You already know that accounting and keeping records are extremely important to your business. We know that it is the part that many business people dislike the most.

In the early days of your business, you may not have many transactions. Most businesses in this situation decide it is not worth the time and money to buy an off-the-shelf accounts package and learn how to use it.

However, you can quickly find that you have a backlog of receipts, invoices and cheque stubs, and the time for filing that tax return is looming.

Most small businesses keep all their invoices, receipts and cheque stubs in a box (usually a shoe box!) and deliver them all to their accountant. Not surprisingly, it takes accountants a lot of time to get through all this stuff, and their time means your money.

That is why every StartNewBusiness package comes with an easy-to-use spreadsheet, in Microsoft Excel, where you can enter transactions as they happen. We designed it specially with small businesses in mind, so that it should take you just a couple of minutes a day to keep up to date - and then it can give you an up-to-the-minute snapshot of your company's finances. It can even provide the information for your VAT returns.

This not only saves you time, it will save you a fortune in accountant's fees. We believe that this software alone will save most new businesses the cost of the entire StartNewBusiness package, several times over.

As your business grows, you will probably need to purchase an accounts package, and take the time to learn how to use it. StartNewBusiness will be delighted to recommend the right package for your needs.