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Sage 50 Accounts Software Range

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Sage 50 Accounts 2008 is packed with features to help save you time managing your accounts. From cash flow to VAT returns and year-end accounts, you'll be more in control of your finances and free-up time for other areas of your business.

And with Sage 50 Accounts 2008 you'll be able to manage your customers and suppliers professionally, and have greater insight into your business with flexible management reports.

Training and Installation services: BluebirdCRM also provide on-site Training and Installation services for Sage 50 Software - Contact us today to discuss.

Sage Support from Bluebird - Click here for details.

Why Buy Sage 50 Accounts?
Who will benefit from using Sage 50 Accounts?

Features and Benefits
What are the minimum system requirements?
Which version should I buy?
Sage Instant Accounts Range

Why Buy Sage 50 Accounts?

The new features in Sage 50 Accounts 2008 mean you'll also be able to:

Take care of all your VAT tasks in one place
Submit your VAT returns online
Manage and record adjustments to your VAT return
Get more from your management reports
Easily deal with discounts and deposits
Take card payments over the phone

Who will benefit from using Sage 50 Accounts?

Any individual or corporate team that requires an easy to use system that covers all your accounting needs, from VAT returns to credit control can benefit from Sage 50 Accounts.

Sage 50 accounts gives you full control over your business finances and helps to grow your company allowing different people to use the system at the same time. As well as providing you with accurate information and reports Sage will also integrate with other software to develop a more efficient business system.

Features and Benefits:

Day-to-day finances: Take care of your profit and loss, purchase entry and keep on track of what goes in and goes out.
VAT Ledger: All your VAT information and actions are stored in one place, making it easy for you to prepare, generate, reconcile, adjust and submit your VAT returns.
File your VAT returns online: Sage 50 Accounts 2008 has been fully tested and achieved recognition for filing VAT returns online (VAT 100 and VAT 101) from HMRC, so you can be sure you're recording and submitting the right information securely.
Management reporting: Create at a glance summaries or in-depth reports of your key business information. And with flexible Profit and Loss and Balance Sheets see more than just your monthly figures.
Drillable reports: See more than just your top-level figures, drillable reports mean that you can see the details behind these figures - right down to the individual transactions.
Bank reconciliation: Record multiple bank accounts and their details. Enter payments and receipts and save bank reconciliations part-way through.
Generate invoices, quotes, orders or proformas for your customers: You can choose whether you want to turn a quotation into an order, invoice, keep the quotation for your records, or to use again in the future.
Discounts and deposits: Automatically calculate the effect of percentage discounts or one-off reductions and display the information clearly on your invoices.
Excel® integrated reporting: Microsoft Excel can now link directly to your Sage 50 Accounts data so that directors and managers can access and analyse accounts information without needing to use Sage 50 themselves or have it installed on the same PC.
Support for UK charities: Fund management, charity-specific financial reports and an improved chart of accounts designed just for charities.

System Requirements:

Recommended hardware

An IBM® compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
At least 1GB RAM
At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows® has been installed

Minimum hardware

An IBM® compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
512MB RAM
400MB of free disk space after Windows® has been installed

One of the following operating systems:

Microsoft® Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP (Recommended)
Windows Vista.

Please ensure that you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

This software will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98,
Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

Which version should I buy?

Sage 50 Accounts 2008
The entry point into the range, Sage 50 Accounts 2008 has all the standard features you need to manage all your customers and suppliers professionally. Buy now!

Sage 50 Accounts Plus 2008
As well as helping you to balance your books and control your VAT, Sage 50 Accounts Plus 2008 has all the tools you need to keep track of your materials and manage your stock. Buy now!

Sage 50 Accounts Professional 2008
Sage 50 Accounts Professional 2008 takes all the features and benefits of Sage 50 Accounts Plus, and adds sales and purchase order processing, stock control, project management and foreign trading tools. It also has the flexibility to handle up to 10 users and manage multiple companies, giving you the information you need to drive your business forward. Buy now!

Contact us to chat through the options and discuss how Sage 50 Accounts might work in your business

Contact us to arrange a meeting and no-obligation discussion

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Sage Instant Accounts Software

Why Buy Sage Instant Accounts?
What are the minimum system requirements?
Other versions of the Sage Instant range

Why Buy Sage Instant Accounts?

Sage Instant Accounts is designed to make managing your money, including VAT, end of year accounts and invoicing as quick and easy as possible. So you have the information you need to manage your business at your fingertips.

For new and small businesses
Quotations and Invoicing
VAT return, Profit & Loss reports
Health and Safety Advice**

New Sage Instant Accounts is easier to use:

Step-by-step set up – select the best options for your business and get set up in minutes.
Practice mode – try things out before getting to grips with your company data.
More help when you need it – find everything you need on the Welcome page.
Video guides – show you what you’ll see on screen to help you complete key tasks.
Easier error corrections – no more chasing stray figures through multiple menus.

New Sage Instant Accounts helps you do more:

VAT Management - You can generate your VAT Returns, EC Sales list and Reverse Charge Sales List and make submissions and payments to HMRC all from one easy to use area.
Submit VAT returns online - You can submit VAT and year -end forms online and get an extra ten days to pay too.

Receive card payments from your customers - Sage Payment Solutions ( available at an additional charge) helps you validate card payments and keep your accounts up to date.

System Requirements

Recommended hardware:

An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
At least 1GB RAM
At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

One of the following operating systems*:

Microsoft Windows 2000
Windows Server 2003
Windows XP (Recommended)
Windows Vista

* Please make sure that you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

Minimum hardware;

An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
512MB RAM
400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks.

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

Other versions of the Sage Instant Range:

Sage Instant Accounts Plus - BUY NOW! from our online shop

Also gives you tools to help you manage your stock and see business summaries, including sales and performance at a glance, so you can spot opportunities to take your business forward.

For new and small businesses
Quotations and Invoicing
VAT return, Profit & Loss reports
Stock Control, 2-user ready*
Health and Safety Advice**

Sage Instant Financial Suite - BUY NOW! from our online shop
When you’re running a new or small business, you need to keep track of your finances and make sure the people you work with get paid correctly and on time.

Sage Instant Financial Package brings together all the benefits of Sage Instant Accounts and Sage Instant Payroll to help you do both with minimum effort, leaving you to focus on your business.

For new and small businesses
Quotations and Invoicing
VAT return, Profit & Loss reports
Pay up to 10 employees***
Print payslips
HR & Health and Safety Advice**

Sage Instant Business Suite - BUY NOW! from our online shop
Sage Instant Accounts is designed to make managing your money, including VAT and end of year accounts as quick and easy as possible. Sage Instant Payroll helps ensure the people you work with get paid correctly and on time. And the world’s best selling contact management software, ACT! by Sage helps you build relationships with your customers and target sales.

By bringing all this together, Sage Instant Business Package helps make these day-to-day tasks simple, leaving you to focus on your business.

For new and small businesses
Quotations and Invoicing
VAT return, Profit & Loss reports
Pay up to 10 employees***
Print payslips
Manage contacts, target sales
HR & Health and Safety Advice**

Sage Instant Payroll - BUY NOW! from our online shop
Processing employees’ payments is something every employer has to do.

With the introduction of complex payroll legislation over recent years, employers are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with the amount of paperwork involved in processing payments manually, not to mention the need to keep up with the changes to legislation and the many calculations involved.

Designed specifically for small business in the UK, Sage Instant Payroll is a simple, easy to use package that enables you to process your employees’ wages without the need to understand the complexities of payroll legislation.

Even without prior experience, you can set up and run Sage Instant Payroll easily and quickly.

With all gross and net pay, tax, National Insurance and all statutory payments and deductions calculated automatically, you will have more time to concentrate on growing your business.

Contact us to chat through the options and discuss how Sage Instant Accounts might work in your business

Contact us to arrange a meeting and no-obligation discussion

BUY NOW from our online Sage Shop

Sage Support from Bluebird

12 month Sage Support cover from Bluebird includes:

Telephone Help Line: Providing access to our support staff. You can contact us between 9.00am and 6.00pm, Monday to Friday.*

E-mail Support: You can e-mail us with a query at any time and we will aim to respond within 12 hours. We will also provide a live ‘chat’ link that enables you to engage in text-based communication with us in a messenger style format in ‘real time’.

Advice: You are invited to seek our advice regarding the use of your Sage accounting system including the potential benefits of applying updates and upgrades. You can call us at any time to consult our technicians regarding advice on system features or add-ons that might help you address specific needs.

On site support: By limiting our support sphere to East and West Midlands businesses, we are able to offer on-site support for our contract customers at a reduced rate.

For none-contract customers, we will attend site to resolve Sage issues on a time chargeable basis at £81.25 per hour plus VAT with a minimum of 3 hours chargeable time plus travelling costs.

As a contract customer however, we will attend your site at a reduced rate of £65 per hour with a minimum of 2 hours chargeable.

On line support: Using the power of the internet and state-of-the-art web tools, our technicians are able to ‘dial in’ to your server or workstation and see the problem that you are encountering at first hand. We can either watch your screen remotely or even take control of your system to help rectify errors. No special software is required to enable this other than a simple ActiveX control that installs over the internet when we log in. Providing you have a broadband internet connection, this technology enables us to provide rapid fixes to many of the more complex problems that are not fixable via a simple phone conversation.

Business Advice: With the benefit of many years of accounting experience, we are Sage users too. This means that we understand how business works and why it is important to you to get the best from your accounting system.

*At peak periods and busy times when calls cannot be answered immediately, an answering service will record details of the support request. We will endeavour to respond to all recorded messages within 60 minutes within our core business hours.

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New Sage Instant Accounts helps you do more:

Submit VAT returns online - You can submit VAT and year -end forms online and get an extra ten days to pay too.

Receive card payments from your customers - Sage Payment Solutions ( available at an additional charge) helps you validate card payments and keep your accounts up to date.

Recommended hardware:

One of the following operating systems*:

Minimum hardware;