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Celebrating National Payroll Week – Why it counts

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It’s National Payroll Week in the UK – an initiative organised by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP). It aims to demonstrate the importance of efficient payroll to the economy.

Payroll is crucial in business management and employee satisfaction. If payroll processes are locked down and run well, businesses will flourish.

If they’re not, payroll can be an administrative nightmare, shifting the focus away from what business owners love doing. Whether you are an accountant acting on behalf of your client, or a small business owner managing the payroll yourself, here’s how the right payroll software can help:

For accountants:

Payroll management has historically been the bain of an accountant’s life. They know their clients don’t want to get employee wages wrong. By combining a smart payroll system like Xero Payroll with Xero, it’s far easier to get the job done efficiently, and quickly.

Xero Me is an employee app that works with Xero Payroll. You can track time, ..

Exploring The Future of Global Payments

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The ability to seamlessly move money has always been at the core of our economy. It enables the exchange of value, makes it possible to build new businesses, and fuels long-term growth. It’s been with us, in one form or another, since the very beginning of civilization. In 9000 BC, people traded grain, cattle, and jewels. A generation ago, people relied on cash, cheques and paper invoices. Today, we have credit cards and mobile wallets such as Apple Pay.

The technology underpinning money movement has changed, but the fundamental needs of business owners have remained consistent. There are four key things that all business owners want to know: How much money do I have? Who do I owe? Who owes me? Am I making a profit?

At Xero, we’re always working to help our customers answer these four questions quickly and easily, so they can make informed decisions about what is right for the business. One of the most important ways we do that is by continuing to strengthen our open platform and pa..

Predictions for small business technology in 2019 from Xero app partners

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As apps get smarter, so too do their users. Technology doesn’t just revolutionise small business – it guides the way we interact with customers, their data, and influences their decision making.

For those embracing emerging and existing technologies, 2019 will see SMBs ramping up demand and internal capabilities in reporting, cash flow and bundling for app solutions.

We spoke to some of our high growth, high performing app partners to see what tips, tricks and trends your small business or advisory practice needs to know about in 2019.

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With reports that the average enterprise uses over 1,900 cloud services (up from 1,427 in 2016), Bear Douglas, Director of Developer Relations at Slack, predicts we’ll see an increased demand for easy interoperability between more cloud services.

“Imagine you’re a marketer working with design and data science on a large-scale campaign. Your design team will need to use specialised software to create visua..