FreeAgent Update - Bills, Banking & Payroll
This weeks’ release of FreeAgent sees more improvements to Bills, Banking and Payroll set up.
FreeAgent Announcements
Calling all Freelancers: the Finance Report 2009
Today we announce the first annual Freelancer Report Survey aimed at understand freelancer’s attitudes towards their finances, and how they manage their money, in the current economic climate.
Spring Cleaning
The last few releases have seen some major changes to FreeAgent but we’re also spending time spring cleaning.
FreeAgent Update - Estimates have landed
The long-awaited arrival of Estimates is here, helping make FreeAgent the most complete money management application for freelancers and small businesses.
Growing
Wow. What a great start to the year.
We’ve seen a 40% increase in both new signups and new subscribers each month since December, and we’re starting to see the results of our work to get friendly with even more accounting partners.
The all new FreeAgent
Some huge announcements this week, with a completely redesigned website and refreshed application that’s easier to use and paves the way for some exciting new features.
FreeAgent Update - Snappier Service, More Improvements
If you’re in the UK, you’ll be experiencing the annual delight that is the tax-return season. Here’s hoping you have found that using FreeAgent has made things quite a bit easier for you. We’re pretty confident that next year will be even easier still…
FreeAgent Update - Merry Christmas, Easy Tax Returns
About 2008, the Future, and what’s new in Release ‘Eggnog’...
FreeAgent Update - Getting Friendly, Accessing Locked Items
More product updates and information on C and S Finance, our latest FreeAgent friendly partner.
FreeAgent Update - New VAT Rates, Improved Invoice Emailing
In ‘Pouilly-Fuissé’ we’ve updated FreeAgent to handle the recent UK VAT rate changes which are effective as of today, and made some improvements to Invoice Emailing.
Short Notice VAT Change? No problem!
In yesterday’s Pre-Budget Report, seen as historic by many, UK Chancellor Alastair Darling announced widespread changes to many areas of the public finances.
FreeAgent - Now with added Bills Tracking goodness!
You can now use FreeAgent to track Bills from your Suppliers as well as your own Invoices to Clients.
FreeAgent Update - Do More with Attachments
A few small improvements this week – we’ve also been busy laying the groundwork for some very cool stuff coming soon.
FreeAgent and New UK Tax Codes
A minor addition overlooked in last week’s release Anjou release announcement was the ability to update an existing payroll with revised tax code.
FreeAgent Update - Attach Receipts, Lock VAT Returns, and more...
What’s new in Release ‘Anjou’?
FreeAgent Update - Pouilly-Fume, Ask an Expert, Going Solo Leeds
Here’s what’s new from FreeAgent Central this week:
‘Ask an Expert’ – in conjunction with Quay Accounting
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FreeAgent Update - Release Copertino
Here’s what’s new:
Gye cannie ‘One Accounting’ amang the FreeAgent-Friendly the noo!
We’re happy to announce
Timepost integration
FreeAgent now integrates with Timepost, a desktop time tracker available for both Windows and Mac.
FreeAgent Update - Release Gattinara
Back from our Hols!
OK, so probably we should have let you know we we’re planning to take a short break from our normal release schedule.
FreeAgent Update: Release Taurasi
This week we’ve been busy adding a couple of much-requested features to FreeAgent. Read on to find out more…
FreeAgent Update: Release Botticino
This week we’ve added some further polish to our time tracking area, introduced some new accounting goodies, and Ed has been packing his bags. For a well-deserved holiday, that is.
FreeAgent Update - Release Pollino
More industrial-strength accounting goodness this week, with the addition of support for Accounting Journal entries. And more besides. Read on.
FreeAgent Update - Improved Depreciation and more...
The accounting engine under the hood of FreeAgent took another big step forward this week, with the introduction of a much better model for Depreciation.
We’re seriously thinking of a n
FreeAgent Update - Second Sales Tax! Inline Timeslip Edit! More!
This week brings the post-prandial relaxation of release ‘Vin Santo’.
Cantucci, anyone?
Universal Accounts: Second Sales Tax
We thought it was about time our Canadian cousins got a little attention.
We now support a second sales tax, s
FreeAgent Update - Mini-P&L, More Friendliness
Yesterday we updated the FreeAgent software to Release ‘Montepulciano’.
Of course, we’d just as soon be relaxing with a glass of red wine by the hillside terrace pool in the rea
FreeAgent Update - Release Barbaresco
Just few small changes this week, but we thought we’d let you know what’s coming up in the next month or so too.
Read on…
Altering an Invoice Write-off Date
Previously the date that the invoice was considered written-off, for account
FreeAgent Update - Find a Friendly Accountant!
Getting Friendly
Ever since we launched FreeAgent last year, we’ve been receiving regular requests from users to help them find a better accountant.
We’ve spent a little while getting to know some of the best accounting practices in the UK, especially those who are focussed on freelancers, contractors an
FreeAgent Update - Release Côte de Beaune
What and Why?
It’s been a hive of activity here at FreeAgent Central Towers. Here’s why:
Beta Developers’ API
We’re finally exposing the first part of our beta Application Programming Interface with this release. If you don’t know what that means, relax.
Creating your own custom invoices
One of the most requested features we’ve had of late is the ability to customise invoice templates. This has always been on our radar, but it’s a pretty busy radar at the minute and new features don’t always get implemented as quickly as we’d like.
FreeAgent sponsoring the Highland Fling 2008
We’re pleased to announce that FreeAgent will, once again, be sponsoring the upcoming Highland Fling 2008 conference, to be held in Edinburgh on the 3rd of April.
FreeAgent Update - Release Morgon
What We’re Up To
We’ve been busy building stuff under the covers this week, so just a few tweaks to report.
FreeAgent Update - Release Fleurie
What’s in Fleurie?
Lots to tell you about this week, and even more great stuff to come.
FreeAgent Update - Release Chablis
We just released ‘Chablis’, our latest version of FreeAgent.
Firstly, to our new Universal users: welcome! We’ve been
getting some great feedback over the last week since our launch
and we’re working really hard to make FreeAgent even better for you.
If you’ve got an issue and you haven’t raised it wi
FreeAgent Update - Release Pauillac
Our focus this week has been on getting a solid Universal release out the door.
On 'The Register'
Last week, we gave a briefing to Dale Vile of analyst group Freeform Dynamics.
FreeAgent Update - Release St Emilion
Here’s what we’ve improved this week:
Awaiting VAT Registration
We’ve improved the display of ‘Interim VAT’ invoices by adding a
‘VAT Registration Applied For’ message to the invoice and correcting
the way the items are displayed.
As before, once your VAT Registration details are updated, the
FreeAgent Update - Release Margaux
Here’s what we’ve improved in this week’s update – ‘Margaux’:
Sensitive Data Encryption
We already take great pains to maintain the security of your data:
- All data that is passed between your web browser and our FreeAgent servers is encrypted using the same technology as the online banks
FreeAgent Update - Release Sauternes
A few small changes this week in Release ‘Sauternes’:
VAT on non-UK Invoices
FreeAgent now correctly handles VAT on invoices to non-UK clients.
FreeAgent Update - Release Pomerol
Happy New Year!
Today we deployed the first of our weekly FreeAgent software updates for this year: Release ‘Pomerol’.
Here’s what we’ve changed:
New Settings Screens, Customizable Date Format
We’ve tidied up the way you setup your company details, dates and preferences – you now ac
FreeAgent Update - Release 'Venezuelan Beaver Cheese'
Our last software update of 2007. We’ve come a long way, baby.
This is Release ‘Venezuelan Beaver Cheese’.
VAT Fuel Scale Charge
We’ve added support for the VAT Fuel Scale Charge.
FreeAgent Update - Release Ricotta
Some small but welcome improvements to FreeAgent this week.
This is Release ‘Ricotta’ and, yes, we are finally running out of cheese names.
FreeAgent Update - Release Dubliner
Here’s a brief update on what’s new with FreeAgent this week…
Handling Partner Discounts
We’re really excited to have our two initial partners on board – the Professional Contractors’ Group and Quay Accounting.
FreeAgent Update - Release Paneer
Create Invoice from Timeslips by Date
Now you can also build an invoice from timeslips according to date: an invoice item is created for each date that you had timeslips entered, and the relevant task names are listed in each item.
Finding Projects in Lists
It’s now less painful to find the p
FreeAgent Update - Release Mozzarella
Working out Simple Payroll
We hold our hands up: if you want to run your own payroll for you as a Director or for your employees, and your situation is remotely complex, you’ll need the services of an accountant or payroll service.
For most it’s pretty simple, though, and we’ve now added better support for
FreeAgent Update - Release Gorgonzola
Lots to tell you about this week:
Totals for Assets and Liabilities on Home Page
By popular request, we now display a total value for the Asset and Liability boxes on the Home Page.
FreeAgent Update - Release Saint Agur
Yet more improvements from the team at FreeAgent Central:
Waiting for VAT Registration
We now correctly handle the all-too-frequent situation where you're waiting for your VAT Registration to come
through.
FreeAgent Update - Release Comte
New this week – internal changes and bug fixes, plus much-requested additions to support buying The Big Stuff.
Capital Purchases – New Asset List, Out-of-Pocket Asset Purchases
A little while back we introduced Capital Asset Purchase as an explanation type, and took account of
Depreciation (or at least
FreeAgent Update - Release Leerdammer
A few small post-launch bug-fixes this week – lots going on under the covers again, though…
Rebilling Mileage with VAT
Previously, the numbers weren’t quite right when you rebilled mileage to a client if you are VAT-registered.
Hey, FreeAgent Central!
It’s really important to us that we have a real and ongoing conversation with our users, so that we can make FreeAgent even better as time goes by.
For a while we’ve been looking for the best way to do this, and experimented internally with email, blogs, wikis, forums, you name it.
Blast Off!
Blimey. We’re there.
We’ve been working on FreeAgent, from it’s early prototype days, for over a year now.
FreeAgent Update - Release Gruyere
Last changes before our official UK launch! Quite a few changes behind the scenes (think of a graceful
swan and all that furious paddling going on under the water…).
Interview with Ed on Podleaders
Tom Raferty, the brains behins the Thought Leader podcast, recently interviewed our CEO Ed Molyneux on FreeAgent and how we think we can help small businesses manage their finances better.
FreeAgent Update - Release Dolcelatte
With just two weeks to go before our official launch we’ve been hard at work on the internals of FreeAgent, but we have found the time to make a small change to our vehicle mileage support.
FreeAgent Launching 18th September
We’ve been super-busy over the last few months and had loads of great feedback from our Beta Testers, and we’re nearly ready to launch our service.
FreeAgent Update: Release Roquefort
We’re building up the momentum towards our launch date (more on this in another post today) and there’s a lot of improvements in this week’s update. Check it out:
FreeAgent Update: Release Red Leicester
More updates from the latest release of FreeAgent
FreeAgent Update: Double Gloucester
A few small changes this week:
Due Invoices on the Overview Page
Some of our beta testers send lots of invoices, so the list of due and overdue ones on the overview page can be very long.
FreeAgent Update - Release Brie
This we we introduce our first support for uploading CSV statements from Cater Allen and Abbey Business, plus some small changes to Invoice Items and PAYE/NI calculations…
FreeAgent Update: Camembert
This week’s updates allow you to send invoices via email from FreeAgent, and provide handling for tracking balances from initial debtors and creditors…
FreeAgent Update: Wensleydale
The latest update to FreeAgent – ‘Wensleydale’ – fixes some bugs as well as adding some features our beta testers have requested in the past few weeks, including support for Director Loan Accounts and Credit Notes.
FreeAgent Update: As Gouda As Gold
This week’s updates see improvements to Invoices, Timeslips and Mileage VAT Calcs.
Alas, the cheese puns have also started and are forecast to continue for some time.
FreeAgent Update: Codename 'Edam'
Thanks loads to all of you for your feedback so far. More bug squishing has been going on, and we’re really starting to get a feel for what we need to get done before we launch publicly.
We’re now aiming at producing weekly releases of updates to FreeAgent from now onwards. The first is codenamed ‘Edam’...
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