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Silicon Bullet have a new Blog

Silicon Bullet are now using a new blogging platform, provided by Steffi Lewis of SblogIt. In order to see our new blog you can just go to www.blog.siliconbullet.com to see the posts. We are gradually moving posts over t...

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Filing your Tax Return – Bookkeeping Boost

January is finally over.  All those doing tax returns can finally breathe a sigh of relief.  That’s it for another year.  But is it? Is it really another year until you need to worry about your tax return again? Th...

Cryptocurrency – investing and security – be cautious.

Cryptocurrency Image A quick word of warning  – not investment advice! With the cryptocurrency craze in full swing, started by the popular Bitcoin and now many other cryptocurrencies – security is very import...

Sage 50 Accounts V24.1 Released 11th December

Sage 50c Accounts v24.1 is scheduled for release on Monday 11th December 2017. If you are on a Sage Subscription sage will be offering you this upgrade through the automatic updates over the next few weeks.  Sage will be...

Sage 50 Accounts 2018 – New Features

Sage 50 Accounts Version 24 (or 2018) was released in September 2017, but many people who pay for Sage’s subscription services won’t have upgraded to the latest version yet.  To help you decide if it is worth...

Sage 50 and GoCardless Integration

In the past, direct debits used to be something only larger companies could use, and something you associate with paying utility bills or insurance.  They just cost small businesses too much to set up as only the big ban...

Wifi – serious security flaw requires ALL wireless devices to be updated

WiFi Certified WPA2 – wireless encryption is flawed and open to attack. Wireless hardware and software has been through many improvements since the original 802.11b standard “Wi-fi” was launched. And s...

Avast CCleaner malware disaster – 2.27M machines infected

The very popular CCleaner utility from Piriform(owned by Avast) has become a victim of a modification which means that it has been infected with malware from the vendors own site. It just shows that even relatively well ...

Error Corrections in Sage – New Feature

Does deleting transactions in Sage WIND YOU UP ? Traditionally in Sage if you wanted to correct any errors you needed to be the only one logged in to the system. So when you accidentally post a transaction in Sage to the...

Auto Enrollment Pension Rates Changing

Updated Rates Under the Pensions Act 2008, the minimum amounts paid into automatic enrolment pension schemes are increasing for employers and their staff. The increases occur in two phases – the first increase needs to b...