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Do you like to send copies of your tradesman invoices along with your landlord statements each month?  Many of our users do, and the Rent software can help you do this automatically. No more copying, scanning, drag and drop, attaching them to statements; simply speak to our support team about our Tradesman Invoice Feature (TI) in Rent and we can show you a fast easy…

Focus Client Portal (Client) What is the Focus Client Portal ? FCP (Client) is a portal that Focus Micro Systems have developed to provide your customers with a web portal to log into. We can tailor this log on page to show your company logo FREE of charge. How is this good for my business? How many telephone calls do you and your team take…

HMRC Make Tax Digital VAT Return As most people are aware, on 13th July 2017, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General announced that Making Tax Digital for VAT will come into effect from April 2019. As of that date, businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) have had to provide their VAT return information to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

Brand new centralised VAT Return screen Within this update we have decided to centralise all of the VAT Returns to one brand new VAT Return screen we have just freshly designed which is HMRC MTD compliant. This means that whether you are looking to do a VAT Return for the whole business, landlord or just a property, you will be automatically taken to the new…

The Focus Team would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thank you for all your continued support this year and we hope to hear from you all in 2019! Christmas closing and opening times: Closing: Friday 21st December from 13:00 Opening: Wednesday 2nd January from 09:00 Throughout this festive period we will be monitoring our support@focus-property.co.uk email, for…

Focus Micro Systems would like to introduce to you V32.0 New & Upgraded Features for this version   Brand new Reports feature Here at Focus Micro Systems we understand how important it is to be able to report back to your clients and managers quickly and efficiently, without having to search for the correct report for ages. This is why our developers have been hard…

Here at Focus Micro Systems we have now released an update of the Windows Rent SQL software, version 31.35 Please have a read of the following sections if you would like to find out more!   Transactions When filtering transactions by “Held” on a nominal. When filtering transactions within a date range and changing the date of the transaction. When deleting a transaction through the…

As from now, April 1st 2018, the Government is clamping down on commercial buildings that are not compliant with the new energy efficiency standards. This means that as a commercial property owner, it’s essential to improve the sustainability of your portfolios now, if you haven’t already.   Details of the new energy efficiency standards should have been issued to you last year, along with a…

According to Your Move, it seems that the average home in the Wandsworth area of London has dropped by around £100,000, equating to a 15% fall, in the past 12 months. Which means that the cost of the average family home in that area has fallen from around £805,000 in January 2017 to £685,000.   In fact, it seems that the average property prices across…