Our Latest Articles
Insights, guides, and explainers from our AP experts — covering everything from processes and best practice to automation and controls.

What Expenses Can Employees Claim?
Learn what expenses employees can claim, HMRC rules businesses should follow, and how to manage expense claims correctly.

AI's Impact on Accounts Payable in 2026
Discover how AI is revolutionizing accounts payable in 2026, enhancing efficiency through automation and intelligent processing.

Tracking Spend with Spend Approval Workflows
Reports coming out of the UK government show horrific wastage of money with no spend control. Implementing spend approvals is the best way...

5 New Year's Resolutions
5 impactful new year's resolutions to improve your business health in 2022. Start building a better business future

The updated ultimate work from home survival guide
Find out the newest tips to stay sane while you work from home in 2022. Does it start with painting your office green...?

The truth about Black Friday
Black Friday is coming up on 26th November and businesses are gearing up, but this year consumers may not be taking part, because...

The Metaverse: What is it and what does it mean for business?
Another digital transformation is on the way with thousands of people working towards creating the Metaverse, a new virtual reality world

Introducing... Zahara AutoPilot!
Imagine software that will create an invoice, without you having to press “create"… well we have it! Introducing Zahara AutoPilot.

Sage Drive (you mad)
Sage Drive should never have been released. It was an attempt to claim cloud usage in Sage 50 where it was nothing of the sort

New Mobile App Update!
The new Zahara mobile app update is here with staff expenses and better document viewing. How and why should you track staff expenses?

3 Benefits of a hybrid back to work model
Restrictions are lifting and businesses are starting to return to the office. Find out the benefits of adopting a hybrid back-to-work model.

Bitcoin - 5 Reasons Why
Interest in Bitcoin is at an all-time high right now, as well as the price. Many analysts are predicting that 1 Bitcoin will surpass $100k.

Batch Processing of Invoices
Who came to work in a Ford Sierra? No one. So make sure you arent using 80's practices in your AP team. Speed up with Zahara

Is Your Browser Grinding You Down?
One of Zahara’s strengths is that it is cloud-based, so it can be accessed from any device with a web-browser and internet access.
Stop Approving Supplier Invoices — Fix Your Process Earlier
The finance team need a source of the truth. It's more than likely the finance system and everything else just supports the truth.

Paperless Staff Expenses – 5 Reasons Why
One area we have seen change is business expenses. This can perhaps be one of the first areas to look at when trying to save money

5 Benefits of Being Cloud Based
Businesses are having to adapt to a different style of working, with many needing to be operated remotely.

Netflix During Lockdown
When we aren't making incredible AP software, we are watching Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV and all the other streaming services.

Bouncing Back
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

Business has changed... Forever
We need to be agile. We should be able to lift up the lids of our laptops and work from anywhere. We don’t want paper invoices from anyone.

Invoice Express - The Game Changer
Stop. Put down the keyboard. Its time for automation. No more manual keying.

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 help us work smart

The Perfect Time to go Paperless?
With the recent outbreak of Coronavirus, people are being encouraged to work from home. But, how does this impact the Accounts Payables process?

Automation - The Ultimate Tool for Efficiency?
Technology is changing before our eyes; every day there is news about AI, machine learning or automation. But, what do we want at work?

Does your finance team thrive on stress?
What with the month-end surge in every finance team? Get those figures done, key those invoices. How can you prepare for a stress-free month?

10 Things to Consider When Choosing a Purchasing Platform
In this article, we explain the components of a purchase order system and what a potential buyer should look to consider. Find out more