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Man Maths and the Science of Buying

Have you heard about Man Maths? 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 …

Purchase controls, even for shoes

It was only when I had finished my accountancy training, left practice and had worked in industry for 2 years, that I fully understood the point of PO's. They might not be an exciting topic but they …

Finance Teams Problems

Finance Team Problems in 2023 – An insight from over 200 discussions. As we hit mid-March, our team has spoken to more than two hundred Finance Teams this year, some looking at AP automation, som…

Purchase Requisitions vs Purchase Orders

What is the difference between a Purchase Requisition and a Purchase Order?  A purchase requisition (PR) is a request. The request to buy something for the organisation and that request will likel…

Future-proofing your AP process

As the cost of living crisis emerges there is no doubt that we are all looking after our money more than ever.  Wall Street is warning of inflation rates and fears of a repeat of 2008. The UK is bein…

Zahara visit Accountex 2022

A few weeks ago Zahara exhibited at Accountex 2022 at the ExCel centre London with 250 other global brands and 8,000 accounting and finance professionals. After months of planning, the Zahara team wer…

Visit Zahara at Accountex 2022

Accountex London is returning on 11-12th May 2022 at ExCel London and Zahara is excited to be exhibiting at the show, which is set to be the best Accountex event yet. Zahara joins 250 global brands …

Black Friday online shopping

It’s easy to spend other peoples money

Margaret Thatcher famously said - "The trouble with socialism, is that eventually you run out of other peoples money to spend". Regardless of your political views, the point is well made. It's really …

The best headsets for Teams or Zoom

The team here at Zahara spend a huge amount of their time on Zoom or Teams calls and as a result we have all used different headsets and audio devices. In this article we share with you what we use an…

Black Friday online shopping

The truth about Black Friday

Black Friday is coming up on Friday 26th November, the day after thanksgiving, and this year it poses a lot of questions. Year after year we see huge discounts on TVs, gadgets, appliances, clothing an…

Buying better, for a better world

This week we have most of the world's leaders in Glasgow UK for the Cop26 Climate Change Conference. We have Boris Johnson telling us we are drinking in the last chance saloon. The world has to take a…

Introducing… Zahara AutoPilot!

Let Zahara AutoPilot take the wheel! Imagine software that will create an invoice, without you having to press “create"… well we have it! Introducing Zahara AutoPilot.  Not only can you avoid h…

Sage Drive (you mad)

We have made the decision to say no to Sage Drive - now known as Remote Data Access. Our SmartSync tool has a really good integration with Sage 50 that allows purchase invoices to be created in Sage …

Mobile app update

New Mobile App Update!

New Zahara Mobile App Update Now with expense submissions on the mobile, a new suppliers module and more.   Capture and submit expenses for approval Users can now build and submit expense claim…

Zahara News

Zahara News - September 2021 New suppliers module - released today We have just released our new Suppliers module. You can access this from the Business Menu - (Suppliers Z3) or when in Zahara 3, th…

Person using payment methods of the future

Payment methods of the future

Payment methods of the future Which new payment methods will you see more of in 2022? The growth of the global digital payment industry has accelerated since Covid-19 (McKinsey Global Payments Repor…

3 Benefits of a hybrid back to work model

Covid-19 restrictions were lifted on 19th July, and everyone is preparing for returning to work in person, phew! Zahara are back in our brand-new offices in Queen’s Square, Bath and have adopted a h…

BTC

Bitcoin – 5 Reasons Why

Bitcoin - 5 Reasons Why Interest in Bitcoin is at an all-time high right now, as well as the price. A quick search of Bitcoin on Twitter and you will be overwhelmed with arguments for and against t…

Batch Processing

Batch Processing of Invoices

Invoice Express Just Got More Expressy We've just released our latest game changer that puts a smile on our faces here at Zahara. We have an ambition to make processing supplier invoices something si…

8 Steps to Purchasing Success

Good purchasing software can be hugely beneficial for companies looking to save time, save money and bring visibility to their spending. Using purchase orders within your accounts payable process is a…

The Cloud in 2021

Cloud based applications were crucial in 2020. Covid-19 forced business to work remotely if possible, so the demand for cloud based business applications increased massively. Now there is an end in si…

Is Your Browser Grinding You Down?

We recently had a couple of users reporting Zahara being slow, after some investigation it turned out that their browser was the issue. A simple fix in this case, but it took time to work out what the…

You Can’t Handle the Truth

The truth is in there ...   My lead developer Greg is quite a deep guy. He’s a thinker. He likes purity. Obviously, he’s highly suspicious of Microsoft and interfaces and has just about come to…

Are You Right For Purchase Orders?

First off, what are purchase orders? A Purchase Order is an instruction from you to your supplier, to supply goods or service at a price that you dictate. The supplier then accepts your purchase or…

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