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Access UK win the Green Software Provider of the year award, sponsored by BASDA, at the Sift Software Satisfaction Awards 2009.

As part of BASDA’s commitment to sustainability through the Green Charter, we have arranged special rates for BASDA members to attend the ICAEW IT Faculty Business Sustainability and Green IT event on 28th October at the Chartered Accountants’ Hall in London. The event is designed to provide practical advice and guidance from specialist speakers.

BASDA and the Cloud special interest group are supporting the Business Cloud Summit 2009 organised by Sift Media

Congratulations to all the BASDA members who have been shortlisted for the awards to be announced on 8 October 2009

BASDA responds to Migration Advisory Committee consultation proposals from the Home secretary to apply new controls in respect of requests for visas for "Tier Two" applicants (non-EU nationals in the context of an intra-corporate transfer (ICT)) into the UK. Any move to restrict ICT Tier 2 permits to only those jobs on the shortage occupations list will have a negative impact on the UK economy and will be detrimental to the IT Industry’s ability to do business.

Reflecting the growth in online business applications, a number of BASDA members have set up a Cloud special interest group (SIG) with a view to raising the profile of business Cloud computing applications, exploring ideas around standards and best practice and producing deliverables that benefit both members, partners and end users.

BASDA videos now available for view and download from YouTube

John Harrison, Head of CCD Online at HMRC endorses relationship with BASDA and its members speaking as one voice.

New Technology Best Practice Handbook launch at Multimodal – a relevant and practical guide from the BASDA Logistics and Supply Chain special interest group

Entries are invited for the Green Software Award which will be presented at the Sift Media annual Software Satisfaction Awards in November 2009.

Price Waterhouse Cooper's 2008 report on Key Players and Market Trends in the European Software Industry

BASDA, the Business Application Software Developers’ Association, has been chosen to represent the business software industry at the EC High Level event on ICT for Energy Efficiency on 19th March 2009 in Brussels, hosted by Commissioner Viviane Reding.

"How can the business software industry survive the downturn" - sponsored by SIFT Media

As the chair of software trade body BASDA's HR and payroll special interest group, Andrew Dove of PAYE-IT has liaised for many months with HMRC over the transition to the new online filing regime. In his view, the department has had so much on its hands trying to finalise the format of the new forms that it has not been had time to publicise the arrival of plain paper, black-and-white P45 printouts.

BASDA chairman and Sage's chief government liaison Kevin Hart, talks to AccountingWeb about Lord Carter's interim Digital Britain report.

In today’s ‘inter-networked’ supply chain the majority of businesses are susceptible to reputational risk and brand damage in relation to the green performance of remote global supply chains, says Peter Robertshaw - VP of global marketing at Strategic Thought Group and co-chair of the BASDA Green SIG.

Jairo Rojas and BASDA members join the AccountingWEB debate, arguing that accountants have a professional duty to the environment.

BASDA takes the initiative on environmental issues with the launch of the BASDA Green Charter