News

January 2013

Avco Systems upgrades Payroll-EDI product for upcoming RTI from HMRC

Avco Systems announces the release of Avco Payroll-EDI v3 to be fully ready for the introduction of RTI (Real Time Information) by HMRC in 2013. Many companies who currently send data to HMRC over secure ISDN telephone lines are upgrading to EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) and many more are moving away from XML and other formats to GFF (General File Format), ahead of the introduction of RTI by HMRC in April 2013.

Avco makes the change very easy.

Most companies already have major payroll software, whether stand-alone or part of a wider enterprise HR or finance system. They already send information to HMRC, either directly or via a bureau service.

Many are probably already using EDI and equally probably are using ISDN lines. These are old, slow, digital telephone lines directly connecting the organisation into HMRC via a hardware terminal adapter. The trouble is that they are very slow and have limited bandwidths for today’s data transfers.

With the HMRC’s requirement for Real Time Information (RTI), from April 2013, companies must submit data to HMRC with every Payroll run. The old, narrow ISDN route must be replaced with something much wider. The recommended route is AS2, which uses the internet for data exchange in a special and very secure way. The good news is that clients don’t have to change anything on their current payroll system to use AS2. To send files direct to HMRC, they just need the Avco Payroll-EDI software which takes the data, passes it through a secure AS2 server and sends it securely and reliably with acknowledgement of receipt by the HMRC server.

As an alternative, clients can send data files securely in any format to the Avco Bureau Service, where they will be converted to the right format and sent to HMRC. Both are fast, safe and secure.

Avco Systems is listed by HMRC as a provider of EDI Communications and Translation services.

For further information about Payroll-EDI and Avco please contact Peter Jagger at peter.jagger@avcosystems.com or telephone 01753 213 700.

November 2012

Avco Systems is pleased to announce the launch of a “Single View of a Child”, a further enhancement to their ‘Single View’ product suite.

Building upon the success of the ‘Single View of a Vehicle’ product for a leading credit reference agency, Avco Systems has recently been awarded a contract by a major Local Authority that will see the functionality of this system extended to provide a “Single View” of all the information held about a Child across a number of data sources.

The software enhancements will be delivered in January 2013 and will enable the Local Authority to present information, from multiple sources, in a ‘single view’ for the first time. This will provide ‘front line’ workers with the ability to search and retrieve secure, up-to-date, relevant and accurate information via a web browser on any device (including tablets and mobiles).

Avco Systems is continuing to develop a comprehensive ‘Single View ’product suite that enables a client to ‘harvest’, integrate and transfer information between a range of separate but related data sources in a secure and manageable way.

Security of data, often personal and highly confidential, is of major importance within this product suite and Avco’s experience with secure data transfer, including to and from Government departments, is a core component of this product.

For further information about the ‘Single View’ product suite and Avco please contact:

Peter Jagger at peter.jagger@avcosystems.com or telephone 01753 213 700.

October 2012

Avco release accounting software

We shall be hosting a gathering at our Bath Road offices, at 2.00pm on 7th November, so that Bright customers can meet the Avco Accounting team and discuss with them their experiences of the software and possible improvements. Please do make a note in your diary to come along and exchange ideas with us.

August 2011

Demonstrating Industrial Symbiosis (IS) through Semantic Web technologies:
an EC-funded project

Avco Systems is a key player in developing semantic web-based knowledge management for the Environmental and Waste Management industry in Europe.

e-SYMBIOSIS is a Life + Environmental Policy and Governance Project co-funded by the European Community. The duration of the project is 36 months, starting on 1st October, 2010. The project, to be implemented in Greece and the United Kingdom, will be coordinated by the Region of Sterea Ellada, with the collaboration of the associated beneficiaries – the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), the University of Surrey (UoS), Avco Systems Ltd (Avco), CLMS Hellas and Envireco Consulting Ltd.

The project aims to develop a knowledge-based service that will promote, demonstrate and advance Industrial Symbiosis (IS) in Europe. Industrial Symbiosis is an innovative approach and environmental practice that brings together companies from all business sectors with the aim of improving cross-industry resource efficiency. This is achieved through the commercial trading of materials, energy and water and sharing assets, logistics and expertise.

Visit the e-symbiosis website

January 2011

Innovation from Avco at TFMA 19.01.2011

Exhibition Provides Ample Opportunity to Connect with Marketing Ventures Looking for Development Services

Slough, Berks. – Avco Systems, a reputable provider of bespoke development services within the UK, announced its participation in the TFM&A exhibition from 1st to 2nd March, 2011, at Earls Court, London. The exhibition, intended to connect technology and marketing sectors for promoting business growth and driving successful marketing campaigns, provides the perfect hub for all major industry players to network and share ideas for new campaigns. Participation in the exhibition will allow Avco Systems to offer its own expertise to businesses on the lookout for a development partner.

October 2010

Signs are good for company's new HQ 29.10.2010

Bucking the economic downturn means prestigious new headquarters for Avco Systems in Slough.

Avco Systems Ltd has responded to continuing growth in the recession by recently establishing a new headquarters building at a prime position on the Bath Road, next to the Town Hall, moving from its old premises on the Brunel University Science Park in Egham.