The latest accountancy news
November 2020
Transforming your side hustle to the real deal
[ad_1] This is a guest post from True North Accounting, a Xero Gold Partner. As Creative Director at a marketing firm, Rob Sawchuck noticed independent small businesses rack up social media followings that his corporate [...]
One in a million: Guy Pearson of Practice Ignition
[ad_1] To celebrate reaching the milestone of supporting one million subscribers across Australia – the Xero team is turning a spotlight on some of the people who’ve made it all possible. From our earliest customers [...]
One in a million: Aris Allegos of Moula
[ad_1] To celebrate reaching the milestone of having one million subscribers across Australia, the Xero team is turning a spotlight on some of the people who’ve made it all possible. Like Xero, our customers, advisors, [...]
Raise a cup: Recognising and celebrating our bookkeepers in 2020
[ad_1] Despite largely working behind the scenes, bookkeepers have long played a crucial part in the success of small businesses across the country. This year, however, they’ve become their clients’ first line of support. Often [...]
Coming Together: An Indigenous-owned accounting firm driven by community
[ad_1] As one of only four Aboriginal people to run their own accounting firm in Australia, Darwin-based Sarah Hyland is the Founder of Together Business. Her values-aligned practice helps small businesses, not-for-profits and social enterprises [...]
Celebrating 10 years of success at NZ’s annual Bookkeepcon
[ad_1] Bookkeepcon is the annual conference held by the Institute of Certified NZ Bookkeepers (ICNZB), bringing together the New Zealand bookkeeping community to share ideas, experiences and learn new skills. This year’s conference was particularly [...]
My 2020: The family confectionary business finding sweet success online
[ad_1] In this series, we uncover honest personal accounts of the heartbreaks, trials and triumphs that have made up 2020. By charting the full scope of the small business experience, together we stand to come [...]
Supporting Indigenous-owned businesses this festive season
[ad_1] To celebrate NAIDOC Week this year, why not shop for Christmas early and support our Indigenous businesses? We’ve come up with a list of Indigenous-owned businesses with great gift options for you to check [...]
The impact and opportunity of innovative business models, embedded learning, purposeful work and rich data
[ad_1] Written by guest author – Heather Smith FCCA, FCA, FICB. Heather is also an author, writer, speaker and small-business consultant, as well as a Xero platinum practice partner. The Chartered Accountants Australia and New [...]
Pandemic start-up: How lockdown spurred on a nation of gardeners
[ad_1] Starting a business at any time is challenging, but doing it during lockdown might seem even harder to many. Despite this, we’ve seen lots of new businesses this year. Between April and June 2020, [...]
The ecommerce beginner’s guide to Cyber Monday
[ad_1] Guest written by Rhett Molitor, Co Founder at Basis 365 Accounting and local Xero Ambassador. With the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, many small to mid-size businesses are considering ecommerce for the first [...]
Boosting cash flow in the age of Brexit and the coronavirus
[ad_1] Negotiations between the EU and the UK on Brexit are still ongoing – meaning that a no-deal Brexit is on the table once again. Unfortunately, the new complicating factor of COVID-19, and the economic [...]
My 2020: The Indigenous food business calling on community
[ad_1] In this series, we uncover honest personal accounts of the heartbreaks, trials and triumphs that have made up 2020. By charting the full scope of the small business experience, together we stand to come [...]
The impact of Brexit on small businesses: Where to turn
[ad_1] Small businesses have had a demanding year already due to the coronavirus and measures to contain its spread, but further challenges – and potential opportunities – lie ahead. What’s more, Brexit negotiations between the [...]
Aider: Your digital financial assistant
[ad_1] Xero’s app marketplace has over 800 apps to help small businesses and their advisors reach their goals. Each month we celebrate an app partner who stands out for helping small businesses thrive. Find out [...]
Simplifying bill payments for UK businesses
[ad_1] Strong cash flow is the lifeblood of any business. In 2020, it’s never been more important to manage what’s coming in and perhaps more importantly, what’s going out. Xero Small Business Insights found that [...]
Customise your chart of accounts templates in Xero HQ
[ad_1] You can now customise chart of accounts templates for your region to suit your practice and your customers. This functionality is available to our partners in the following countries where, earlier this year, we [...]
Latest product news – November 2020
[ad_1] We hope you enjoyed Xero On Air last month and are excited about all the product announcements we rolled out to customers and partners. If you’re an accountant or bookkeeper, don’t forget to keep [...]
Keep calm and carry on supporting small businesses
[ad_1] The Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) program provides analysis of the sector’s health drawn from anonymised and aggregated data from hundreds of thousands of our subscribers. In the first in a series of guest [...]
Customers want small businesses to digitally transform with them
[ad_1] Guest written by Brett Grossfeld, Product Marketing Manager at Salesforce. “Going digital” in business generally comes with the connotation of “more convenience for customers”. But in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital transformation [...]
October 2020
As restrictions ease, small businesses breathe a sigh of relief
[ad_1] As some of the toughest lockdown restrictions start to lift in my home town of Melbourne, we are hopeful that we’ll soon see a return to some version of our normal lives. This of [...]