Xero Blog

If you’re a small business, being paid late is one of the biggest impediments to success. Unpaid invoices crimp cash flow and can make it hard to settle your own bills.

Attending Xerocon is about leveraging all the tools and resources available that will help you create the future you want for your firm. That includes learning from peers, industry experts, gaining actionable takeaways and learning how to better serve your small business clients.

Claire Mackay is nationally recognised as one of Australia’s pre-eminent financial planners. She is passionate about improving financial literacy for all Australians. Dean is a green-star certified, licensed carpenter and builder – with a green conscience.

If you’re around Wynyard Quarter in the next few days, you might notice a bit of an art project going on next to Te Wero Bridge. ‘X’ marks the spot where a local business, schoolchildren and two Kiwi artists are working together to highlight the importance of sustainability.

Dean Ipaviz is a green-star certified, licensed carpenter and builder with a green conscience who still loves throwing the tool belt on from time to time. We spoke to Dean about the highs and lows of his business journey as part of our beautiful business campaign.

Last month, Miriana Lowrie joined Xero’s International Women’s Day panel discussion. We thought we’d catch up with her about what business is like one year since 1Centre was formed. It’s been a year since 1Centre threw open its virtual doors, reinventing the trade credit application processes, saving businesses a lot of time and stress by providing instant visibility of the whole process.

Nic is a social entrepreneur, marketing campaign specialist and founder of environmentally focused startups, Easy Being Green and Cool nrg. Nic is responsible for the strategy, delivery and risk management for DC Power Co.

Claire Mackay is nationally recognised as one of Australia’s pre-eminent financial planners and is passionate about improving financial literacy for all Australians. Claire consults to ASIC, the ATO, and her professional associations; and is an adjunct lecturer at Macquarie University.

It’s not too late to spring into action and verify that everything is set up and ready for the first quarter of 2018, so that you can have a rosy start to your year.