Making Tax Digital for VAT Benchmark’s accounting software will be compliant with the ‘Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT’ regulations that come into force on 1st April 2019. From the 1st of April 2019, businesses whose taxable turnover exceeds the VAT registration threshold will no longer be able to use manual records… Read more
Benchmark Web Design In response to requests from clients, we have taken on an experienced web developer and now offer professional website design alongside our existing business software packages. To find out more visit Benchmark Web Design SPECIAL OFFER We are offering a 50% discount on all website design orders placed… Read more
Core Memory was the main form of random access memory (RAM) in computing for almost 20 years, between 1955 and 1975. It used tiny magnetic rings, or cores, with wires running through the centre and because the cores are so small seamstresses were used to thread the wires through the cores! When a current was… Read more
The Pensions Regulator makes it quite clear that as far as Auto Enrolment (AE) is concerned, charities and NPOs are no different to any other organisation. If you employ staff in any capacity, you must comply. With an estimated 22,000 charities reaching their staging date in 2016, recent figures suggest that they may be overly… Read more
Once a quarter, The Pensions Regulator (TPR) releases the snappily titled ‘Compliance and Enforcement Bulletin’. Although no-one would describe this as a real ‘page turner’, it does contain some useful information for small and medium sized businesses. And since most small and micro employers have now reached, or are rapidly approaching, their staging dates, we… Read more
As a specialist in Trade Counter software and Point of Sale ( POS ) systems, we are constantly reviewing how our software works in the ‘real world’. We have found that the best way to do this is to listen to our clients and incorporate their feedback. We update our software regularly, and some of… Read more
We asked real plumbers what they are looking for in a plumbing supplier. We posted a message on the Plumbing Forum asking the members what they thought and, as you can imagine, we got some great responses!