Xero Blog

We’re excited to announce that Document Packs are now live in Xero HQ, and just in time for the end of the financial year. As part of Xero HQ, Document Packs will give you an easy way to share documents with your clients, and includes the ability to add e-signatures through Xero Sign powered by Adobe Sign.

We know time is a luxury for small business owners and advisors, so we’re pleased to have released a number of new features in May that will save you time and give you better visibility of your business performance.

To help small businesses manage their cash flow during COVID-19, we’ve extended our short-term cash flow pilot to Xero customers with business edition plans until 31 August 2020. It represents the next wave of innovation for Xero – moving from real-time data to predicting the future.

Solving customer problems in simple and beautiful ways has always been an important part of what we do at Xero. During COVID-19, this focus has become more important than ever. As our teams are the ones who know our customers best, we thought we’d challenge them to deliver quick wins for our customers, to help their business survive today and thrive tomorrow.

E-invoicing has been touted as a way for small businesses to simplify their bookkeeping, by providing a fast, secure and more efficient way to send and receive invoices. However, wide-spread adoption will rely on governments and big business leading the way.

Knowing that cash flow is important is one thing, but understanding where your business stands and what actions you need to take to improve your cash flow is quite another. We’ve released a number of new features this month that we hope will provide the visibility and insights you need to manage your cash flow during COVID-19.

In this difficult time, it has been pleasing to see our Xero community come together like never before. As always, we encourage you to reach out if you have a question or need some support.

With teams working from home, it’s very useful to be able to automate processes so you and your employees can spend more time with your families and on the business. Tracking and managing employees’ expenses is essential, yet time-consuming.

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has been set up by the UK government to support businesses through the developing COVID-19 situation. It allows employers to claim 80% of employee wages, plus any associated employer National Insurance and pension contributions, if they have been put on furlough because of coronavirus (COVID-19).