Case Study: The Grand Theatre, Blackpool streamlines finance and invoicing with iplicit

The Grand Theatre, Blackpool - Customer Case Study

The Grand Theatre, Blackpool, a heritage-rich Victorian theatre, faced challenges with its outdated on-premise Sage 50 system, which struggled with complex inter-company accounting, project costing for productions, and inefficient manual invoice processing. Needing a modern, web-based solution to improve efficiency and consolidate its three separate companies, the theatre sought a new system and chose iplicit's accounting software.

iplicit implemented its cloud-based accounting platform, which consolidated the theatre's multiple entities and introduced powerful project and job costing features to manage production budgets. The results were immediate, with the finance team gaining the ability to reconcile nominal accounts, automate bank feeds, and process around 200 weekly invoices through a streamlined workflow authorization. This eliminated the need for spreadsheets and manual chasing of paperwork, making the team's life significantly easier and allowing them to focus on value-added work.

The Grand Theatre, Blackpool

Mark Preston

Finance & Business Manager