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The latest updates from The Access Group ANZ.

The Access Group ("Access") today announced that it has acquired ChangeGPS, an award-winning compliance and advisory software company providing innovative tax planning and compliance-specific tools, plans, templates and resources for accounting firms.

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The Access Group, one of the largest UK-headquartered providers of business management software for small and mid-sized organisations in the UK, Ireland, USA and Asia Pacific, has raised over £1.3 million for its chosen charities at the end of its fiscal year to June 30th, 2023.

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The Access Group ("Access") today announced that it has acquired Fathom, a reporting, forecasting and financial insights business management solution to deliver insightful and fast reporting and analysis capabilities to small and medium businesses and their accounting firms.

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David Francis

GM Access Accountants Group

On 1 August, The Access Group completed the acquisition of APS and Elite products to create a unique and significant new entity in Australia and New Zealand – The Access Accountants Group. 

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  • Secures continued backing from its largest shareholders and experienced software investors, Hg and TA Associates
  • Enterprise value of £9.2 billion
  • Secures new refinancing including incremental facility for over £1 billion to support further strategic acquisitions

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The Access Group and Reckon reach $100m agreement to sell the Reckon Accountants Group, with leading Practice Management solutions APS and Reckon Elite joining Access’ flagship HandiSoft suite.

Sydney Australia, 19 May 2022: The Access Group (“Access”) and Reckon today announced they have reached agreement for Access to acquire Reckon Accountants Group, including APS and Reckon Elite, in Australia and New Zealand. The acquisition reinforces Access’ commitment to the region and importantly to the accountant’s industry, signaling its intent to rapidly advance its tax and practice management offering for ANZ accounting firms. 

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Leading business management software provider The Access Group has entered into a binding agreement to acquire FastTrack, a cloud-based recruitment platform built to help staffing organisations streamline and grow. The acquisition is currently going through all necessary regulatory approvals and the process is expected to be successfully concluded week commencing 7th March 2022.

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The Access Group today announced the acquisition of Vincere, a global provider of innovative technology to over 20,000 recruitment consultants around the world. The addition of Vincere’s recruitment operating system is the latest addition to Access Recruitment’s unique breadth of industry-leading software and significantly expands their international reach.

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● The Autonomy to the People research from The Access Group reveals autonomy is missing from most Australian organisations.
● 70% of employees are seeking a shift from command-and-control workplace behaviours towards those enabling autonomy.
● 47% of Australian companies are limiting employees’ self-determination, in favour of adherence to established policies.
● Over half (54%) of employees say they should have more control over when and where they work.

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Sydney, AUSTRALIA – Tuesday, 24 August 2021: The Access Group ("Access") today announced that it has acquired Definitiv, a modern, cloud native and mobile people management and payroll platform, designed to address the needs of medium to large enterprises who are looking to take the complexity out of payroll and workforce management.

By acquiring Definitiv, The Access Group extends its reach to provide people management and payroll solutions for businesses of all sizes across all industries, further advancing the company’s position as a leading supplier in this category in the Asia Pacific region.

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