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April 2017
Xero Gravity: John McAvoy – From iron bars to Iron Man (Part One)
[ad_1] Many of us are shaped by our upbringing, and that couldn’t be more true for this week’s Xero Gravity guest John McAvoy. A product of his environment, John grew up surrounded by [...]
Top tips for the new UK financial year
[ad_1] As March draws to a close, small business owners up and down the country are preparing for the new UK financial & tax years. And you should too! Getting organised now will help you [...]
What you need to know about Accountex
[ad_1] Accountex lands at ExCeL London (the same venue to host Xerocon London later this year) on 10 & 11 May… and it’s free! With over 6,500 accountancy professionals gathering for the largest accounting conference [...]
How networks support growth
[ad_1] Entrepreneurs can sometimes feel like they are “going it alone.” But thanks to the cloud, small business owners can now be more connected, supported and inspired than ever before. A company with an innovative [...]
The 3 biggest challenges South Africa’s small businesses face and how to overcome them
[ad_1] With the South African government predicting a 0.3% dip in GDP by the end of the fourth quarter of 2016, the country’s economic climate is evidently not an easy environment for small businesses to [...]
Cash flow hacks from an accountant
[ad_1] A business’ cash flow is its lifeline. If your business is generating more than you’re chucking out — then great, but if it’s the other way around, you should get worried. From a cash [...]
Illumin8 grabs the low-hanging fruit with Xero
[ad_1] Andrew Van De Beek, the director of illumin8 Partners, joined Xero when it had less than 100,000 subscribers. While few people would have guessed Xero would surge to 1 million customers just five years [...]
Fitlion & Gymm Boxx: Achieving business success in Singapore with a Xero advisor
[ad_1] The road to success Banking, law and medicine have historically been the three professions most coveted across Asia for their cultural association with ‘success’. This mentality has been pervasive in Singapore society and enforced [...]
Credit scores revealed: How a credit score helps you get paid
[ad_1] The number of insolvencies in Australia continues to rise year by year. The most frequently cited causes are cash flow issues, poor strategic management and trading losses. For each one of those businesses, there would have been warning [...]
March partner news: here’s what you’re talking about
[ad_1] Want to know what’s happening in the industry directly from your peers? Find out in our monthly roundup of articles from our Xero partners. This month, hear from: Tracey Newman, CloudCounting, Bookies … how [...]
These Austin small businesses share how they geared up for SXSW 2017
[ad_1] For 10 days every March, nearly 90,000 people converge on Austin for the hugely popular music, film and interactive festival, South by Southwest (SXSW). Last year, festival organizers estimated that the event injected around [...]
March 2017
Special report on GST changes to services connected with land
[ad_1] The recently enacted Taxation (Annual Rates for 2016–17, Closely Held Companies, and Remedial Matters) Act contained changes to the GST treatment of services related to land. This special report provides early information about those [...]
How ecommerce pioneers built household name in South Africa
[ad_1] Andrew Smith and neighbour Shane Dryden founded Yuppiechef, South Africa’s most loved online store, in 2006. The pair had been working on a couple ideas, including a business selling flags and bug zappers, but [...]
From numbers to notes then back again
[ad_1] When you think of an accountant with 30 years experience, what sort of person springs to mind? York-based Hilary Dyson likely doesn’t fit the bill. Hilary is Business Services Manager at Garbutt + Elliott, [...]
How Xero helped this bookkeeper make his move to the woods
[ad_1] Burton Li started off on an unlikely path to bookkeeping. As a college student, he was a political activist, working at an anti-war newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area. In 2002, he met [...]
How this business went from dark days to being almost debt-free
[ad_1] After spending the entirety of their professional lives working with kids, Barbra and Gordon Bryan were ready to try something new. They knew they wanted to continue their work with children, but they also [...]
Thanks a million
[ad_1] Today we announced Xero passed 1 million subscribers worldwide on our global cloud accounting platform. It’s a milestone which seemed so far away when, just five years ago, at 50,000 subscribers we said to [...]
How this business manages the ebbs and flows of seasonality
[ad_1] Despite being called the same thing, no two seasonal small businesses are the same. For a seasonal business to be successful, they have to plan ahead by looking at previous seasons. They also need [...]
Curry Leaf Café: A small business with a kick
[ad_1] More than 9,000 Indian curry restaurants are estimated to operate in the UK, where the famous dish is served to thousands of hungry customers each month. One such establishment is Curry Leaf Cafe, a [...]
One million is just the beginning: How we’re going to help our UK customers thrive in the face of change
[ad_1] Xero recently surpassed a huge milestone, adding the one millionth subscriber to our global accounting platform. Our UK business has played a significant part in reaching this landmark. It has served as a massive growth [...]
As one of our first ever customers, Raygun CEO talks growing his business alongside Xero
[ad_1] In the first months of 2007, John-Daniel Trask took a risk. As a passionate techie, he had a dream to help people improve the reliability of the programs they were running for their business. [...]