The Internet is becoming mobile, and by 2016 it is estimated that two-thirds of the workforce will own a smartphone. Smart businesses know that mobile access is the way to customer satisfaction and growth.
Stacey & Partners, a large firm of Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors have offices and clients throughout East Anglia. The firm has commissioned an accountancy smart phone app from developers, Crosby Associates.
The app, for apple and android includes a range of fifteen helpful tax tables and eight tax savings. It also lists a selection of their most important customer services and the contact page so that people can call the practice at the touch of a button or open Google maps to get directions to their nearest office.
It includes a number of features that Crosby Associates have developed especially for Stacey & Partners. Newly added are the expenses and business mileage log. The expenses section simply lets the user type up the expense, store it and email it to their accountant when they wish to. There’s also an upload facility that allows users to take a photo of a receipt and email it to Stacey & Partners.
The business mileage is a big new feature, it using the handset’s GPS facility to track movements to calculate the distance travelled. It also grabs the starting address and on Apple iOS it can get the destination address upon arrival, along with the date and time that the journey began.
Mark Wallace, Partner based at the firm’s Bury office said: “It is important that we deliver information to clients in an up to date and convenient matter. This phone application is the latest in a line of services we offer to clients, including our on line bookkeeping system and website.”
Lee Carroll, MD of Crosby Associates said: “Use of mobile devices for accessing the Internet is growing at a rapid rate. Manufacturers have shipped more than 472 million smartphones this year alone that doesn’t include the growing market for tablet devices. Basically Internet use is becoming mobile and businesses need to ensure they maximise the opportunities for their customers to access their services. We are seeing more demand for apps and mobile sites from businesses, like Stacey & Partners, who understand this.”
– Ends – For more information contact:-
Mark Wallace Partner 01284 773400 87 Whiting Street Bury St Edmunds Suffolk IP33 1PD
