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WIN A TWO-YEAR SUBSCRIPTION TO KASH FLOW, THE AWARD WINNING WEB-HOSTED ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE PACKAGE, WORTH £450

KashFlow didn't just win one award at the recent Software Satisfaction Awards, it scored a double success and was named the small business accounting software package of the year and the web-hosted accounting software package of 2009.

Designed for start-ups and small businesses employing less than five staff, it makes keeping the books up to date easy and quick, allowing you to get on with running your business, rather than struggling with complicated spreadsheets. Simplicity is the only way to get results, and if you want to persuade busy staff to buy into an accounting software package it needs to be straightforward and easy to access, even from their home computer.

EVOLUTION

The good news is that things are changing with the evolution of a new software delivery model that allows applications, or ‘apps’ as they are now called, to be provided over the web instead of installed on your computer.

The advantages of these online apps are particularly beneficial to start-ups and small businesses, especially as software purchase costs are avoided in favour of a monthly subscription. This low fixed cost covers the use of the software and, more importantly, its maintenance and support, so it is easier to budget accordingly. It gets around one of the most irritating aspects of buying software 'out of a box', which can turn into a financial nightmare when invoices for upgrades arrive unexpectedly and you discover you have to pay extra for support.

Web-hosted applications are ideally suited to small businesses that don’t have time to waste installing software and upgrades, and can be ideal for managing the accounts function. Apart from the lower cost implications, ease of use and reliability, using web-hosted accounting software can also provide a lot more flexibility so that it is possible to keep your books and produce your VAT return from home or from anywhere where there is an internet connection. One of the key advantages is that all data is automatically backed up - meaning one less worry to contend with.

GROWING CUSTOMER BASE

KashFlow is making a real mark in the small business marketplace and its fast-growing customer base is choosing it in preference to traditional accounting software, primarily for its ease of use, functionality, value for money and reliability. Specifically for businesses with turnovers of less than £500,000, it is the most connected accounting software on the market and integrates with 22 separate applications, including the leading payment processor, PayPal. Secure payment processing is becoming the favoured option for moving money in the SME sector and KashFlow users have just notched up their millionth integrated transaction with PayPal.

Small businesses using KashFlow's PayPal Importer service can retrieve details of sales, customers, purchases and suppliers automatically from their PayPal accounts, saving them from the time consuming and laborious task of manual data entry.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

For more information visit www.kashflow.co.uk.

To win this prize answer the following question:
How many transactions have small businesses using KashFlow notched up with PayPal?