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Latest Release Release Date: July 24, 2024 - We are pleased to announce the latest release, which primarily consists of essential bug fixes and several significant enhancements. Key Enhancements …

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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5 New Year’s Resolutions

Improvements to make for a successful business You may have decided on some personal new year’s resolutions such as dusting off your gym membership or eating more kale, but have you thought about r…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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 aim to make processing supplier invoices simple and easy so you c…

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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…

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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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Bouncing Back

Is Your Business Ready For The Return Covid-19 has taught us at Zahara many things. First and foremost, we don’t need an office to work at 100% productivity - we learnt this very quickly. I was w…

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Business has changed… Forever

Our business landscape is changing We are busier than ever with finance teams wanting to work from home more efficiently. We are showcasing our approvals portal and amazing invoice OCR, InvoiceExpr…

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Invoice Express – The Game Changer

Take the hard-work out of your invoice processing It's not often I get excited and start banging the drum, but our new Invoice Express is a game changer. It's so simple, yet so incredibly accurate an…

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Zahara – Working From Home

Working from home for the Zahara team hasn’t been a stretch so far. We are fortunate to use some great software apps that enable us to communicate, share and collaborate quickly and easily. The tea…

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Does your finance team thrive on stress?

We all know that stress is bad for us, right? My diet app tells me it is, and I know I’m much happier when there is less to worry about, both in my personal and professional life. It seems though…

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How to Help Clients Embrace Their Budget

By Guest Author: Heather Smith Budgeting certainly has its place in the business world, but not all businesses understand how to make a budget work for their needs. I spoke with some colleagues to le…

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The Controversy Behind Budgets

By Guest Author: Heather Smith Budgeting and cost control can be useful business tools when used properly, but if used arbitrarily, there are practitioners that believe you might be wasting your time…

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8 Reasons to Kill Off Purchase Invoices

RIP Purchase Invoices Isn’t it astonishing that the biggest problems in accounts payables occurs before the purchase invoice even arrives with the AP team. But the resultant invoice can tie the tea…

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Running a global business from my iPad

How things have changed... Back in the 80’s, when I was a demanding teenager, my dad went to work every day in a suit, and he went to his office. He worked there all day, doing paper work. He had a…

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