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There have been some ongoing issues with Xero’s bank feeds feature for the last couple of months across the globe, Xero are aware of these issues.   There is a suggestion it could be to do with numerous bugs being the cause as well as the new open banking platform, Tink. We are keeping up…

With over 1,000 apps available on the Xero App Store alone, it can be difficult to know which apps are best suited to your business.   Whilst every business is unique and will have different requirements, I believe there are two key app types that should always be part of your app selection, or “app…

Small and medium sized businesses are critical to the UK’s economy. As part of the Chancellor’s Plan For Jobs, Help to Grow: Digital has been launched.  Digital software can help build customer relationships to increase sales, manage accounts and finances digitally or make the most of selling online.   Choosing the right platform to use…

Reconciling your bank account is an important task in managing your businesses finances. This is because, by doing this we are making sure that all business transactions are being recorded and more importantly, you can identify any unusual transactions that may be taking place in your company. Xero has a feature in which you can…

Creating invoice templates In Xero you can customise the look of your invoices by using an invoice template. This allows you to add different payment terms and logos, as there is no limit on the amount of invoice templates you can add you can have as many as required for all different customers. Below are…

Please be aware of the following current bank feed disruptions in Xero, as per Xero’s blog page, with the following banks as of 9th December 2021 :   AIB (UK) (Open Banking) Currently AIB (UK) credit cards are unavailable to connect through bank feeds. We’re looking into getting this reinstated. For now please manually import…

One of the first things you will need to do when starting to use Xero is to connect your bank accounts, this is a relatively simple step by step process.   Step 1: Go to the accounting menu on the top blue ribbon bar and select bank accounts.   Step 2: Click add bank account…

For businesses that require staff to have access to their Xero but do not want their employees to be able to view all details of their business there are different permissions and roles you can allocate to different users.   Roles Adviser- This role is the highest role you can give someone; therefore, it includes…

If you’ve never used a cloud software before coming to a decision on what package to choose can be quite daunting. Well, in this blog I am going to summarise what different packages are available and tell you what each package does and also, what it doesn’t do.   There are three packages that Xero…

In this blog series I am going to be talking about “All Things Xero” from what package you should choose to reconciling a bank.   My blogs will be coming out once a week from Friday 5th November so make sure you keep look out for them.   I will cover a variety of topics…