The latest accountancy news
August 2018
Five tips for app partners to get the most out of Xerocon
[ad_1] The countdown to Xerocon Brisbane is on. If you’re an app partner exhibiting this year, here are five ways to make the most of the event. 1: Understand accountants and bookkeepers Xerocon gives our [...]
5 Trends from London Fintech Week
[ad_1] London is the Fintech capital of the world, and Xero recently joined the Fintech New Zealand delegation at the London #fintechweek conference. A number of key trends from the UK were discussed, with important [...]
Xero Practice Manager – enhancing the payments experience
[ad_1] Thanks for all your feedback on our roadmap. As part of our ongoing product enhancements, we’re excited to announce our first round of new invoicing features is going live in the next few weeks. [...]
Rush Hour Media: How this web agency uses technology to grow
[ad_1] When hearing from business owners about their stories, we find most have incredibly interesting backgrounds — and Jerome Tam is no exception: he studied aviation in the University of Leeds, almost made the cut [...]
The Power of Pricing
[ad_1] Nothing sparks more debate among accountants than the topic of pricing. Everyone seems to have their own method and yet no one feels as if they’ve got it all figured out. The cloud has [...]
Humans of Xero: Michael Chinn
[ad_1] There was no hesitation when Michael Chinn was offered the chance to trade in his Southern California lifestyle for a something a bit slower in quaint Auckland. The Software Engineer welcomed the coffee culture, [...]
BEPS Multilateral Instrument ratified
[ad_1] New Zealand has now ratified the OECD’s Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures to Prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (the “Multilateral Instrument”, or MLI), which is expected to enter into force [...]
How Xero helps this brewery keep a transparent culture
[ad_1] When Ale Industries started out, it was rare to find a brewery that had a taproom slinging a triple-hopped IPA. Today, these are some of the staples of an ever-evolving industry. We talked to [...]
July 2018
How Timelio backed Hegs with fast invoice finance
[ad_1] When business is booming, not having cash flow can be a major obstacle for businesses, hindering opportunities and limiting their ability to grow. Securing a new deal or major order can take weeks, months [...]
Why Xerocon is not to be missed
[ad_1] With Xerocon Brisbane 2018 fast approaching, we chat to some of our partners about why they attend year after year. We caught up with, Karen Gambles from Paragons BDS – a platinum partner from [...]
How these two firms built a successful niche advisory partnership – part two
[ad_1] Meeting the needs of a specific niche audience – food trucks – was top of mind for the collaboration behind Food Truck Accounting, a partnership between Bean Counter 4 Hire and Polay + Clark. [...]
Now in Xero Projects: Even better time reporting
[ad_1] So, you’re already using Xero Projects to log your time, in order to track costs and invoice your projects more accurately. But how can you use those time entries to get insights into what [...]
Introducing XSBI TV
[ad_1] We’ve recently launched Xero Small Business Insights TV (XSBI TV), a series aimed at telling the stories behind the Small Business Insights data. Xero Small Business Insights was launched last year and is a [...]
The SMARTA approach to employee engagement
[ad_1] As the old adage goes: ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’. While jobs should be secured on merit rather than pre-existing relationships, this remains largely true – relationships and connections will [...]
NAB unveiled as platinum sponsor of Xerocon Brisbane 2018
[ad_1] As anyone who interacts with small businesses will know, sustained success is never about one thing happening in isolation. It’s about the interplay of hundreds of different decisions, services, payments, purchases and data points [...]
The Pacesetters: Celebrating the new age of accounting with the first-ever Xero book
[ad_1] You’ve all heard it over and over again – Making Tax Digital is coming, and the first digital filing deadline for VAT in the UK is approaching fast. To help prepare, we’ve now completed [...]
App advisory: How to streamline your app selection process
[ad_1] This guest post was written by Victoria Hoffman, Content Marketing Manager at Hubdoc. As the accounting technology ecosystem grows and more firms make the jump from desktop software to the cloud, it’s becoming increasingly important for [...]
Decoding New York City’s Fair Workweek Law and what it means for you
[ad_1] New York City and State are joining a growing number of regions moving to implement laws that protect shift workers. Late last year, the Fair Workweek Law was introduced to set out shift scheduling [...]
How to be the catalyst for innovative tech stacks
[ad_1] This guest post was written by Liz Mason, Xero National Ambassador and CEO of High Rock Accounting. There is a theme prevalent throughout the Xero Hour series that makes me look forward to the event every [...]
How Xero helps this popsicle purveyor manage his growing business
[ad_1] After being laid off from his corporate job at the height of the Great Recession, Steven Carse reached a crossroads. He took it as an opportunity to seriously consider what he wanted to do [...]
The virtual CFOs who are off to Xerocon Brisbane – and bringing their clients with them
[ad_1] Never been to Xerocon? Neither has the team from Navigate Virtual CFOs, but they couldn’t be more excited to join us. We spoke to Aaron Lane from Navigate to hear what’s motivated them to [...]