Xero Blog

Xero’s app marketplace gives small businesses and their advisors access to over 800 apps to unlock productivity and run their entire business operations. Each month we celebrate an app partner that really stands out for helping our joint customers thrive.

Each month we highlight an app partner doing great things in our ecosystem and positively impacting small businesses around the world, in new and inspiring ways. This month we’d like to share how the team at Unleashed, a provider of inventory management software, has made a difference with their Good Products Marketplace.

Each month we celebrate an app partner making a positive difference to our ecosystem community and small businesses around the world, in clever or inspiring ways.  This month we’d like to share how our app partner, Expend, is making life easier for charities and volunteer organisations.

Xero App Partner Guest Blog – written by Vaughan Fergusson, Founder at Vend. Everyone could use support during these times, but small business owners, in particular, are some who need it most.

Retailers are navigating unfamiliar challenges in our current climate, with many adapting to maintain revenue and keep staff and customers safe. Those with physical stores open for business, like pharmacies and supermarkets, have been inundated as essentials rush off shelves, and sometimes run out.

Xero award finalists de Jong & Phillips have spent every hour on the phone with worried clients, advising on the latest government schemes and running free webinars.  We caught up with Pam Phillips, founder of de Jong & Phillips, to learn a little more about how her practice has adapted over the last few weeks. 

During these challenging times, we’re actively looking for ways to make things easier for our small business community. Millions of customers rely on Xero every day to help run their businesses online.

Last night we celebrated our accounting and app partners from across South Africa at the annual Xero Awards. Marking the first time we’ve hosted a standalone event for the awards, it was an honour to reward our community of partners for their hard work and dedication. 

With Xero’s marketplace now hosting over 800 diverse apps, the competition for the Xero App Awards was fiercer than ever.  The Xero Awards for our app partners showcase the most innovative, established and emerging accounting and tech apps helping businesses become more efficient and productive.