Silicon Bullet are now using a new blogging platform, provided by Steffi Lewis of SblogIt. In order to see our new blog you can just go to www.blog.siliconbullet.com to see the posts. We are gradually moving posts over to the new platform, so will leave archived posts here for reference during the process of building.. read more →
January is finally over. All those doing tax returns can finally breathe a sigh of relief. That’s it for another year. But is it? Is it really another year until you need to worry about your tax return again? Think how not having done your tax return preyed on your mind over Christmas, Think about how.. read more →
A quick word of warning – not investment advice! With the cryptocurrency craze in full swing, started by the popular Bitcoin and now many other cryptocurrencies – security is very important. How do you buy and sell your cryptocurrencies? Is the exchange or exchanges you are using well regarded and trusted? Is your Bitcoin wallet.. read more →
Sage 50c Accounts v24.1 is scheduled for release on Monday 11th December 2017. If you are on a Sage Subscription sage will be offering you this upgrade through the automatic updates over the next few weeks. Sage will be monitoring the installations and customer’s experience over this time. This update makes some improvements to the.. read more →
Sage 50 Accounts Version 24 (or 2018) was released in September 2017, but many people who pay for Sage’s subscription services won’t have upgraded to the latest version yet. To help you decide if it is worth it for you to upgrade your system, then here is a brief overview of the new features. Make.. read more →
WPA2 – wireless encryption is flawed and open to attack. Wireless hardware and software has been through many improvements since the original 802.11b standard “Wi-fi” was launched. And some of the earlier encryption methods were found to be flawed and so WPA2 was created and released to replace the flawed older encryption; and whilst this.. read more →
The very popular CCleaner utility from Piriform(owned by Avast) has become a victim of a modification which means that it has been infected with malware from the vendors own site. It just shows that even relatively well trusted sources of software can become a victim of upgrade/update install hacking. If you use or have used.. read more →
Does deleting transactions in Sage WIND YOU UP ? Traditionally in Sage if you wanted to correct any errors you needed to be the only one logged in to the system. So when you accidentally post a transaction in Sage to the wrong bank account or choose the wrong supplier or customer account on a.. read more →
Updated Rates Under the Pensions Act 2008, the minimum amounts paid into automatic enrolment pension schemes are increasing for employers and their staff. The increases occur in two phases – the first increase needs to be made by 6 April 2018 and the second needs to be in place for 6 April 2019. Every time.. read more →
If you are doing your bookkeeping for a VAT registered company then you can usually reclaim any VAT you pay to your suppliers through your VAT return (subject to your particular industry and rules, it is not automatically the case). However, if your supplier is not VAT registered in the UK then there is no.. read more →
