Welcome Note

Welcome to the June issue of Connections. With a new financial year just around the corner, accounting firms right across the country will be looking at how they can achieve their 2010/11 budgets as the economy continues into recovery mode. With this in mind, this issue of Connections features the new release of Advance CRM 2.1 which, with lots of new and highly practical functionality, is designed specifically to systematise your client management, marketing and business development activities. We have worked with a significant number of firms over the past two years to ensure that the new release of CRM is practical and user-friendly – and the new Event Management module within CRM allows firms to manage all aspects of an event while also measuring success in terms of fees generated.

In all, the past year has been one of continuing product development and innovation to meet the increasing needs of accounting firms. As a company we have always invested heavily in the two main facets of our business – our people and our software.

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Brian Armstrong CEO, APS Group

Talking APS   APS Discussion Forum 2010 Late May saw the fifth in a series of APS Discussion Forums in the rarefied 89th floor atmosphere of Melbourne's Eureka Tower to cover key issues affecting the profession....more  APS Webinar Series This month we are launching our monthly Advance suite webinar series ....more          APS People In this issue of Connections we feature Antonio Vescio. Antonio is a Client Services Consultant and has been with APS for 10 years... more      APS Clients In this issue of Connections we include a case study of Taupo based New Zealand firm Strettons. We talk to Stretton's Director Wayne Morris... more    Product Focus - Client Relationship Management (CRM) Imagine an application in your practice that helps you and your team systematise the development of more work from current clients and first time work from prospects... Click here to see how it can benefit you and your business.    Did you Know? In this issue of Connections, we see what new technology is making headlines... more