The ‘Exchequer’ accounting and business system has made the final short-list for the Software Satisfaction Awards 2007

The mid-range system was nominated by its users in the annual awards scheme which is run by Sift Media in association with the Business Application Software Developers’ Association (BASDA).

The nominations highlight those companies that users consider are successfully catering for their needs. John Stokdyk, Editor of AccountingWeb’s IT Zone said: “Exchequer has been absorbed into the larger IRIS Group, funded by private equity investors, but still appears to retain the close relationships that are so important in keeping customers satisfied with the product.”

The Exchequer accounting and business system has been the focus of substantial investment by the IRIS Software Group, which is the largest privately owned software company in the UK, to ensure that Exchequer continues to lead the field in terms of functionality and reliability. A new IRIS CRM Suite was launched in July which is ‘significantly more sophisticated than those offered by many mid-market accounting software vendors’ and a new Stock Forecasting Module that optimises efficiency with a proven planning engine was introduced in August. These are due to be followed with one of the most significant new releases of the system for many years (Exchequer v6) in autumn 2007.

Stuart Dawson, Managing Director of the IRIS Accounting and Business Solutions Division in Bournemouth commented: “Being nominated for this Mid-range Software Satisfaction Award is an important achievement for the entire team because the results are decided by users rather than a panel of judges. Our focus is to develop a system that provides our users with unrivalled access to business information backed at all times by the highest levels of personal customer care."