AST Ltd

For many small businesses the increasing cost of software updates, telephone support and staff mean that using our bureau payroll service can save them 100's per year. Let us worry about the end of year returns and the joys of SMP, SPP, RTI, Auto Enrolment and all the rest - while you get on with what you're in business to do.

Direct payments are local council payments for people who have been assessed as needing help from social services, and who would like to arrange and pay for their own care and support services instead of receiving them directly from the local council. We have supported this scheme for many years, and offer special rates to clients running direct payments payrolls, together with flexible out of hours cover if required at no extra cost.

We offer training packages tailored to your specific requirements, whether for office automation (spreadsheets, word processing etc.) or accounts and payroll software. Typically, accounting firms delegate customer training to junior, unqualified staff. All our accounts and payroll training is carried out by a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 20 years training & support experience.

As an alternative to support offerings direct from software vendors, we offer cost-effective telephone and remote support. For example, our rate for Sage Accounts support is 50% of the charge for basic Sagecover. Rather than speaking to a different unqualified person each time you call, your contact is a qualified, highly experienced Chartered Accountant who has a real and practical understanding of the issues involved. We also provide support for Microsoft Office, Open Office, Libre Office, Windows, networks, Thunderbird, Pegasus Mail and ESET NOD32 anti-virus.

We don't just help businesses - if you use a computer at home we can help you, too. Computer repairs, tuning for improved performance, low cost telephone support, Windows problems, wifi setup and solutions, antivirus software, automatic cloud backup of your irreplaceable photos and videos, help setting up your latest tech gadgets, advice on gaming computer hardware, internet and email problems, support and training on Microsoft and Open Source (Free) software, online and email security training, advice and help if you do get caught out by a scammer, and much more.