Thursday 7th August, 2014

PROACTIS, a specialist Spend Control software provider, has announced its acquisition of Intelligent Capture Limited, a leading provider of document scanning and optical character recognition services.

Wednesday 6th August, 2014

On 1st August 2014, the European Central Bank (ECB) reached a new major milestone in the integration of retail payments in Europe. After 15 years of work, the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) has been successfully implemented for credit transfers and direct debits in the euro area.

Tuesday 5th August, 2014

According to research by Intuit QuickBooks, UK small businesses are stuck in a love/hate affair with spreadsheets. The majority of business owners questioned find spreadsheets annoying, yet more than half fail to resist using them to manage their business’ finances.

Monday 4th August, 2014

An accountant who was working for the shoe and handbag firm Moda, has been jailed for three and a half years after being found guilty of a £200,000 theft from the company.

Dale Ballance was in charge of the finances at Moda where she had been working since 2008, increasing her salary from 40,000 to £50,000 while she was there.

Friday 1st August, 2014

Online accounting software company Xero, and European online e-Invoicing solution providers, MarketInvoice have entered a strategic partnership to provide businesses access to funding.