I do have Access installed too as part of Office 2010 so I'm giving it a look right now, using this: http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=216956 as a v quick guide for linking to SQL... not sure how I'll find it after that! Time for a play me thinks.

It's basically for my own benefit - a tracking system if you like - Excel alone didn't seem to cut it, things like Basecamp seemed a bit too distant and something like project seemed too rigid, expensive and also came with a learning curve.

Thanks for another access vote!