by Richard Messik | Sep 6, 2010 | Cloud computing, Technology
I have spent an interesting day at the Speciality and Fine Foods Fair at Olympia where my wife, Marilyn, has been speaking on marketing at one of the small business forums. As well as eating myself silly with all the wonderful samples on offer, I did do some useful...
by Richard Messik | Sep 1, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
I am grateful to my friend Mark Davis for spending time with me yesterday and giving me a demonstration of Twinfield. I will not in this blog go through the aspects of the system (I am currently working on a comparison of the various accounting offerings) but what...
by Richard Messik | Aug 17, 2010 | Cloud computing
I have spent the last few days in Copenhagen where I have been visiting the team at E-conomic to discuss their planned updates and ongoing ideas. What struck me as I entered their modern, crisp, and ergonomic offices was the number of people beavering away at various...
by Richard Messik | Aug 3, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing, Technology
I had an interesting conversation with Jon Stacey of Riley Chartered Accountants.. I first came across Jon’s firm when I read about them on the Google Apps blog where there was a write up on their move to Google Apps and I was interested to discuss with him how...
by Richard Messik | Jul 25, 2010 | Accountants, Cloud computing
@Bookmarklee posted a very interesting item on his excellent Blog site, “No long term future for “Halfway house” firms of accountants. His points, as usual, were well made but I am prompted to add a few further comments. Most mid-size accounting...