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As part of the Accountz Autumn Apple Store Tour, Quentin Pain is here pictured with a member of the newly opened Apple Store in Buchanan Street Glasgow.

Quentin also visited Apple Stores in Sheffield, Manchester, London and Southampton and would like to give a big thank you to the hospitality received from all the Apple staff.

Accountz made the final 3 in the UK Trade and Investment sponsored Business without Borders conference and awards for the most successful new business in 2007 (http://www.bwb.org.uk).

The conference and awards ceremony took place at the University of Bedfordshire in Luton. The keynote speaker was Margaret Hodge MP, Minister for the Department of Trade and Industry (pictured with CEO of Accountz, Quentin Pain).

Quentin Pain said "I am absolutely delighted that my company and its very hard working staff have been shortlisted for this prestigious award and would like to extend my thanks to the organisers including Derek Ludlow MBE and Professor Paul Burns for an extremely informative and fun conference on international trade. An interesting perspective on marketing came from Dr Sergio Arzeni [Director, OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)] who turned basic marketing principles upside down by pointing out that consumers now work on a wants basis and not needs, which explained the reason why Harley Davidson made a profit of a $1bn and GM a loss, but not why he was wearing non-branded specs! Ross Walker, Chief Economist at RBS pointed out the dangers of rising interest rates and advised me to invest money in the business rather than property... so the new Accountz HQ will have to wait another year then. Many thanks to all the exciting and optimistic entrepreneurs I met. I had a fabulous day. I would also like to thank Margaret Hodge MBE for agreeing to the photograph despite having to rush off to 'fight our cause in Brussels' - I hope you weren't late."

(image by kind permission of Jean Mulligan of Rubicon Communications Ltd)

Business Accountz, the latest financial software package from Accountz has been nominated as a contender in this year's MacWorld 2007 Awards to be held at the prestigious Gibson Hall in London.

It is one of just 5 nominations in the Business Productivity Software section. Other contenders include Google for Google Docs and Filemaker Pro, last year's winners.

The whole accountz team are delighted with the prestige and recognition this nomination affords.

After 5 years of development Business Accountz launched on the 18th February 2007. The Scottish launch will be at the New Start Scotland exhibition at the SECC centre Glasgow on the 23/24 March 2007 where Kell Ryan the co-founder of RyanAir will be speaking about starting a business and all things entrepreneurial (I may have spelt that wrong, but hey what the heck, George W says the French don't have a word for it :)

If you want to speak to a human about accounting for your business, telephone 08700 111747, 9 to 5 Monday to Friday and we will do our best.

Accountz will be launching the first in a series of business accounting software in February. They are the first British company to launch a multi-platform accounting suite.

Using Accountz innovative methods that transform industry standard accounting methods into something that non-accountants can understand, Accountz have been building a large reputation for first class products and customer support.

Quentin Pain, managing director of Accountz, said "our products come from a long pedigree of development, they are designed always with the user in mind. The reason our customer support is so good is that it is hardly ever required. We have attracted over 13,000 new customers during the last 14 months. Most of that has come from word of mouth. Every support phone call is answered usually within 5 rings, and you get to talk direct to a member of our team at our HQ in Cambridgeshire. We are committed to customer service. We could only do this if the software was first rate, and our record to date shows this to be the case."

Business Accountz Professional, the second product in the range is launched at the New Start Scotland exhibition at the SECC, Glasgow, March 23/24. For a product brochure and newspack please contact hannah at accountz.com

Accountz launches the latest version of their popular Personal Accounts software. Renamed Personal Accountz (with a z!) to fit in with the Accountz brand, it represents the first commercial multi-platform home accounting software for a British company.

Quentin Pain, Managing Director, said:
"We are so proud of the work our developers have put into this product. It has taken 20 months to develop, and at times we have been in despair trying to get it to run on the very diverse range of operating systems out there. But it has all been worthwhile. It doesn't matter whether you use Windows, Mac or most flavours of Linux, Personal Accountz runs out of the box on a single CD. This makes our distributors happy too."

"We have increased our customer base by 10,000 during the last year, and most of that has happened through word of mouth. We are proud of our products and proud of our customers. My favourite phrase is 'Hug the Software'. By using it ourselves, we ensure it makes home financial management as quick and painless as possible for our users."

Personal Accountz features financial downloads using the industry standard OFX format. It can convert QIF files as well as previous version Personal Accounts files. It also features a user-definable multi-tabbed display giving it an extremely contemporary feel.


To get in touch with Accountz, please telephone Hannah on 08700 111747 between 9am and 5pm Monday to Friday.

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4, May, 2005 Immediate release

Record sales for award winning software

A report released this week from Accountz.com Ltd has revealed that sales in Quarter one of 2006 has increased 40 fold since the same quarter in 2005.

Increased sales for the company based in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire can be accredited to the efforts of the Accountz staff who have been concentrating on initiating and building relationships with various distribution channels.

Customer surveys have shown that awareness of the brand has increased thanks to word of mouth. The team is also enjoying countless compliments and letters from new and existing customers congratulating them on their exemplary customer service.

Managing Director Quentin Pain said:

“It’s great to see that all of our hard work is beginning to pay off. We hold our customers in the highest regard and recognise that none of this would be possible without them. We pride ourselves on being at the end of a phone and will ensure that this always remains our top priority”.


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1, March, 2006

Free accounting training for local organisations

Free accounting guidance and software is being offered to local charities from the Managing Director of Accountz.com Ltd.

The company, founded by entrepreneur Quentin Pain and based in Chatteris recently offered all local organisations the opportunity to receive a copy of their award winning small business accounting software.

To ensure that the winners are able to benefit fully from their new software, entrepreneur Quentin has also invited them to attend a complimentary training day in which he will demonstrate the most effective ways to use the program and manage the financial demands of their company.

Mr Pain said:
“Our software is designed to be suitable for everyone. We are excited about running events such as this and assisting the successful applicants to manage the finances of their organisations.”

Successful organizations include the Piccolos Childcare Services and the highly acclaimed March and Chatteris Lions Club.

The training day took place on 21, February 2006 at the Local Council’s innovative new development in Chatteris, The South Fens Business Centre. The building will play host to what is expected to become an annual event.

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30, January, 2006 Immediate release


Don’t get hooked when they go Phishing

A new scam has hit the internet in the form of Phishing and all they have to do to make you a victim, is ask you for your details.

Phishing entails sending out phoney e-mails in order to obtain your personal details, making stealing from their victims like taking candy from a baby.

The spam e-mails sent look very professional and can easily represent a site you are genuinely a member of. The scam artists simply imply that there has been an error in their system and ask you to confirm your log on details and password for their records.

The term Phishing originates from the statistics that most of the criminals involved in the scam get very few bites and there are many ways to ensure that you do not become a victim.

Most importantly be aware that no reputable bank or website should be sending you e-mail’s requesting that you confirm your details due to an error on their system.

If you are unsure of the validity of an e-mail always contact them directly to confirm that the e-mail received asking you to confirm your details has been sent from the proper authorities.

Most importantly, ensure that you are in control of your own finances. Accounting Software is the ideal way to guarantee that you know where your money has gone and allows you to recognise immediately, any dubious transactions that have taken place. Monitoring your own accounts allows you to take action over any discretion as soon as your statement arrives.

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16, December, 2005 Immediate release

Rave Review for Simple Software

A recent review in Computer Shopper (Issue 216) has seen the popular and simple locally developed accounting software range by Accountz.com come up trumps yet again.

Beating market leaders such as Dosh and Sage the review rewarded the hard work of local entrepreneur Quentin Pain with four stars and recognised the user definable nature of this software as “Quick and Easy”.

The four star review is a tribute to the hard work of the company who are up against household names such as Intuit who received just three stars.

Managing Director of Accountz.com Ltd said:

“Receiving such recognition from such a prestigious magazine has confirmed that Accountz.com is ready to take on the big boys in the software market.’

Our customers have helped us build this software with their much appreciated feedback, perhaps demonstrating the main reason why they love it so much”.

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02, December, 2005 Immediate release

Banks to dictate consumer spending and lending.

Lenders have unveiled plans to share details of their customer’s finances in order to identify individuals facing financial difficulty.

In a big brother gone mad approach, the four lenders Barclaycard, Abbey, the Co-operative Bank and Egg will be able to access and discuss the income and outgoings of their customers with one another.

Although the new scheme will promote a long overdue need for responsible lending, it’s hard not to conjure images of agents watching your every move and subliminal messages in your music.

The banks propose to monitor spending and call customers when they consider them to be in financial difficulty in order to recommend a repayment plan or suggest a phone call to a finance help line.

A survey done by ACL (December 2005) found that although the majority of consumers appreciate that more rigorous tests carried out before lending takes place could be beneficial, the new scheme should be optional. Many stated that they resent the implication that they are unable to monitor their own finances and would find such an intrusive phone call from the bank an insult.

Founder of Accountz.com and accounting expert Quentin Pain said:

‘With so many personal finance aids on the market such as accounting software surely banks should be promoting personal awareness early on instead of trying to help once the damage is done’.
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28, October, 2005 Immediate release

Local Entrepreneur hits software market hard

Local entrepreneur and founder of Accountz.com, Quentin Pain is about to rock the software market with his new multi-platform home accounting software.

The company first started in 1985 has gone from strength to strength, recently doubling its workforce in order to cope with the extra work and ever increasing customer base.

The design of the software from Accountz.com is renowned for its simple design and the new software proves to be no different but unlike its predecessors the new software will be available to work on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Without the need for internet access, the program allows direct debit payments to be stored so that it automatically updates itself when necessary. The forecasted balance has proved invaluable to customers in avoiding unauthorised overdrafts and unpaid direct debits and therefore unnecessary bank charges.

Quentin believes that this is only the beginning of their success as they will be releasing the competitively priced Business Edition of the range early next year.

He Said:

‘There is currently nothing on the market capable of rivaling the simple yet sophisticated design of the Business Edition software being released by Accountz.com next year. We fully intend to send a wave through the software market and have no concerns about taking on competitors such as Microsoft and Sage.’

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27, October, 2005 Immediate release

Prevent Identity fraud with accounting software to track your finances

Fears rise over identity theft as figures released by Which? state that one in three people have been or will be a victim of identity fraud.

To most people, dealing with bills and bank statements are not high on their list of exciting things to do but with direct debits a common method of payment and identity theft an ever increasing problem, more and more people are recognizing the need to keep records of movements within their bank accounts.

The Personal Accounts Home Edition from Accountz.com offers consumers accounting software that can be used to keep track of all movement to and from their high street and online accounts.

Without needing to access the internet the software will automatically update the balance of the accounts listed on the appropriate dates. As a result consumers are able to see almost immediately if any unauthorized payments have been made.

With its simple, award winning software Accountz.com has made a step in the right direction to combating identity fraud and enabling customers to feel confident about their finances.

The Personal Accounts Home Edition from Accountz.com RRP £29.99, is currently available in Staples and Amazon.

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