Well, this is long overdue. Anticipation for the first Labour Party budget in fourteen years has been mounting since July’s election walkover. Two weeks of mainstream media drip-feeding us tax-hike …
Zahara Trial Account Email Feature Exploit At Zahara, your security and trust are our top priorities. On October 18, 2024, we identified an issue involving the misuse of the “Send Test Email” fun…
AP Automation, or Accounts Payable Automation, is revolutionizing how businesses handle invoice processing and financial workflows. Integrating AP Automation with your accounting software, such as Xer…
Integrating AP automation software like Zahara with Sage Intacct improves financial efficiency by automating manual tasks, speeding up payment workflows, reducing errors, ensuring up-to-date financial…
The best solution against fraud might be Automated Accounts Approval Fraud is on the rise. Figures from Crowe’s Annual Fraud Indicator show that the UK private sector lost an eye-watering £157.8…
Looking for an integrated AP Automation Solution for your ERP System? This article looks at different ways to handle ERP integrations – but as your here, let us quickly mention Zahara. Our software …
The Complete explanation of purchase order automation It might sound obvious, but there's more that goes into purchase order automation than you might think. Purchase order automation allows yo…
Every company will have a slightly different invoice processing method, especially if they're automating and using different systems. However, there's one thing that every company must do, regardless …
See Zahara at Accountex London 2024! For the third year in a row, we’re exhibiting at Accountex, and we can’t wait to get back to ExCel and bring you all our exciting updates from last year.…
Introduction We have had reports and read forum articles expressing concerns and annoyance with recent changes to Dext's pricing, especially in the bookkeeping community. Dext has an incredibly loyal…
Handling your AP process has traditionally been a laborious and error-prone ordeal, typically burdened with manual data entry. However, the future of AP automation is now! Advancements in automation s…
A key responsibility for every finance team is to manage your company’s transactions, and one of those key tasks is to handle payments to vendors and suppliers. Not only are manual processes arduous…
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 curve. For finance teams, we recommend automating your invoice …
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 …
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 …
Having an effective Accounts Payable process is a key responsibility of every finance team. Effective AP ensures vendors are paid on time, helping you maintain good relationships with your suppliers a…
"We have Xero, why do we need an Accounts Payable solution?" We hear this all the time, it’s a fair question, and Xero is a great product, in fact we often recommend it. Yet, Xero is designed to…
Accountex 2023. We’re off to London again! 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 w…
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…
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 receive payments from customers and m…
For finance teams, having an efficient purchase order approvals process is critical in maintaining effective procurement processes. They help to ensure that purchases are made in line with budget c…
Automating accounts payable is an effective way to save time and money while increasing accuracy and efficiency. It's becoming increasingly popular among businesses of all sizes as they recognise the …
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…
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…
How much time and money are you wasting trying to recruit accounts staff? Recruiting for your Finance Team is hard because good talent is hard to find. It's no surprise given that job adverts in the …
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…
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…
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…
Xero reported an 18% jump in revenue in 2021. Their dynamic, modern accounting software is everywhere. As more and more finance teams choose Xero over manual processes or older systems, they are beg…
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…
What is the 4th Industrial Revolution? The 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) has been around for a few years now. It is characterised by the development and integration of artificial intelligence (AI),…
How theatres can financially recover from the pandemic Theatres and Performing Arts provide vital conversations and entertainment, and are embedded in the culture of the United Kingdom. Unfortunately…
For care homes, hospices and other community-based non-profits, it has been a turbulent year with many unforeseen challenges. Now that restrictions are lifting care homes are looking to make 2022 a su…
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 …
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…
The updated ultimate work from home survival guide- from the Zahara team We are almost two years into working from home or adopting a hybrid working model. Everyone is in and out of the office and …
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 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…
Zahara team gather at the Apex Conference Centre The UK Zahara team gathered in the Apex Hotel and Conference Centre, Bath on Monday to discuss exciting developments coming up for Zahara. Founder, Ma…
You may have heard the news that Facebook has changed its name to ‘Meta’, after CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, announced his plans to create a ‘Metaverse’. Building a whole new online 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…
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…
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 …
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 - 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…
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…