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What's New

January 2024

Last updated: Apr 30, 2026

1. Clients: search by contact name or email

Section titled “1. Clients: search by contact name or email”

You can search clients by their contacts’ names or email address.


2. Emails: recurring task auto-marked in progress

Section titled “2. Emails: recurring task auto-marked in progress”

A recurring task with an email sent is now automatically considered to be in progress.


The app and its client fields are now available for UK companies and disabled for everybody else.


4. Flextime and Calendar: new national holidays

Section titled “4. Flextime and Calendar: new national holidays”

Added national holidays for Belarus, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.


5. Flextime: members without agreement excluded from report

Section titled “5. Flextime: members without agreement excluded from report”

Members without an agreement in the selected period are not listed in the Flextime report and cannot take a Flextime vacation.


6. Client Portal: date, time and number formatting

Section titled “6. Client Portal: date, time and number formatting”

Clients can now adjust how they see dates, times and numbers in the Client Portal.


An app setting can now remove the file upload box in the client portal.


8. Client Portal: tasks without due date marked overdue next day

Section titled “8. Client Portal: tasks without due date marked overdue next day”

Client tasks without a due date are now considered overdue on the next calendar day from their start date.


Remaining logged into the client portal is now extended by 30 days after each successful login.


10. Client Portal: notification emails logged in communication

Section titled “10. Client Portal: notification emails logged in communication”

Notification emails sent to clients are now logged under task communication and client communication for a more accessible overview.


11. Client Portal: preview requires proper setup first

Section titled “11. Client Portal: preview requires proper setup first”

Client portal preview is only possible by properly setting up the client portal first.


  • Members with user-level rights can create magic buttons.
  • Uku now looks up only active companies from Companies House.
  • You can pay for Uku in US dollars.
  • Updated adding and editing client contacts experience.
  • Uku now shows a warning when adding an existing client.
  • Inviter receives a notification when the invitee joins the company.
  • Tasks whose parent recurring task has been deleted can now be opened again.
  • Improved using and showing links in task checklists, descriptions and comments/messages, both in Uku and the Client Portal.
  • Notification emails sent to client contacts by Uku are shown under task communication history as sent by the client’s responsible accountant.
  • Checklists of client portal tasks are now shared between Uku and the client portal.
  • Improved the look of emails under task communication and client communication and added a way to view them in near full detail as they were sent.
  • More user-friendly on lower resolution screens.
  • Xero integration remains active as long as it is used and no longer requires re-authentication for every activity.
  • The customer’s email is now imported as the main contact.
  • The customer’s mobile phone and phone are now imported as the main contact’s phones.
  • Placeholder contact_name in emails now uses the contact’s first name instead of the full name.