Bacs are unbeatable where efficient payments are concerned

Paul Software

Whether you have a small business, a multinational or a not-for-profit operation, accounts will be a consistent concern. The successful commercial outfit and the independent start-up may have different things to think about: the one perhaps looking to increase its profit margin and buy into new territories while the other assesses whether it can afford to pay more staff. Certain principles will be relevant to both ends of the business scale, however, such as the positive benefits of bacs. Bacs payments, originally Bankers’ Automated Clearing Services, are the most efficient payment solution yet to be found. Transfers can be cleared instantly meaning that companies can be in the know about the real state of their balance instead of wondering what has been processed and what remains to be paid. Of course, there will be times where your cash-flow is not sufficient for payments to be made as soon as invoices are received. In these instances, bacs software will help you make a schedule for your future payments and keep a record of all previous transactions.

While large businesses might have further complications calling for an accountant to oversee the software, smaller operations will often allow an efficient computerised system to do the bulk of the work. When the time comes to submit an accounts summary to the tax man, you will simply be able to press print and all your incomings and outgoings will be made crystal clear. Thus the end of the tax year will no longer be a time to hold in fear: hopefully it will mark a date where you can rate your progress and beginning making plans anew.

Errors are rarely made when bacs payments are processed with dedicated bacs software. Therefore, in the first year after changing to efficient bacs methods, you might even see your profits rise. This is because duplicate payments and loss of data can be eliminated with bacs. If you thought you couldn’t afford another employee, your savings might offer a pleasant surprise: perhaps you will be able to grow your business after all. Meanwhile, your existing workforce will be happy that their invoices or salaries are being paid on time. And because happy staff are glad to be at work, bacs might indirectly help to increase your company’s productivity. Increased visibility, transparency, security and control cannot be valued highly enough in the currently difficult economic climate. When budgets are strict, bacs will really perform.

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Powerpoint design re-conceived

Mary Meetings

powerpoint design has something of a notorious reputation: ‘Death by Powerpoint’ is by now a familiar phrase among office workers who have had to endure countless meetings and presentations in which someone more senior than them takes it upon him or herself to deliver a stream of information that does little more than raise a yawn. Indeed, when that phrase was invented by Angela R. Garber it spoke to a wide audience who had simply had enough of being treated in this patronising way. In Switzerland last year, the Anti PowerPoint Party formed, vowing to decrease the use of Powerpoint amid claims that it decreased the quality of presentations in 95% of cases. This party advanced the revival of the flipchart as a way of getting us more engaged with information again. This would perhaps signal a reactionary move too far the other way, however; the Swiss party might rather look at instructing people how to use Powerpoint presentations more effectively. After all, sales presentations delivered on a flip chart would most probably be deemed deficient in images in this day and age.

In 2012 it has been estimated that some of us look at between 5-7000 images per day, most of them on our laptops. A figure like this suggests that it would simply be anachronistic to revert back to drawing diagrams and messages with pen and paper. What’s more, you cannot make simple transitions to film clips when you’re using a flip chart, while you absolutely can, seamlessly, With Powerpoint. It is time to focus on how we use Powerpoint, then, not whether we use it or not. Perhaps the most crucial thing to recall is that this piece of commercial software is merely a tool, not a thing with a fixed usage. Granted, it is not easy to remember this, given that we’ve been conditioned to experience Powerpoint used unimaginatively. But it is possible to change our ways for the better.

We might start improving our Powerpoint presentations by thinking about how we take in information on our screens. Just take a moment, next time you are reading an article online or watching a YouTube clip, to assess whether you are taking in what you are seeing, whether you are enthused by the content, and whether you could improve on your habits in any way. All of these considerations will feed usefully into your intentions for improved powerpoint design and sales presentations.

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