Business spent around $109 billion on cloud computing in 2012 and it is predicted that this will rise to around $207 billion by 2016. (Gartner) So what is driving business to move to the cloud? Put simply, its down to flexibility, efficiency and cost savings.   What is cloud computing? Basically, it uses the internet to allow users to access applications that would previously be stored physically on their PC or on a server somewhere in the building. Now they can be stored anywhere in the World Wide Web (cloud) and accessed through a web browser, on a iPAD, android phone, iphone, tablet or PC in an internet café.   This has enabled application developers to offer software as a service (SaaS) usually on ... Read More >>>

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Title: Marketing Executive Location: Based at our Head Office on the Leeds/Huddersfield border. Reports to: Chief Executive Salary: Competitive salary plus benefits Job Objective: Responsible for developing and maintaining PR, marketing and communication strategies to meet organisational objectives (in conjunction with external marketing/PR company). Oversee all PR, marketing, lead generation, communication, advertising and promotional activities. Responsibilities: Responsible for the PR, marketing and communications of company products in the growing SaaS , accountancy marketplace. Develop and implement an annual PR, marketing and communications plan as part of a collaborative team (in conjunction with external agency, sales department and senior management team) which will include: o Researching and targeting key new markets and products o Researching, management, writing and production of marketing materials such as brochures, regular e-newsletters, web content, ... Read More >>>

As you may have noticed (or those who've logged in this morning), we've introduced a new login page. It's safe to say the old one had run it's course. Take a look and let us know what you think...

Dear Customers, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself as the New CEO of Liquid Accounts Ltd. My name is Colin Meakin and I’ve just joined Liquid Accounts. I was one of the founders of ICM which was successfully floated in the late 90’s before being acquired by Phoenix IT Group plc in 2007. Latterly I’ve been CEO of a £10M Nationwide IT Services business. I held this position for 5 successful years and I’ve joined Liquid Accounts with 3 immediate aims:-   1. To improve the Customer Service experience for our valued clients both old and new 2. To improve Liquid Accounts Ltd’s products and commercial position in the market place 3. To expand and develop Liquid Accounts as a business ensuring ... Read More >>>

Liquid is delighted by the appointment of Colin Meakin, as new CEO of the company.

Colin is an industry veteran with an excellent track record, having been one of the founders of ICM which was successfully floated in the late 90’s before being acquired by Phoenix IT Group plc in 2007. He then left Phoenix and formed a private consortium raising £1.8m to acquire Concorde Excel Holdings which he successfully turned around and used as a vehicle for a ‘buy and build’ strategy creating the £10m turnover Concorde IT Group. Liquid Chair, Richard Doyle commented: 'We have been looking for the right candidate to take this business forward and take advantage of the exponential growth opportunity for some 9 months ... Read More >>>

The bank reconciliation program (that's Check My Statements, to you and I!) has now been substantially amended to improve user experience, correct some minor faults on the calculator and correct problems experienced by larger users that were causing items to remain un-reconciled if ticking a large number of items at a time. The main features are: 1. Transactions now load on one complete page, keeping each transaction to one line 2. Totals now show statement balances 3. Calculator totals are locked to the top left-hand corner, even when scrolling down the page, so you can see projected statement balances at all times. 3. Improvements made to the calculator, making it more efficient and accurate 4.  Introducing a new concept of 'Pending' reconciliation. Users have the ability to tick ... Read More >>>

Following the upgrade of our email servers, the email of invoices now allows you to enter their own 'From' address rather than Liquid. This is the start of a process that will eventually be rolled out across all emails generated by the system. To use, once the email has been generated, a new field is shown: From - this defaults to the current Liquid address.  Altering this field will retain the address for future use.