Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould
Management

Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould

27y Idris Nagri

Sterling 4 is cast in Windows mould

Sage has upgraded the Windows version of Sterling, the UK’s leading accounting package. Sterling Accounts Version 4 is modified to cope with the...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

Internet-based interactive financial systems received a boost this month with the launch of Great Plains Software’s Dynamics NetSeries range. Th...

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Whitehall consultants in Labour firing line
Management

Whitehall consultants in Labour firing line

27y Idris Nagri

Whitehall consultants in Labour firing line

Labour announced plans this week to cut back on the use of consultants in Whitehall as part of a wide-ranging efficiency drive, writes Phillip Inman. ...

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No smoke without fire
Management

No smoke without fire

27y Idris Nagri

No smoke without fire

As group finance director of BAT Industries, David Allvey has beenpart of the team which has seen it move from a tobacco-based company to amultination...

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Tesco chooses Oracle for mainframe update
Management

Tesco chooses Oracle for mainframe update

27y Idris Nagri

Tesco chooses Oracle for mainframe update

Retail chain Tesco breathed new life into the mainframe revival with the announcement last month that it was choosing Oracle Financials software to ru...

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Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

Solution One, based in Tewkesbury, has produced Self Assessment For Employers (SAFE). The software is designed to help payroll and financial staff rec...

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Profiting from IT
Management

Profiting from IT

27y Idris Nagri

Profiting from IT

How does new technology affect the profitability of medium-sizedcompanies? A recent forum backed by Accountancy Age publishers tried toanswer the ques...

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Ross return greeted with scepticism
Management

Ross return greeted with scepticism

27y Idris Nagri

Ross return greeted with scepticism

Renaissance CS, the accounting suite from US developer Ross Systems, is looking to live up to its name after undergoing a major overhaul to run under ...

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Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

Help is at hand to automate one of accounting’s most exasperating functions. Psion has released Expense Tracker software to let users of its Ser...

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Software 2000 takes Time to move into NT
Management

Software 2000 takes Time to move into NT

27y Idris Nagri

Software 2000 takes Time to move into NT

Time Open Systems, the Chatham-based developer of object-oriented corporate accounting solutions has been acquired by US developer Software 2000 for $...

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VAT ruling hits elderly care homes
Management

VAT ruling hits elderly care homes

27y Idris Nagri

VAT ruling hits elderly care homes

A VAT tribunal ruling that will send care bills for the elderly and mentally ill soaring by 17.5% is set to be ignored by Customs & Excise because...

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Microsoft opens window of opportunity for competitors
Management

Microsoft opens window of opportunity for competitors

27y Idris Nagri

Microsoft opens window of opportunity for competit...

With the disappointing take-up of Windows 95, Microsoft is settinggreat store by its new 32-bit operating system Windows NT. But is this anopportunity...

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DISTRIBUTION: Learning to love logistics
Management

DISTRIBUTION: Learning to love logistics

27y Idris Nagri

DISTRIBUTION: Learning to love logistics

Logistics has revolutionised distribution with retailing witnessingthe most advances. Chris Lawrence examines the developments. Read More...

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All change for technology
Management

All change for technology

27y Idris Nagri

All change for technology

Network computers, object-based development, connectivity via the Internet, outsourcing, Year 2000, and the EMU. These are areas earmarked for the mos...

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Tech File News briefs 9/1/97
Management

Tech File News briefs 9/1/97

27y Idris Nagri

Tech File News briefs 9/1/97

Sage plc, the PC accounting software vendor, reported a 34% increase in pre-tax profits on a turnover of #136.2m to the year ended 30 September 1996. ...

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UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat
Management

UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat

27y Idris Nagri

UK managers fail to respond to 2000 threat

British IT directors and managers are less well prepared to cope with the advent of the year 2000 than their European counterparts, even though they c...

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Learning to live with the euro
Management

Learning to live with the euro

27y Idris Nagri

Learning to live with the euro

Two things are going to happen with the euro during 1997. First, the accounting software industry will get a better handle on all the IT implications ...

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REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996
Management

REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996

27y Idris Nagri

REVIEW OF THE YEAR - The best of 1996

When the Queen addresses the nation about what a lovely year it hasbeen, which events will stick out in accountants' minds? We rewind to findout Read ...

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Software company in AIM float mix-up
Management

Software company in AIM float mix-up

27y Idris Nagri

Software company in AIM float mix-up

The planned flotation last week of a US accounting software company on the Alternative Investment Market has been delayed until at least Christmas ami...

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Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leave London
Management

Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leave London

27y Idris Nagri

Andersens looks to India as E&Y tax staff leav...

Arthur Andersen is considering moving its tax processing function out to India as part of radical set of proposals under study by a team of its tax pa...

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Accountants split over self-assessment filing
Management

Accountants split over self-assessment filing

27y Idris Nagri

Accountants split over self-assessment filing

Accountants are this week divided over the future of the Inland Revenue’s proposed system for the electronic filing of tax returns under self-as...

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OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals
Management

OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals

27y Idris Nagri

OSH flotation targets mid-range IT rivals

Guy Dresser looks at the AIM launch of Open Systems Holdings in the UKand its implications for the market. Read More...

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English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system
Management

English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system

27y Idris Nagri

English ICA threatens Revenue tax return system

The English ICA’s tax faculty is set to boycott the Inland Revenue’s proposed system for electronic filing of tax returns. The move, which...

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Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke
Management

Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke

27y Idris Nagri

Budget Analysis - Tax experts turn on Clarke

The Chancellor has provoked a furious response from so-called'ingenious' accountants. Read More...

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News briefs
Management

News briefs

27y Idris Nagri

News briefs

Almost two-thirds of UK organisations have scrapped applications software estimated to be worth u290m as a result of mergers and acquisitions over the...

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Profile - The dream regulator
Management

Profile - The dream regulator

27y Idris Nagri

Profile - The dream regulator

Oflot director general Peter Davis regulates the most successfullottery in the world, but as Leon Hopkins reports, his achievement has notshielded him...

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D&B fails to put forward clear strategy
Management

D&B fails to put forward clear strategy

27y Idris Nagri

D&B fails to put forward clear strategy

Dun & Bradstreet Software has changed its name to Geac, following itsacquisition by the Canadian software group. Despite the deal, no clearlong-te...

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