Latest news from The Asperiti Group

August 2024 – Latest Sage 50cloud Accounts version 30.01.343.0 released

The latest release of Sage 50 is available now and is version 30.01.343.0. Please see a summary of the new features in this version below.

  • Bank Feeds Rule Enhancements
  • 64 bit version of Sage 50 Accounts available
  • AI Report Finder
  • New “Invoice Payments Fees” Tax Code for Stripe Reverse Charge
  • Separate Bank defaults for tax code and department
  • Google Analytics consent
  • Consolidation of some reports, e.g. Day Books – one report instead of seven
February 2021 – Latest Sage 50cloud Accounts version 27.1 released

The latest release of Sage 50 is available now and is version 27.1.562.0. Please see a summary of the new features in this version below.

  • Simple Sage Connected Services setup – We’ve made it easier to set up and use Sage Connected Services with a single log in.​ Connect your bank to automate transactions and reconciliation and use Invoice Payments to accept customer payments faster.
  • Easy User Management – Improved user management gives you more control over who accesses your data and how, and makes it simple to manage remote access for users and your Accountant or Bookkeeper when using Remote Data Access, which replaces Sage Drive in v27.
  • New Custom Alerts – Make sure your team have all the facts. Set up important messages and reminders to appear when specific customers, suppliers or products are selected in invoices and orders.
  • Features Removed – To allow our development teams to focus on new features that give you the most benefits for your business, in the latest release the following features will no longer be available:  Task Manager, Dashboards, Process Maps, Nominal Graphs, Phone Dialer and custom XML files within the Configuration Editor.

Watch the video here: Webinar – Sage 50cloud Accounts v27 – New features and enhancements

December 2019 – Latest Sage 50cloud Accounts version 26 released

The latest release of Sage 50 is available now and is version 26.2.139.0. This version includes new features and updates including Data conversion improvements, improved automatic repair of damaged data, Sage Drive improvements, enhancements to the Making Tax Digital module to remember logon credentials and CIS and Brexit functionality.

May 2019 – Latest Sage 50cloud Accounts version 25 released

The latest release of Sage 50 is available now and is version 25.1. Packed with great new features, including ways to make your bank reconciliation easier and options to add attachments to your VAT Returns and journals. New network improvements also mean you can take backups and run your VAT Returns while others are logged in.

August 2018 – Making Tax Digital and Sage 50cloud Accounts

Get ready for MTD with Sage! Did you know that Sage 50 Accounts version 24 is the only version of Sage that is compatible with the new HMRC Gateway for VAT submission?

May 2018 – New GDPR Features in Sage 50 Accounts and 50cloud version 24.2

In Sage 50 Accounts v24.2, which is the latest build of the software, you can now edit or delete items in your archive files. This feature was added to help you become ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the “right to be forgotten”.

To edit your archived data:

1. Click File then click Open and click Company Archive.

2. From the list of archived data, select the archive data you want to edit then click Open. If access rights were set up on the company prior to archiving the data, you need to log into the archive with the same user name and password that you used to access the company data at the time.

You can now edit customer, supplier and subcontractor account details, or delete these records in line with the normal deletion rules.

Quotations, invoices, credit notes, sales orders and purchase orders can also be deleted.

You can also run the Clear Audit Trail routine within the archive.

3. To return to your company data, click File, choose Open then click Open Company Data.

January 2017 – New Sage 50c available now.

Sage 50c is the latest version of the UK’s best selling accounts software – now with built in integration with Microsoft Office 365. The software includes a subscription to Office 365 Business Premium and a suite of Sage Apps that let you view and manage your Sage accounts data from within Office 365. Get access to your customer and supplier details directly in the Office contacts app, and share financial reports in Excel online in real time.

June 2016 – Document Design Service from Asperiti

If you need customised document layouts in Sage, including invoices, statements, quotations, purchase orders, sales orders, delivery notes and remittance advices, we offer a full service. Just send us your logo and any other graphics and content you require, and we will produce a full suite of Sage layouts using your corporate identity. This will give you a professional image and strong brand identity in all your dealings with customers and suppliers. We can cope with any special requirements you may have, and can adapt the standard designs to incorporate additional data fields if required. This services costs from £40 + VAT per document layout depending on complexity and work involved.

We can also design any report required from Sage accounts or Payroll, either customising a standard report to include additional data, sorts or filters, or creating a new report from scratch if it is not included in the comprehensive standard reports provided by Sage. Again, each custom report costs from £40 + VAT, much more cost effective than the report design service from Sage themselves, which costs a minimum of £100 + VAT per report.

Monday, 21st December 2015 – Fantastic subscription offers from Sage. If you are an existing Sage 50 Accounts customer you can upgrade to a Sage 50 subscription at less than half the usual price and always have the latest version! But hurry, this is a limited time offer. If you have an older version of Sage 50 Accounts, this is a great way to get the latest version and spread the cost.

For example, if you are currently using Sage 50 Professional 2013, version 19 1 user, 1 company, the like for like upgrade price is £1140 + VAT. This would take you to version 22 (2016), but you would not be entitled to future upgrades or support. However, the subscription cost for you as an existing user is just £37.50 + VAT per month. If you currently have 5 users and 2 companies the cost is just £47.50 + VAT per month. Subscription prices start from £17.50 + VAT per month for Sage 50 Accounts 1 user 1 company if you are an existing Sage Accounts user. This is around half the cost to a new customer taking out a Sage subscription.

More and more of our customers are going over to the subscription model, as it provides affordable monthly payments and makes sure that you always have the latest version of the program. You also get online support from Sage, plus the extra support provided by us as your local Sage Business Partner. Get all the great new features in version 22 at a low, low cost! Contact us for an individual quote for your Sage subscription today.

September 2015 – New Sage 50 Accounts v22 (2016) launched.

What’s new in Sage 50 Accounts?
The latest version of Sage 50 Accounts includes major new functionality in the features you use on a daily basis as well as access to a growing catalogue of brand-new add-ons, so you can truly customise your accounting software to the needs of your business.

Bank Feeds powered by Yodlee

Balancing the books is an integral part of managing accounts but it doesn’t need to be a manual or tedious process. The new Bank Feeds feature is exclusive to the latest version of Sage 50 Accounts and makes reconciling your accounts and bank balances simple and error free. Match payments and receipts quickly and easily, discard personal transactions, and spend less time on time-consuming data entry, giving you a real-time view of your cash position at a glance.

*Only available with Sage Cover Extra and subscription contracts

Get paid faster with Invoice Payments*
The biggest challenge most businesses face is keeping a healthy cash flow. The best way to tackle this is to get paid faster by your customers and reduce the likelihood of invoices being unpaid.
With Invoice Payments from Sage Pay you can do just that. By adding Pay Now buttons onto your invoices, your customers will be able to pay you instantly, easily and securely. You’ll also be able to accept card payments over the phone from directly within Sage 50 Accounts. All payments you take are automatically posted into your accounts, saving lots of time. Businesses like yours who use Invoice Payments get paid at least twice as fast as those that don’t. There’s no additional monthly charge…you’ll simply pay a flat fee of 2.5% for the value of each payment you take.

Improved error correction
Everybody makes mistakes and there’s nothing more frustrating than realising that you need to delete and start something again. But the latest functionality within Sage 50 Accounts means that is a thing of the past. You can now quickly and easily edit journals, un-allocate credits and payments from an incorrect invoice and track which users have edited transactions. Meaning it’s never been easier to keep your accounts accurate and up-to-date. Plus, you can feel comfortable knowing that you can quickly review what’s been edited, by who and when.

Drill down on aged debtors and creditors
Get more control of who owes you money and who you owe money to, without the need to move in and out of different screens. A more streamlined process makes it easier to get insight into your cash flow at the click of a button.

Streamlined dialogue boxes
Streamlined dialogue boxes puts the power of Sage at your fingertips. It’s now easier than ever for you to find the information you need quickly, and work on it effectively, without having to learn or remember what to do. It’s clearer, simpler and more intuitive than ever before.

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Friday, 24th April 2015 – Are you ready for Auto Enrolment? Go to the website of the pensions regulator and find your staging date now. From your staging date, you will be required to auto enrol eligible workers. Sage 50 Payroll Auto Enrolment Edition, together with the Pensions Module, will make managing your Workplace Pensions a simple and quick task. Contact us for full details.
Tuesday, 26th August 2014 – NEW Sage 50 Accounts is OUT NOW! The biggest and most significant update to Sage 50 for years, the new version breaks with tradition and is not called Sage 50 2015, but NEW Sage 50 Accounts.  A totally new user interface that is much easier to navigate, and is fully customisable, is just one of the great new features. Under the hood, the data architecture has been dramatically improved, allowing NEW Sage 50 Accounts to support up to 20 users and 1.5 million transactions. A new Backup Manager, which lets you backup your data even with other users logged in, better control of access rights, the ability to hide inactive accounts, and Alt key shortcuts for most program actions all make the program better than ever before. Contact us for release and price details.

Wednesday, 20th August 2014 – Spindle Pro V6 Building on the tremendous success of Spindle Pro in the Sage Accounts community, Spindle Pro Version 6 adds fantastic new features including Sharepoint Integration, Exchange on Premise and in the Cloud, and secure password protection of PDF files. Spindle Pro is an automatic document distribution system that can print, fax, and email any document that you can send to a printer. It works brilliantly with accounts systems, allowing you to send invoices, statements, remittances, and reports at the click of a button, and have them distributed to multiple destinations if required. Click on the link to see full details.

Friday, 1st August 2014 – Sage 50 Payroll – Auto Enrolment Edition – combines versatile payroll software with award-winning support; recognised by HMRC, ready for auto-enrolment and perfect for businesses who are looking to run a hassle free payroll. Submit your Real Time Information reports directly to HMRC and handle complex payrolls with automatic calculation of Sick Pay, Maternity Pay and many other types of payment or deduction. By adding the Pensions Module, you are able to seamlessly handle all the requirements of the new Auto Enrolment legislation which will affect most employers very soon.

Wednesday, 1st Feb 2012 – We are proud to announce that the Asperiti Group Has just been appointed a Sage Platinum Business Partner, one of only 50 in the UK. What is a Platimum Partner? Sage say, “A Platinum Partner is a fully trained and accredited Business Partner that Sage specifically recommends to help customers get the best for their business from all of the Sage 50 and/or ACT! software and the partners own range of services.”
We are very pleased that Sage have chosen us as one of their special partners, and we are committed to helping you to get the most from your Sage software. We have many years of experience of bookkeeping and accounts, and have used and sold Sage since the very beginning of computerised accounting. We are also fully Accredited Act! Premium 2012 Product Specialists and can offer a wide range of consultancy services to assist you with developing your business.