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The Sage Instant Business Package is a cost-effective way to get an all-in-one business solution to get your sales, accounts and payroll running like clockwork in no time.

Sage Instant Accounts

Sage Instant Accounts (RRP £115) is ideal for new and small businesses, and lets you manage your finances, customers and suppliers. You can take care of your cash flow, invoicing, VAT and track money in and out of your business easily, as well as submit online HM Revenue & Customs at year end (a requirement for 2010). It's also packed with built-in advice and help, a practice mode that allows you to try things out, and video demos to guide you through important tasks.

Sage Instant Payroll

Sage Instant Payroll (RRP £100) lets you process your employees' wages without the need to understand the complexities of payroll legislation. You can manage employee information and complete employee records. All gross and net pay, tax, National Insurance, statutory payments and deductions are also calculated automatically for you. It ensures accuracy and you can even choose how and when to pay your employees.

ACT! by Sage 2010

ACT! by Sage 2010 (RRP £180) is a simple but powerful contact management system, centralising your contact information, organises your diary, tracks sales leads and can manages marketing campaigns. It's a vital member of your sales and marketing team, helping you build business relationships, find new prospects and convert more of them into customers.

Sage Business Advice: also included is Sage HR Advice and Sage Health & Safety Advice, our online support service that will make sure your business stays compliant with HR and HS legislation.

Total saving: £180.00

Is this right for me?

With the Sage Instant Business Package you get:

• Additional support:
  We're giving you 45 days of free telephone support and 1 year of SageCover Online, with access to our online ASK Sage database of thousands of articles and answers to your questions and email technical support.
• Sage Business Advice:
  We'll keep you up to date with the latest legislation - Sage HR Advice and Sage Health & Safety Advice are both included.

Sage Instant Accounts

• Practice makes perfect:
  Use Practice Mode to can try out tasks before entering the data for real
• Get up and running with ease:
  You will be guided through the set-up process; the Welcome Page offers a central area you can return to whenever you need help. You can also use the video demonstrations useful links in the Launch Pad . You can use these whenever you are unsure about a task
• Made a mistake? Don't panic:
  It's easy to correct any errors you might make
• VAT Management:
  You'll find everything you need to sort out your VAT in one place. You can submit VAT and Year End forms online and get an extra ten days to pay too
• Never lose sight of money owed:
  Keep track of what customers are buying, when, and how much they owe you
• Get an overview of your profit and loss:
  Run Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet Reports at the touch of a button
• Receive card payments:
  With Sage Payment Solutions, available at an additional charge, you can validate card payments instantly whilst automatically updating your accounts
• Create specific reports:
  With the Report Designer you can tailor reports, which in turn allows you to gather important information that's specific to your business

Sage Instant Payroll

• Automatically calculate gross and net pay, tax and National Insurance, in accordance with legislation
• Automatically calculate employees' sick, maternity, paternity and/or adoption pay
• Assign pension scheme details to employees. Deductions are made automatically
• Produce statutory forms, such as P45, P14/P60 and P35
• Record tax credits and student loans for automatic payment and deductions
• Submit Year End returns to HMRC via the Internet, to save time
• Maintain and print individual employee records

ACT! by Sage

• Target new prospects:
  Analyse historical sales trends, understand the profile of your best customers and plan effective marketing and sales campaigns
• Generate leads:
  Use existing information or import bought-in data for use in all your communications
• Convert leads to sales:
  Track communications with your prospects, ensuring maximum service levels are maintained through the sales cycle
• Track sales opportunities:
  Accurately forecast where you sales are coming from, when they are coming and for how much, enabling you to plan more effectively
• Link to Sage accounting software:
  Links with Sage Instant Accounts and Sage 50 Accounts
• Easy customisation:
  Amend screens and fields to replicate your business processes
• Work remotely:
  Take your contacts with you when you are out of the office
• Expert training:
  Courses at venues around the country to give you the skills to use Sage 50 ACT! to its full potential
• Comprehensive support:
  Giving you access to our award-winning support via our telephone help line and email.

*Sage Instant Payroll can handle up to 10 leavers in a given financial year.

Recommended hardware

• An IBM®-compatible computer with a 2GHz (or equivalent) processor
• At least 1GB RAM
• At least 600MB of free disk space after Microsoft® Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 1Gbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Minimum hardware

• An IBM-compatible computer with a 1GHz (or equivalent) processor
• 512MB RAM
• 400MB of free disk space after Microsoft Windows has been installed
• Network users only: 100Mbps network with Microsoft Windows networking

Performance will be improved with higher specification computers and networks, and it only possible to install one copy on a single computer.

Works with Microsoft Office 2000 and all later editions, and please ensure you have the latest Microsoft updates installed.

This product will not install or run on the Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, or Windows NT4 operating systems.

One of the following operating systems:

• Microsoft Windows 2000
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows XP (Recommended)
• Windows Vista
• Windows 7

Apple Mac compatibility

Sage software is not compatible with Apple Macs, unless you are running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 via Apple’s Boot Camp utility.