If you’ve ever looked up from your desk and thought that the office seemed to have more consultants in it than staff on the payroll then there’s probably a logical answer. The answer usually comes in two parts, firstly you’re not dreaming and secondly there’s obviously a major IT project going on. Read more
This is a great app for small businesses that don’t need all of the fancy stuff accountants love but is meaningless to the guys on the coalface. If you do 20 transactions or less a month then you can get your books organized for free, allow 3 users access and get 50MB of storage space. Pay just $9 a month and get 10GB of space with unlimited transaction, user and contact numbers. Read more
If your small business is no longer small enough to cope with the scraps of paper you just chuck in the in-tray and forget about then waveaccounting.com could be just the place for you. Your accountant will smile again too and not dive for cover as you present him with a sack full of receipts, invoices and bank statements. Read more
Perhaps the name of this app should have the prefix “huge” attached to it as that’s what immediately springs to mind at first glance. A vast number of functions covering almost everything you’ll ever need to run your business from anywhere in the world although I couldn’t find anywhere where it said it makes the coffee. Read more
Brightbook.com promotes itself as being perfect for the one-man band operation or small businesses employing 1-5 people and I can certainly see it hitting the spot in these areas. Read more
Icashbook.com is a simple to use app that more or less does what it says on the tin. Three versions are listed although the personal version is in beta and the accountant version requires contact for more information so is likely to still be in development. Read more
This is a really useful app but I’m confused about where the developer is targeting the marketing campaign! There is a really strong headline message aimed at the guys on the road who need to claim expenses with the emphasis on getting paid quicker by smartening up their act. This is all good stuff but it is also clearly a tool equally as useful to businesses with a lot of people on the road claiming expenses. Read more
For every freelancer there’s probably a hundred Excel pages containing different information cluttering up their system. Add to that the Word documents for estimates and other correspondence necessary to run a business and it’s not difficult to get an idea of the time wasted trying to pull it all together. Read more
If you’re looking for a simple no fuss way to raise and present professional looking invoices to your customer’s then invoicebubble.com is probably as good a place as any. This app doesn’t claim to be the one-stop management suite for all of your business functions but if you just want to get invoices raised, keep an eye on them and get them paid, it will do the job. Read more
We’ve all been there, the end of the month arrives and you need to account for your mileage. You then realise how lax you’ve been in recording it and have to spend ages doing Googlemap direction searches to work out how far you’ve been. And if your diary management is as shoddy as your mileage recording you might not even remember some of the trips! Read more