure systems. There is still some suspicion about trusting computers to do your work for you, […]

It has many times been said that Powerpoint is the most abused PC application of all time. We have all had the experience of watching bad Powerpoint presentations and feeling pretty abused ourselves! Sales presentations which insult our intelligence or which try to disguise a lack of clear thought with nifty powerpoint design are just […]