For firms growing through acquisition

Every practice you buy, on the same access from day one.

Each acquisition arrives with its own logins, password spreadsheets and Government Gateway habits. My1Login brings them onto your group's access rules, password standard and audit trail in weeks, without a months-long IT project.

  • One standard across every office
  • Leavers lose access everywhere at once
  • An audit trail your investors will ask for
Why it matters

The access problems that come with growth.

Buying practices is the fastest way to grow a firm. It's also the fastest way to collect logins nobody controls.

  1. Consolidation

    Every acquired practice brings its own logins, spreadsheet passwords and ways of reaching HMRC. Standardise access on day one rather than in the third quarter.

  2. Speed to integrate

    New offices need to be productive and secure straight away, not after a long IT integration project.

  3. Joiners and leavers

    Growth brings constant changes in people and partners. Removing someone from the directory removes their access everywhere, so nobody keeps a way back in.

  4. Governance investors expect

    A full record of who opened which client's account, and when, is something your private equity backer and your auditors will ask for, and it supports due diligence on the next deal.

How an acquisition is brought in

From completion to the group standard.

The order most firms follow.

  1. Day 1

    Secure HMRC first.

    Connect the new office's directory. Its Government Gateway accounts move into My1Login with hidden passwords, codes generated and filled in, and every sign-in logged.

  2. Week 1

    Find everything else.

    Discovery maps every app the practice really uses, including client portals and tools nobody mentioned. Government Gateway logins are learnt as people sign in, so you can see which accounts the practice really uses.

  3. Month 1

    Run on one standard.

    The new office works to the same access rules, password standard and audit trail as the rest of the group.

For group IT and operations

One place to see access across the whole group.

  • One console for every office. Policies, shared accounts and reports for the group, with each office managed separately where it needs to be.
  • Your directory, or theirs. Start with the acquired office's own directory and move people across when you're ready.
  • Leaver risk closed. Access ends everywhere when someone leaves, and they never knew the passwords.
  • Evidence on request. Export who accessed which client systems for an auditor, an insurer or a buyer.
Scaling through acquisition?

Talk to us about group-wide pricing as you add practices.

Pricing grows with your firm, and we'll show you how a new office is brought in on your own apps.

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Bring your busiest Government Gateway account to a 5-minute demo.

We'll share it with a team, hide its password and sign in with the one-time code generated and filled in for you. Then we'll show you the log of who used it.

  • 5 minutes, on your own apps
  • A specialist replies within one working day
  • No obligation
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