# Guides

> Practical writing about choosing, costing and implementing an ERP system in the UK.

**URL:** https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides

These exist because the questions in them come up in almost every first conversation. They are deliberately useful whether or not you end up buying anything from us.

- **ERP implementation: how to do it without losing a year** (13 min, updated 2026-08-06) - A realistic account of what implementation involves, where projects go wrong, and how to sequence the work so the business keeps running. https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides/erp-implementation-guide
- **How to choose an ERP system: a practical checklist** (12 min, updated 2026-08-06) - How to run a selection that produces a decision you can defend - the questions to ask, the demonstrations to insist on, and the answers that should worry you. https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides/how-to-choose-an-erp-system
- **What an ERP system actually costs in the UK** (11 min, updated 2026-08-06) - The pricing models, the costs that are not on the quote, and how to build a total figure you can take to a board without embarrassment. https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides/what-erp-costs-uk
- **ERP vs accounting software: where the line actually is** (8 min, updated 2026-08-06) - What accounting packages do well, what they were never built for, and why keeping yours is usually the right decision. https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides/erp-vs-accounting-software
- **Signs you have outgrown spreadsheets and your accounts package** (9 min, updated 2026-08-06) - How to tell the difference between a business that is busy and a business whose systems have stopped keeping up - and what to do about it. https://cubeerp.co.uk/guides/signs-you-have-outgrown-spreadsheets

## Contact

- **Product:** CubeERP
- **Trading name of:** Cube Systems Limited (company number 17220899, ICO registration number ZC216972)
- **Email:** hello@cubeerp.co.uk
- **Sales:** sales@cubeerp.co.uk
- **Support:** support@cubeerp.co.uk
- **Telephone:** 01234 672 617 (+441234672617)
- **Address:** Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP
- **Opening hours:** Monday to Friday, 9am to 5.30pm
- **Part of:** Crushed Ice Group (https://crushedicegroup.co.uk)