Businesswoman achievement award for Access Accounting

A special achievement award for the Businesswoman of the Year has been awarded to Liz Kent of Access Accounting Ltd.

The judges of the Businesswoman of the Year event, sponsored by the Institute of Directors proclaimed that Liz was the most charismatic person they had ever met." She has now been invited to attend various IoD events as an after-dinner speaker.

Liz Kent joined Access Accounting as a Receptionist in 1990, at the age of 42. Her role within the company has changed several times since then. She has learned, and then excelled at, all her business roles within the company. She has also won the respect and friendship of the company customers and staff. Today Liz runs the office, manages the administrative staff, and organises numerous company events nationally and internationally, as well as sitting on the board.

Access has grown at an average of 35% over the last five years. This success stems largely from investment in personnel; Access has exceptional people, who produce, support, and market exceptional products. The numerous awards that Access has been nominated for are a testimony to its people.

 BASDA award for Mid-Range Accounts Software - Winner1997/1998
 Colchester Business award for Innovation and excellence - Winner 1999 and 2000
 Countrywide Millennium award for Innovation and Excellence - Highly Commended 2000
 Accountancy Age award for Best Mid-Range Accounts Software - Finalist 2000
 Pay Magazine award for Best Payroll Software - Silver Award 2000

Access Accounting Ltds Managing Director Alistair OReilly said, The work Liz does, running the office and training facilities, enables the Directors to concentrate on their own specialist areas of the business. We are secure in the knowledge that the day to day running of the company could not be in safer hands. The relaxed, yet productive, environment she has helped create is fundamental to the continued success of Access Accounting."

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Pictures and further information can be obtained from Paul Wellings (Head of Media) or Kim Moore (Marketing Manager) on 01206 322575 or e-mail pw@access-accounts.com or from www.access-accounts.com

BACKGROUND NOTES:

Access Accounting Ltd was formed in 1991 to bring the benefits of Windows to accounting software. Its software is in use today by over 10,000 companies worldwide. Software is sold in the UK through a national network of Specialist Centres and internationally through 'Access partners.

All Access software is designed, developed and delivered from its Colchester headquarters in the UK.

Access Accounts offers a complete range of Windows 2000 and PowerPC, web enabled financial management and accounting software that scales to suit your size of business and your budget. Principally everything you can do in one level of software can be done in each higher level without re-training staff or re-entering data. Access is a pioneer in financial data management with modules encompassing buying, selling, ordering, costing and inventory control all fully web enabled and with powerful management reporting.

The company also offers a range of web management software producing business to business and business to consumer e-commerce solutions and marketing web sites. An innovator in e-commerce solutions, Access Accounting Ltd requires its dealers to place all their orders over the Internet using Access software which instantly updates the back office accounts. This was designed by Access to give its own business the advantage of e-commerce.

Dimensions is the flagship Client/Server software for large companies with up to 200 concurrent users. It has 30 modules plus multi-currency, euro compliancy, dual-base currency and multi-lingual options.
Dimensions SBE is Client/Server software for medium sized companies with up to 20 concurrent users. It is a single currency version of Dimensions.
Horizons is suitable for medium sized companies with up to 15 concurrent users It has 20 modules plus multi-currency, euro compliancy and dual base options.
Foundations is suitable for small companies or departments of companies with just one concurrent user. It has 15 modules plus multi-currency options.
Access Payroll+ is a complete PAYE and personnel records system, scalable from five to five thousand staff per datafile. This fully integrates to the entire Access Accounts range.
Accessweb is a web management system that creates marketing web sites and e-commerce web shops for business to business solutions that are fully integrated to Access Accounts entire range of financial packages. It is scaleable to suit companies large and small.
Transaction Broker is ground breaking technology brokering data and transactions from virtually anywhere into all of the Access Accounts range of financial software, making Access Accounts the universal back office solution.

It is accredited under the Accredited Product Scheme run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Access released its EMU compliant software in 1998. It offers dual based currency, triangulation and the ability to report in home currency, the Euro and in multiple foreign currencies. It achieved BASDA EMU accreditation for Multi-Currency and Triangulation in 1999 -- one of an elite group in the world to receive this accreditation.

Its Payroll package won the PC Pro Excellence Award and it is IMIS accredited.

Access software has recently received favourable reviews from a wide range of reputable media titles including The Times, The Telegraph, Internet Works, PC Plus, Financial Systems News and many more. Click on this link for further information:
http://www.access-accounts.com/companyinfo/successinpress/reviews/reviews.html

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