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We’re 9 years old today!

2 minute read time · Updated February 8, 2025 · First published March 11, 2015

Happy 9th Birthday, MIDAS!We’re celebrating a birthday today – ours! Yes, it’s been 9 years to the day since the very first version of MIDAS was publicly released back on 11th March 2006. Since then our software has grown and developed to become a leading world-class web based booking and scheduling system which is trusted by organizations of all sizes and types around the globe!

We’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our customers – whether you’ve been with us just a short time, or been with us since the beginning! We love seeing the joy our software brings to customers and how it helps makes their lives and facilities administration easier!

Some of the important factors customers carefully consider when looking for a potential new room booking system for their venue is how long has it been around? ..and how often is it updated?

Whilst there are a handful of other room booking systems that have been around longer than ours, the majority of these are no longer maintained/updated. We’ve been around now for nine years, and our software remains in active development today!

So, if you’re not yet a customer, but are looking for a new room booking system for your venue, one that’s regularly updated with new features, and one backed by a proven track record of outstanding customer service for the past 9 years – then look no further than MIDAS!

Do you #loveMIDAS?

2 minute read time · Updated January 25, 2021 · First published February 12, 2015

MIDAS Web Based Room and Resource Booking Software

It’s nearly that time of year again, folks – Valentine’s Day! #loveMIDAS …and just like last year we’re feeling all loved up, and want to share the love with you again!

So, whether you’ve been considering MIDAS for your organization’s room and resource scheduling needs, or you’re an existing customer, to celebrate Valentine’s Day – February 14th – for a limited time we’re offering 14% off new purchases of MIDAS, and for our existing customers; 14% off your next Annual Support Subscription renewal!

To take advantage of this limited offer all you need to do is:

  1. First, make sure you’re following us on Twitter @mid_as
  2. Tweet the world and tell them why you love our MIDAS scheduling software using the hashtag #loveMIDAS and be sure to include a link to our website, //mid.as

We’ll then send you a Direct Message through Twitter containing a special code you can use to get 14% off your purchase, or if you’re an existing customer we’ll let you know that we’re deducting 14% off your next renewal cost!

Stuck for ideas of what to Tweet?

Here’s what a couple of our customers tweeted last year:

You can also check out some more of the love our existing customers have for MIDAS here

So, get tweeting and tell us, why do you #loveMIDAS this Valentine’s day?

Terms & Conditions:
1. This promotion ends Monday 16th February 2015 at Noon (UTC) any Tweets made after this time will not be eligible.
2. Discount codes are valid for new purchases of MIDAS made before the end of February 2015 only.
3. For existing customers, Annual Support Subscription discounts apply to their next renewal only and are “one time” (i.e. non-recurring).
4. Tweets originating from fake Twitter accounts or those deemed, at our sole discretion, to be engaging in “spam” will be disqualified from entry.
5. Tweets originating from private Twitter accounts (accounts where tweets are “protected” and not visible to non-followers) are not eligible to take part in this promotion.
6. Only one discount is available per organization and/or Twitter account. Multiple tweets from the same organization and/or Twitter account, whilst welcomed, will only be eligible for this promotion once.
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MIDAS v4.08 Now Available!

3 minute read time · Updated May 5, 2020 · First published January 12, 2015

It’s the start of a brand new year, and we’re excited to bring you the latest update to our web based room booking and resource scheduling software, MIDAS – Version 4.08.

MIDAS v4.08 features a wealth of new & improved features, many of which are once again as a direct result of feedback and suggestions from our customers across the globe!

Here’s what’s new and improved in MIDAS v4.08:

  • New: Automatically generate Cancellation Fee invoices for bookings cancelled at short notice
  • New: Scheduled Task option to automatically send any unsent invoices
  • New: Option to prevent invoices from ever being deleted
  • New: Option to send/force booking confirmations to be sent by default
  • New: “Potential Income” Venue statistics
  • Improved: Generating Repetitive Bookings when multiple dates already selected will add to (rather than replace) date selection
  • Improved: HiContrast Theme (gradient removed from booking blocks)
  • Improved: Resources now indicated in Booking Confirmation emails
  • Improved: Manage Venues, Manage Booking Types, and Re-Order Fields screens improved for mobile/tablet/touch devices
  • Improved: iPhone 6 Plus support
  • Improved: Generation of invoices for “all clients” over a date range will now generate in ascending date/time order (previously in order bookings were added to MIDAS)
  • Improved: Invoices can be re-emailed to clients when partly-paid or overdue
  • Improved: Repetitive Booking Generator now includes options for repeating every 5 or 6 weeks
  • Improved: Timezone selection
  • Improved: Support for Perl architectures where POSIX::tzset isn’t implemented (i.e. Strawberry Perl)
  • Improved: Adding/Modifying/Deleting Custom Fields now logged in Recent Activity
  • Improved: You can now define which booking fields should be included in Booking Confirmation Emails
  • Optimization: MySQL query & memory footprint reduction
  • Optimization: Image optimization
  • Update: System requirements (browsers)
  • Security enhancements
  • Fixed: Cumulative roll-up of various fixes for issues discovered since v4.07 – see https://bugs.mid.as for details

How To Get MIDAS v4.08

Existing self-hosting MIDAS customers with a valid Annual Support Subscription can update to v4.08 from within the software via MIDAS Admin Options → Manage MIDAS → Update.

Customers who instead have their MIDAS “remotely hosted” by us don’t need to do anything – we’ve already automatically updated you to v4.08 this past weekend!

2015 – A new year… a new start?

Not yet using MIDAS for your organization’s facility scheduling needs? As it’s the start of a new year, now would be an ideal time to make a fresh start, and finally take back control over your room bookings and resource scheduling with our intuitive, powerful and easy to use, web based software!

To find out more, check out the features of MIDAS, view screenshots, or give MIDAS a try online now.

If you’re still not convinced that MIDAS can help your organization streamline and simplify its booking and reservation process, read what some of our existing customers say, and then get MIDAS working for your organization today!

Keep Your Browser Up-to-date!

Supported Browsers We want you to have the best possible user experience when using MIDAS in your favorite Web Browser. We support our web based scheduling software in all major browsers (including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera). A list of minimum and recommended browser versions can be found at https://mid.as/browsers.

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We’re supporting Small Business Saturday again this year!

2 minute read time · Updated January 26, 2021 · First published December 2, 2014

Small Business Saturday 2014This Saturday will see the 2nd annual Small Business Saturday event right across the UK, supported by American Express.

Held on one of the busiest shopping days of the year – the first Saturday in December – Small Business Saturday is about encouraging everyone in the UK to support, promote, and inspire the country’s small businesses.

As you may know, we’re a small but highly customer-focused business, based right here in the UK. We’ve been developing our world-class Web Based Room Booking and Resource Scheduling software, MIDAS, since 2005.

We took part in the first ever Small Business Saturday last year and following its success, we’re excited to be getting involved once again this year!

So to celebrate Small Business Saturday 2014, we’ll be offering some very special discounts on our scheduling software EXCLUSIVELY to UK customers this coming Saturday! So don’t miss out! – Make sure you’re following us on Social Media and be sure to visit our website on Saturday!

Many of our competitors are based in other countries, so if you’re in the UK, and are on the look-out for a new room & resource scheduling system for your company or organization, don’t buy your software from a large, faceless, company based in another country – keep it right here in the UK!

Why not check out MIDAS for your scheduling needs, look out for our special offers this Saturday, and get your room bookings and appointments back on track and your venue(s) working for you in time for 2015!