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) PayCycle Makes Online Payroll Even Easier
Other improvements include greater integration with QuickBooks and other accounting software, improved e-filing set up and support for those businesses with employees in multiple states.If outsourcing payroll is an option for you, PayCycle may be worth a look. They really have taken away any excuse not to.
Basic plans start at 24.99/mo while their Plus Service runs $42.99/mo for 5 employees with a $1.50 charge for each employee over the first 5.
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) Hands-on training breaks IT work experience barrier
As well as programming skills, the training course also includes business essentials like time management, basic accounting, quality, completing projects to set deadlines, teamwork, consistency, dealing with constructive feedback, sometimes dealing with failure, and making changes to meet client or management expectations. Upgrade Yourself is currently accepting applications for its 2009 courses, due to start in January and July. No previous programming experience is necessary, but applicants must complete a free aptitude test. "The test covers logic and creativity," says lecturer Alain King. "It's a good way for us to check that software development is really the right career for each applicant, and also helps us to create a great learning environment." KRS is offering a free PC to one lucky applicant who passes the aptitude test. More>> - (
) In The Papers 4 December
The accounting software firm said growth in revenues from its support and maintenance services would compensate for weakness in new software sales. About 70 percent of the firm's revenues come from services based on recurring maintenance of the group's software. Pre-tax profit for the year ending in September rose 8 percent to STG241 million on revenues that were up 11.9 percent to STG1.3 billion. Basic earnings per share grew 7.4 percent, and Sage raised its full-year dividend by 3 percent.The Wall Street Journal says that Research In Motion has slashed its quarterly profit and sales goals, as delayed product rollouts and limited supplies undermined the BlackBerry maker's ambitious push into the consumer market. The Canadian firm warned that its sales growth slowed in the quarter ended 29 November and profit margins narrowed. More>>
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) Warning smaller firms could pay for VAT cut
“Businesses should look at their accounting software and make sure they know how to change the VAT rate in their system. If necessary, they should consult their manuals, software supplier or their accountants, who may have helped them set up the system in the first place."Mr Buckle warned that further tax rises were inevitable if the emergency economic package was to be paid for.
Business advisors at Pricewater-houseCoopers in Yorkshire say small businesses in the region are set to benefit by up to £7 billion in extra funding from the Chancellor's emergency measures.
They welcomed the commitment to delay the rise in corporation tax from 21p to 22p for small businesses at a time when many were under pressure.
The increase in personal allowances and National Insurance thresholds would give welcome relief in the short-term to both some employers as well as employees. More>>
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) IBM Cognos and Global Business Services Launch the Strategic
For example, a shared service for finance and accounting will reduce annual general and administrative spending which in turn will help fund the purchase of new manufacturing equipment to reduce product cost and increase profits."Global organizations benefit immensely with increased long-term visibility into operations, especially when data they're viewing is actionable," said Steve Kowalke, advisor to the Cognos Innovation Center for Performance Management and former vice president and treasurer, Target Corporation, in a press release. "In a time when surprises are becoming increasingly common, senior finance officials need the most robust solutions like this blueprint to track progress of initiatives with respect to goals and objectives, and also to show what's in store for the long-term," he said. More>>