ProspectSoft Event Reminder & Opera II Scrappage Scheme

Just a quick reminder that our next ProspectSoft seminar entitled 'Boosting Sales Leads', will take place on 24th March. We are running this workshop in partnership with Prospectsoft at the HBP Offices in Scunthorpe. Prospectsoft have also announced the introduction of a new Opera II SPM Scrappage Scheme-offering an increased discount of 40% for any customers trading in Pegasus SPM for a new Prospectsoft Professional CRM system.
Pegasus Opera II Payroll 2010
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This month we would like to remind you that the yearly payroll upgrades for Pegasus Opera II are coming up shortly. You should have recently received a letter in the post recommending that you pre-book your Payroll Update before February 26th 2010 to take advantage of our reduced offer.
Accounts Software VAT Changes 2010
The standard VAT rate will be returning to 17.5% from 1st January 2010 so you will need to make changes to your accounts software. We have created a number of help sheets and made utilities available to make the changes as easy as possible.
These help sheets cover Pegasus Opera II, Pegasus Capital Gold, Pegasus CIS, IRIS Exchequer, Sage 200 Suite as well as KCPOS (and any accounts packages which link to it and ProspectSoft CRM.
All details of the 2010 VAT changes can be found at www.hbpsystems.co.uk/vatchanges
Windows 2000 End of Support for Pegasus Capital Gold Payroll and Opera II

As we near the end of Windows 2000 Server (which will no longer be supported from July 2010) Pegasus have announced that they have withdrawn support for Windows 2000 Server and Windows 2000 Professional for Capital Gold Payroll and Opera II with the 2009/10 Payroll Upgrade. This is with immediate effect, so if you are currently on Windows 2000 Server and are using either of these products we suggest that you contact us as soon as possible to ensure that your software is supported.
Pegasus Service Management & TomTom Work Seminar

A big thank you to everyone who came along to today's Pegasus Opera II Service Management Seminar at our offices in Scunthorpe. The seminar was well attended with a full table able to see presentations from Chris Scrivener of DM Pro and Sam Garrett of Pegasus.
TomTom Work at our Service Management Seminars

Not only will we be displaying the fantastic Pegasus Opera II Service Management module at our upcoming seminars in November, but we will now also be joined by the developers of the TomTom Work integration enhancement for the solution too!
Pegasus Service Management Events – Scunthorpe & Houghton-Le-Spring

Today we're sending out information about our upcoming Service Management Events which will be held in Scunthorpe on November 19th and Houghton-Le-Spring, near Newcastle, on November 25th.
Two Awards for Opera II!
Some breaking news!
We've just been told that Pegasus won two awards at last night's Software Satisfaction Awards in London.
Opera II Helpsheet: How to Change the Nominal Calendar
Over the past few years we have been sending out Helpsheets to our customers which help them to carry out tasks within their Pegasus Opera II accounting software. This Helpsheet covers 'Changing the Nominal Calendar'.
Pegasus Opera II - Changing Nominal Calendar
If you change to a different financial year end date (so the current financial year is no longer equivalent to a calendar year in length), the application determines the following year end date and period start dates according to the number of days in the current financial year.
The statutory changes required are outlined below:
It uses this information to calculate how many days adjustment to apply to the new financial calendar when you use the Year End command. You can override any of the dates calculated in this way on the Calendar tab, and use the Rebuild Periods and Rebuild History commands to update the database.
Pegasus Opera End of Life – September 2010

- Opera End of Life - Not Supported from September 2010
Pegasus have continued supporting Opera for as long as possible but due to a number of factors beyond their control; increased complexity of payroll legislation, an obligation to remain compliant with HMRC, and the pace of advanced technology, they have been forced to make a difficult decision.

