About us

Clearlybusiness specialises in developing and providing software and services designed to ensure the growth, efficiency and success of UK small businesses.

Set up in June 2000, Clearlybusiness, a Barclays company, currently helps over 235,000 of the UK's small businesses. Our business software, website and subscription based services are designed to help all types of businesses with all aspects of business management, from help, advice and guidance for start-ups to financial management and growth for established businesses.

A message from John Davis, Managing Director

"Clearlybusiness is a dynamic, innovative company that is constantly seeking to address the ever-changing needs of today’s small and medium sized businesses. Our aim is to provide all businesses, no matter what industry type, size, or stage they are at with solutions to help them overcome the challenges they face and help with growth and success.

I hope you’ll find the solutions you are looking for here within these pages, and if we can help your business in any way then we’ve succeeded."

 

Our products and services

Business Manager - essential software and services for your business success

This service offers you the choice between the two market leading accountancy applications - Sage Line 50 and QuickBooks Pro - and combines these with the latest business and marketing planning software, business, IT and software skills courses and videos. It also features an HR and Health & Safety service, as well as a 24 hour Legal helpline. In addition to this you can add extra management applications and services so that you can tailor your subscription service to suit the growing needs of your business.

Find out more by visiting our Business Manager pages.

Business Essentials and Essentials Plus – the essential tool for business survival, growth and success

Depending on whether you are a start-up business or growing business you can choose between Business Essentials and Business Essentials Plus. Featuring Sage or Intuit cash management software, an online training and development service and business planning and marketing planning software, they are designed to help you control your cash flow, grow a sales base and stay one step ahead of the competition.

Find out more by visiting our Business Essentials and Essentials Plus pages.

Barclays Professional Partners Package - designed to help accountants run a successful practice

Thie package includes banking and business software and services designed exclusively to meet the needs of practice accountants. It includes tools, services and support from Sage and Intuit, discounts and offers on their products and an anti-money laundering service to help with compliance issues.

Find out more about the Barclays Professional Partners Package.

Clearlybusiness Accountants Programme - designed to enable accountants to grow their businesses

Membership to the programme provides accountants with a unique edition of the Accountants Edition of QuickBooks Pro and Sage Line 50 Financial Controller software, discounts on products and access to over 600,000 small businesses and Barclays customers through our accountants directory.

Find out more about the Clearlybusiness Accountants Programme.

Clearlybusiness company information

Postal address

Clearlybusiness
Gilray House
146 - 150 City Road
London
EC1V 2NL

Registered office

1 Churchill Place
London
E14 5HP

Company number

3921759

VAT

GB 243852262

Excerpts from the press

"With everything you need for your business, tied together with a neat front end, this is excellent value for the small business."

Computer Shopper review January 2006

"Barclays is offering a complete service that its clients, especially small businesses, desperately need."

The Times Digital Supplement, April 2005

"One of the main strengths of Business Manager is that instead of paying for all your software up front, you can choose from a wide range of programs and pay a monthly subscription for this service instead"

PC Plus, June 2005

 

Customer satisfaction survey

In the next 12 months our customers believe Business Manager will help save them on average an extra 5 hours a week and an additional £900 per year (on top of the incredible saving Business Manager already offers).