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It’s no secret that running a small business comes with its fair share of challenges, with  finances and purchase order management being a top concern. Many business owners end up managing their ow…

Automate Payments Introduction Managing transactions is a core responsibility for finance teams, and ensuring timely payments to vendors and suppliers is a critical part of the process. Manual paymen…

Invoice Approval Automation: Upgrading from manual approvals To keep up with the lightning speed of today’s business world, automating manual processes is a one-way ticket to staying ahead of the c…

It’s the logical decision making that men (this one in particular) often use to justify a purchase they are planning to make. The second biggest purchase most of us make after a property is of cours…

2022 was our first year exhibiting at Accountex and we cannot wait for Accountex 2023. The buzz and excitement, the bright colours, all the people we’ll meet. We just can’t wait! 2022 was our firs…

Finance teams are facing new challenges as businesses evolve. The focus is shifting toward efficiency, spend control, and real-time visibility. Automation is no longer a luxury—it’s a necessity. O…

Improve your payment processing system As a finance team, one of your main priorities is to ensure that your company's payment processing system is running smoothly and efficiently. It enables you to…

A purchase requisition (PR) is a request. The request to buy something for the organisation and that request will likely be subject to an approval process.  A purchase order is a formal document sen…

My wife and I have sat together each evening recently, progressively getting colder as Autumn approached. In my mind, the heating wasn't coming on until there was a frost on the sitting room carpet. W…

This advice is aimed at younger people. Perhaps graduates. Those looking to get their first step on the ladder into a career. I write this as someone who runs a business and interviews people regularl…

Now, more than ever, success in the construction industry means making the most of developments in the accounting tools available to us. Efficient management of processing invoices, expenses, cash flo…

Zahara users have been reaping the benefits of our built-in optical character recognition (OCR) invoice processing for a while. You still might be asking yourself 'What is OCR?' or 'How's does OCR hel…