Xero Blog

At Xero, we’re constantly searching for beautiful new ways to help our small business customers reduce administrative burdens so they can spend more time focusing on the important things, like growing their business.

Robots, code, virtual reality and electronic circuits! Xero’s second annual Family Coding Day had it all. Around 60 mini-Xeros aged from 3 to 18 and their parents spent their Saturday with Xero volunteers.

There is no doubt that artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionising our world, and particularly how our data is being used. Paul Bulpitt, head of accounting for Xero UK, spoke about the potential of AI in the accounting industry at London Tech Week in Shoreditch.

The success of the New Zealand economy rests on the backs of small businesses. Collectively, small businesses make up more than a quarter of New Zealand’s GDP, and businesses with fewer than 20 people make up a whopping 97% of the total number of New Zealand enterprises.

These days Artificial intelligence (AI) is an extremely topical subject. From the conversation surrounding it, we can define AI as “a future without humans”. Certain elements of pop culture take this to a terribly literal extreme.

Technology is changing every aspect of our lives, both at home and in the workplace. And accountancy is no exception, where new technologies are challenging accountants to keep evolving. Clients are demanding increased accessibility, faster response times and advice over and above standard number-crunching.

Rod Drury and Gary Turner are back with another episode of The Rod & Gary Show. This month they’re jumping right in with takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s recent keynote at Facebook’s F8 conference.

As a husband and a father of three girls I understand the overwhelming responsibility we have to encourage young people into STEM education. We need them to not only have an interest in technology but be passionate about it.

Everyone knows the legend of the Silicon Valley developer. He’s a 20-something white guy who sits in a dark room, face barely lit by his black computer screen covered in code, empty packets of Cheetos and cans of Red Bull strewn across his desk, sometimes going for coding jaunts lasting longer than 24 hours.