Gold Quality Mark for Access Accounting

Colchester, UK - 25th June2007 - Business and accounting software house, Access Accounting, has been awarded a Gold Payroll Giving Quality Mark for its outstanding commitment to, and success with, the payroll giving scheme promoted by Workplace Giving UK. The mark is awarded to employers that achieve 10 per cent employee participation in the scheme.

Pip Trowles, product manager at Access Accounting, set up the scheme for the company. She commented, "Payroll giving is a simple and tax efficient way for our staff to give to the cause of their choice, as donations are automatically deducted from their gross pay. It also took very little time to set up - just a couple of forms and that was it.

"As a company we're involved in a number of fundraising activities so the scheme was a natural extension to the charity and community initiatives already in place. The success of payroll giving at Access is testament to the continuing generosity of our staff."

Access Accounting's main fundraising activity is through its Charity of the Year scheme, having raised more than £26,600 since it first started in 2000; the good cause for 2007 is Stepping Stones, based at the Wilson Marriage Community Centre in Colchester. The software developer has also supported Stratford St Mary Primary School by sponsoring a number of initiatives including its Christmas card competition, enabling it to reap 100 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of the cards for school funds.

For more information on Access Accounting please telephone 0845 3453300. For more information on payroll giving visit www.workplacegiving-uk.com

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