Recent content by HAZEL B

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    Sage 2011 upgrade problems!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi John The project audit trail has a problem. In our case on conversion it should have recognised transaction 16928 as the last transaction, instead it invented a new one of it's own 3136 - which is actually situated in blank space where old transactions have been deleted. So although the...
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    Sage 2011 upgrade problems!!!!!!!!!!!

    Hi All If you are thinking of upgrading your sage and you use the project costing - DON'T :eek: Yes I know capitals are shouting and yes I do mean it! There is a major issue with the project costing which can't be fixed unless you send the data back to sage (five day wait to get it back)...
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    Customer Suing Us - Suspected eBay Fraud Scam *BEWARE*

    Hi It sounds to me as if the other supplier is part of the scam. They phone you up and try and scare you in to paying up to get her off your back. Don't pay :D
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    BT Local Business!!!!!!

    So, no one else is suprised that the BT man is encouraging business owners to cheat :(
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    BT Local Business!!!!!!

    Hi All The following is an extract from an email I received this morning from a man at BT local business, to say my gob was smacked would be understating it :eek: "First off with regard to equipment, we do everything pretty much at wholesale price so if you are ever looking for anything with...
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    Rates - big rises......

    Hi Tony As usual they are quick to take your money but not so keen to give it back when they get it wrong. I went onto the VOA website and compared our building to other premises in my small country town and all have large increases which because of the way small business relief works will...
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    Rates - big rises......

    Hi All Last week we received our rates revaluation - huge increase from £5400 to £8400. The Governments official line is a million businesses will have reduced bills. Are you one of them or are you like us - facing a huge increase...
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    Fasthosts

    Hi All I've been having intermittant problems for a couple of days with my fasthosts email accounts (usually ultra reliable). Anyone else out there having problems? Regards Hazel
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    Sage - Director Loan Account Question

    Hi Chris Have you asked your Accountant for a list of balances from your first period of trading? These will need to be set up in Sage, usually done with a journal. Make sure you don't end up with the Director's Loan account balance in twice. When you put an opening balance figure in on a new...
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    How my content made me more money

    If I landed on your site I would be put off by the orange banner so I might leave without reading any of it.:eek:
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    Vat liability Account - (Sage)

    Hi So that you can process the VAT in the correct manner from now on I suggest you create an account next to the VAT liability account called opening vat. Post the three VAT balances into it and any payment or receipt relating to the last return done by the Accountants. The entries should...
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    hi everyone, newbie here

    That's great, I'm down in Somerset so I can't help much from a client point of view. However you could join the Federation of Small Businesses, they run networking events for new members - make sure you have business cards at the ready! Regards Hazel
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    hi everyone, newbie here

    Hi Amy Are you a member of a book keeping or accountancy body? If not you will need to register with the HMRC under the money laundering regulations (criminal offence not to). Look at their website for more details. Good luck.
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    Any suggestions?

    Hi How about a surplus stock shop. Talk to other shop owners - many have items that are slow moving which they don't want to discount too much on their own premises, you might be able to do a deal without laying out too much of your own cash.
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    Sage Novice

    Hi Yes you can match just the ones you have posted - just click save instead of reconcile. Then post the missing transactions and go back to reconciliation and the system will ask you if you want to continue with your saved reconciliation - just say yes and carry on matching. When you are...