Software Europe Takes Expenses Claims to Downing Street

July 21, 2011 - PRLog -- Web-based application supplier Software Europe is confident it can ease the Government’s expenses woes this week, after visiting Downing Street to pitch its expenses claims software.

The online tool, which includes features from Postcode Anywhere’s web-based Distances and Directions service, was shortlisted from over 350 proposals in the Cabinet Office’s Innovation Launch Pad initiative earlier this month.

The aim of Innovation Launch Pad is to help small-medium businesses promote their specialist services to the public sector - with a view to saving Government money. Software Europe’s service is already helping NHS Trusts manage their expenses claims online.

James Thompson, Business Development Manager for Software Europe, said: “Travel and expenses are one of the highest costs to NHS organisations. Our answer to that is an automated claims system which is straightforward for Trusts to implement. We know we’ve achieved this from experience - forty NHS Trusts and over 80,000 NHS professionals are already using Expenses Health. Moreover, the initial costs are recouped in just eight weeks, with the Royal Berkshire Hospital saving £98,000 in the first ten months alone since implementing our computer-based system.

“Government has a clear target of procuring 25% of its services from SMEs, and the Innovation Launch Pad has given us the opportunity to go straight to the top. We feel our services were exceptionally well-received, and this is in no small part thanks to Postcode Anywhere’s distance validation service, which has made a big difference to the fuel claim process in our expense management software.

“Because of scalability, dependability and ease of implementation, Postcode Anywhere’s range of services makes online application development faster and more reliable.”

Postcode Anywhere’s sales and marketing director Phil Rothwell said: “Software Europe’s expenses claim management system demonstrates how web-based services can bring considerable cost savings and efficiencies to the public sector. It also shows how useful Postcode Anywhere’s suite of online services can be for software application developers.

“The internet, relatively mature now, is a reliable utility like gas or water. What it brings is scope for rapidly rolling out flexible services across an entire organisation – even if that organisation is as large and complex as the NHS. It’s past the time for dipping toes in the water. This kind of proven technology needs to be embraced if this country is going to make a sustainable economic recovery and claw back the deficit.”

Minister for the Cabinet Office Francis Maude said: “This Government does not believe there is a one-size-fits-all approach to delivering services. That is why we want to make it easy for small businesses to tell us their ideas, as they will have a vital role to play in helping us to find new, innovative and more cost effective ways to improve services to the public.”

For more information about Software Europe, please visit www.software-europe.co.uk.

To find out about Postcode Anywhere’s range of web-based services, see www.postcodeanywhere.com.

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Contacts

Media contact for Postcode Anywhere
Jim Williams – PR Manager, Postcode Anywhere
jim@postcodeanywhere.com
+44 (0) 1905 888 562
Press centre at: www.postcodeanywhere.com/press

Media contact for Software Europe
Adele Briggs, Corporate Communications Manager, Software Europe
adele-briggs@software-europe.co.uk
+44 (0) 1522 881 300

Notes to Editors:

About Software Europe

Software Europe is a leading UK supplier of web-based employee expenses management solutions. Since 1989 Software Europe has been delivering exceptional products and high quality service that strive to streamline business processes and reduce spend.

Expenses is a secure, online solution that provides a simple policy compliance process for employees to submit, authorise, reimburse and audit employee business expenses. With an extensive list of benefits Expenses includes mileage calculations, self-registration, duty of care management, carbon emission reporting and eForms to automate approval processes such as holiday requests.

Please visit the website for further information: www.expenses-software.co.uk

About Postcode Anywhere

Postcode Anywhere supplies software and services which improve the day-to-day operations of over 8,000 organisations worldwide. Best known as a provider of address auto-fill and verification software, the company offers a range of data-driven services, including route planning, customer profiling and bank account validation. It is now the fastest-growing reseller of Royal Mail’s Postcode Address File (PAF®) and the market leader for online address auto-fill. A multi-award-winning organisation, it has also appeared in Deloitte’s European fast-growth technology company list for three years running. For more information about Postcode Anywhere, please visit www.postcodeanywhere.com.

Recent Awards and Recognition for Postcode Anywhere

•   Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA 2008/9, 2009/10 & 2010/11
•   Red Herring Top 100 Europe - 2010
•   Best Small IT Supplier of the Year - UK IT Industry Awards (finalist) – 2009
•   Dell Small Business Excellence Award (UK finalist) – 2009
•   Small-Medium Sized Business of the Year (regional finalist) - National Business Awards 2009
•   Orange Best Use of Technology (Midlands) - 2008 National Business Awards
•   Growth Business of the Year - Chamber Awards 2008
•   Small Business of the Year - Chamber Awards 2008
•   Customer Service Team of the Year (finalist) - National Customer Services Awards 2008

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Postcode Anywhere is a UK-based company best known for its market-leading “what’s your postcode” technology. Its services include route optimisation, international addressing, data cleansing, business information services and lifestyle profiling.