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As the holiday season approaches, we'd like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year . May your holiday season and the new year be filled with much joy, happiness and success. We look forward to having the opportunity to work with you in the coming year.

As usual instead of sending cards we are making a donation to charity. Read the article on the Home Start charity to find out more.

We also have two articles on Anaplan - reviewing Anaplan Hub 14 and explaining Innovar's involvement in the Anaplan Beta Test Program - and two articles on BOARD - a press release announcing Jersey Electrics purchase of BOARD and an article about BOARD 9 release and what this has in store.

Finally we have a light hearted look at planning for Christmas using the initials from the word Christmas as a guide.

We hope you find this useful and would welcome any feedback you may have. If you enjoyed reading this then please feel free to share this with your colleagues 

Innovar is the expert planning company. We offer Cognos Planning, BOARD and  Anaplan software and implementation services. We provide specialist budgeting and forecasting training and consultancy services and we help solve spreadsheet issues.

Home-Start's aim is to help parents through times of poverty, illness, family breakdowns, isolation, addiction and physical and mental health issues. There are a number of Home Start groups around the country helping parents in their local community.   

Home Start recruit and train volunteers, who are usually parents themselves, to visit families at home and offer them informal, friendly and confidential support. The families will have at least one child under 5.  

Read more about Home Start Here

Anaplan HUB 2014 in London

In November this year, Anaplan staged the London leg of its world-wide tour that has seen events in San Francisco, Paris, Stockholm and Eindhoven. As the leading Anaplan partner in the UK, Innovar was very proud to sponsor this extremely successful event.  

Anaplan Beta Test Program 

Innovar are proud to announce that they are one of the selected partners who are involved in the Anaplan Beta Test program. This will enable Innovar to test Anaplan's new features and functionality whilst taking into account the needs and requirements of our customer base. More details of Innovar's involvement in this program are to follow. 

What Does Christmas Mean to You?

When planning for Christmas there are a number of things that need to be thought about. No doubt these may vary slightly from person to person as we all have our own way of celebrating Christmas with unique family traditions and rituals. Using the word Christmas as a guide, here are some of my thoughts on Christmas planning.