To start the new year we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to how you should approach outsourcing. From ‘what can I outsource?’, through to the key questions you should ask of your own practice’s strategy and...
From Issue 18
Human at heart
This was a theme of Xerocon London last year, and it reflects the truth that the more we move to...
Is the digital detox suppressing workplace improvements?
Love is all around us, so we are told, and so is automation. Our modern lives seem to be evolving...
2019 in tech
What’s in store for this year… 2018 saw the launch of Amazon Go, which promised – and...
The pivotal role of advisors in business success
How streamlining your advisory workflow can help nurture client relationships ‘Two-thirds of...
From Issue 17
Going beyond the numbers – The philosophy of forecasting
In the Xero 2018 Australian Accounting Industry Performance Report, 98% of all firms rated ‘advisory services, eg budgeting, cash flow forecasting and business planning’ as one the top 5 most attractive areas for growing...
The future of accounting is in the details
In recent years, there has been much talk about code-free accounting in the Xero community. Will it...
Making Tax Digital (MTD) – Preparing for digital tax
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed that, as of 1 April 2019, UK businesses...
I wish someone told me… Top tips from accountants and...
Xerocon is always a fantastic chance to connect with other accountants and bookkeepers, catch up...
Q&A with Hannah Dawson CEO & Founder, Futrli
Futrli is a multi-award winning, business forecasting and reporting platform. Working with Cloud...
From Issue 16
Let Receipt Bank do it, so you don’t have to
Finding the time to add value Data is the lifeblood of accounting. From compliance to advisory, it...
Q&A with Steve Vamos CEO, Xero
XU: It is amazing to be joined by the new CEO of Xero, Steve Vamos. I’m sure you have been asked...
Is your technical advisory service industry-relevant?
In recent years, accounting firms are expanding their services into business advisory and...
The journey to start, grow, merge or sell your accounting firm
If anyone had sat me down and said this is exactly what you need to do when I started my accounting...
For the love of efficiency: An interview with FGS Advisory...
We sat down with Daniel Richardson, Managing Director of FGS Advisory – a Xero and WorkflowMax...
From Issue 15
AI, Automation & Accounting
Staying on top of technology is always vital in the accounting industry, but sometimes, it’s...
Q&A with Keri Gohman from Xero
XU: It’s great to be joined by Keri Gohman the President of Xero Americas. Can you start by...
Open Integration from Wolters Kluwer powers new ways of working...
Understanding an industry in change The world of bookkeeping is an area where technology has...
Put Your Xero on Auto-Pilot
Uploading bills, checking the data, filling in the account codes and approving supplier bills, are...
Paving the Way for Fundraising
As an accounting professional, you can do no greater service to an entrepreneur than to prepare...
From Issue 14
AdvanceTrack: Strength in numbers
AdvanceTrack MD, Vipul Sheth shares his journey from a start-up to becoming a larger start-Up! He...
ApprovalMax and Xero implement paperless accounting and finance...
Learn how digital transformation is a people change process A cloud-based productivity enhancement...
Q&A with Andrew Sims from SuiteFiles
Andrew Sims, General Manager, SuiteFiles XU: It’s great to be joined by Andrew Sims. Andrew...
Looking ahead, preparing for tomorrow
The rapid development of digital technologies, data analytics and social networks are some of the...
What’s new at Accounting Business Expo
Can I be any better at what I do? As an individual, as a business owner, or in relation to the...
From Issue 13
How to do a Budget Check during Bill and Purchase Order approval
More often than not, Bill or Purchase Order approval decisions need to consider an allocated...
Cloud software: a surprising recruitment companion
Jessica Pillow founded Pillow May in 2009, in response to the lack of flexibility in traditional...
Easy & free conversions to Xero with Jet Convert
Have you spent hours dealing with Excel, importing and exporting, to get a client’s desktop data...
How to stop your clients using Xero and automation to make a...
Live alerts, efficient budgeting tools and timely reports are substantially useless without data...
Are Xero and Cloud Integrators on the right track...
In my last couple of articles we talked about the role Cloud Integrators play in the Australian/NZ...
From Issue 10
How the Financial Web is transforming the traditional lending...
Steven Renwick, CEO of business finance firm Satago, one of Xero’s first financial services...
On the back of a beer mat…
Like all good ideas, it started between the two brothers in a pub back in December 2013. David and...
Why Philanthropy Matters: Your Small Business Guide to Giving
Social responsibility initiatives offer profound benefits for small businesses and the communities...
Interview: Q&A with Michael Wood from Receipt Bank
XU: It’s great to be joined by Michael Wood, the Director of Receipt Bank. The last time we spoke...
A new year, a new global economy, and what that means to The...
The past year has shown the most profound shift in the free marketplace globally since the early...
From Issue 09
What does Xero’s no-code accounting mean for your firm?
At Xerocon in San Francisco back in August 2016, Rod Drury introduced the concept of no-code...
Why do you need an accountant with Xero?
It’s a question we’ve heard a few times when discussing the benefits of Xero to our clients. At...
Solopreneur Bookkeeping 101
The speed, simplicity & mobility of Xero means Solopreneur’s can elect to do their own...
Making sense of ‘time tracking’
When we started MinuteDock in 2009, we were the first ‘time tracking’ app integrated with Xero...
Changing the game in outsourcing
Outsourcing has in the past always been seen as wage arbitrage. In many ways, some outsourcers...
From Issue 08
The Athletic Accountant
The Olympics might seem a long way from Accounting, but there’s a lot accountants can learn from...
The rise of the custom App
Forward thinking accountants looking to embrace Xero within a custom App… In today’s...
Number Nurses are back!
Things have been a little hushed for Number Nurses in the past year, following the passing of the...
From catwalks to organics, how this SMB took advantage of the...
How Brett Monaghan solved the cash flow gap… When Brett Monaghan made the decision to leave...
Xero for charities: Is Xero right for charitable organisations?
Whilst Xero is primarily directed at businesses, charities can gain enormous benefits by...
From Issue 07
From market stall to Add-on marketplace
XU Magazine talked with Vipul Sheth of AdvanceTrack Outsourcing to find out how he started out with...
How The Buyers Of Accountancy Services Buy
Marketing for accountants can feel very confusing. You stand at a crossroads looking in multiple...
Working from the ski slopes
At WorkflowMax, we love that our software enables businesses to get their projects done no matter...
Managing your career in the era of automation
The fastest thinker in many modern workplaces is faceless, but because it is only artificially...
For the love of… Taxes
How to stay smart about sales tax compliance… Have you ever met anyone who likes taxes...
From Issue 06
Receipt Bank receives USD$10million investment
Just before we went to print we heard the news that popular Xero Add-on Receipt Bank has received...
The Power of Customer Reviews
Get new customers with the help of your existing ones… Have you ever seen a website, service...
Xero Inventory Comparison Top 10 Tips
If you buy and sell products in your business, Xero’s inventory module could help you know...
Add-on partners benefit from Integration
For software vendors like Timely that integrate with Xero, partners are a vital way to bring in new...
From Issue 05
Complete Cashflow Reliability
Reinventing invoice finance to help businesses get paid on time Xero add-on Satago’s CEO Steven...
Q&A With Gary Turner
Q Xero had very simple beginnings here in the UK, how quickly did you grow? A For the first three...
Invoice Financing: A Small Business Cash Flow Lifesaver
Cash flow problems can absolutely cripple small businesses. Without access to capital, companies...
The Good Cloud
How Xero and Friends are helping good people do good. Rocketspark has been a Xero customer since...
Xero Trifecta: A unique approach by accountants Tyrrell &...
Richard Suswain, Tyrrell & Company’s Managing Partner, explains why the Xero Trifecta –...
From Issue 04
Is accounting cool yet?
Walking into Xero’s slick Melbourne office in Richmond conjures up images of what 1 Infinite...
Managing change in an evolving industry
There is no denying that our industry is on the peak of a wave of change. So how can you make sure...
Multi-entity reporting for Xero
It’s no secret that Xero provides singleentity businesses with significant efficiency gains...
Connected advisors helping Xero users
Tony Perkins, Director of HR and business coaching company, People Smartz, first met Kimberley...
From Issue 03
I predict a Riut! Small business services in the cloud
Can a one person startup really run a global manufacturing business in the cloud? Sarah Giblin...
Clever credit control
Clever Credit Control means taking advantage of integrated credit risk data to avoid problems...
Book review: Adding A Xero To Your Practice
Almost every accountant I work with lately is talking to the Profitable Firm about Xero. Far from...
The best practice tools for advisory businesses
At XU Magazine we’re constantly asked what cloud tools other advisory practices are using in...
From Issue 02
Xero heroes
At LSA Partners we are passionately and proudly pure accountants. And as specialists in our field...
Uncovering the demons in the sale
The real challenges accountants face in expanding services to their SME clients. Accountants never...
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
I normally attack business books by reading a few chapters and then dipping in and out when I have...
Cloud integrator
Blake Oliver; Co-Founder and CEO at Cloudsourced Accounting, an online bookkeeping and cloud...
From Issue 01
Under the microscope: the Xero API
Hannah McIntyre, Co-Founder of CrunchBoards, shares the team’s experience of Xero’s API. Are...
What business owners really want
There are a lot of things in life that we don’t fully understand. Technology, for example, can...
Closing words: why it’s less ‘pivot’ and more ‘handbrake...
If you’re a frequent digester of startup blogs, you can’t escape the over-used term...
Chaser – your invoices paid: on time, automatically
At Chaser, our mission is to build Earth’s best products for chasing customers to pay their...