Xero Blog

It’s been a difficult year for many small businesses in the UK. They have had to contend with challenges around COVID-19 as well as uncertainties associated with Brexit. And that’s before we take into account upcoming changes to Making Tax Digital (MTD).

Since the integration of Hubdoc into Xero earlier this year, our teams have focused on two key areas: improving the current Hubdoc technology and integration, and using the technology to automate other parts of our platform. 

Coming soon – customise chart of accounts templates for your region to suit your practice and your customers.  This functionality will be available to our partners in the following countries where, earlier this year, we released regional chart of accounts templates: Australia, New Zealand, United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, and South Africa.

We hope you enjoyed Xero On Air last month and are excited about all the product announcements we rolled out to customers and partners. If you’re an accountant or bookkeeper, don’t forget to keep an eye on our practice tools value map to see what’s available now and what’s coming soon.

We have some exciting announcements for you this month, many of which were featured on Xero On Air. If you haven’t had a chance to watch all the episodes, they’re still available for a short time, so don’t forget to register and tune in from the comfort of your home, office or wherever you are.

I’d like to thank you—our small business, accountant and bookkeeper community—for the feedback you provide our teams on the Xero features you use every day. Our latest features are a testament to this feedback, and we hope they make things a little easier for you during these difficult times.

There’s no doubt that automation is the key to efficiency when it comes to managing your finances, and those of your clients. Over the past month, we’ve released a number of features that reduce those time-consuming manual tasks – like sending emails to customers, managing duplicate transactions and tracking your time on projects – so you can focus on the things that matter.

The past few months have been challenging and taught us a lot about collaborating in remote environments. We know we do our best work when we stay #human and connected to customers and partners, so we’re proud to bring you these new features as we discover new ways to work together and strive to make Xero simple, seamless and smart.

This is a guest blog written by Kylie Parker, Xero partner and Director at Lotus Accountants I’ve been an accountant through the global financial crisis and the implementation of GST. Put those two things together and multiply them by ten, and that’s what it’s been like these past three months.