Episode 27 - Summer App & Industry News

Accountants with largest LinkedIn followers, dominated by females. Jeri Williams 65K, Francesca Tricarico 56k, Laura Taylor 42K - courtesy of Dermot Hamblin (ACCT For Your Future)- (1) LinkedIn Follower Accounts in UK Accountancy | LinkedIn
Most popular SaaS by country (from Cledara) – Xero for the UK
Companies House IT transformation – register of overseas entities gone live – to come new ID verification, digital process to challenge to info uploaded, - Our new powers: a milestone year at Companies House - Companies House (blog.gov.uk) 
HelptoGrow expanded – from 5 employees to one (not director), Added ecommerce - Digital scheme widens but many firms still frozen out | AccountingWEB
HMRC update access controls for agents, DD mandates for clients in their login - HMRC to update direct debit and access controls | AccountingWEB
Yapily and Soldo open banking partnership – ability to top up Soldo direct from their own bank using Yapily – Soldo open banking partnership | Yapily
Sage and Microsoft expand partnership to embed Office into Sage products – Sage and Microsoft expand partnership to simplify workflows – ERP Today
GoCardless and Plaid launch VRP for GoCardless InstantPay - GoCardless and Plaid launch VRP offering ahead of CMA sweeping deadline (finextra.com)
FloQast – Accounting workflow automation tool – deeper partnership with Microsoft enabling their products to be listed for selling - FloQast, Microsoft Collaborating on Workflow Integration - insightfulaccountant.com (intuitiveaccountant.com)
QuickBooksOnline advanced – soft launch - £70pm – unlimited users through accountants
Xero updates – XeroGo, Instantpay, Document packs across HQ and Xero tax, improved job manager XPM, unified client record across XPM, HQ and Tax - What’s next for Xero’s practice tools in the UK | AccountingWEB
Xero updates - Old reports dead by July 23, quotes and purchase order reporting, overhaul of Contacts, bulk merge contacts is back, edit fields in invoice once paid (new invoicing), invoice reminders for new invoicing, global search updating, attach files to inventory items, create bill on invoice for VAT at end of return, Latest product news — August 2022 | Xero Blog
Xero updates - improved Xero status page – easier navigation and localisation - Introducing an improved Xero status page experience - Xero Blog
Xero updates – start and end times in Xero me app (for timesheets) Introducing start and end times in Xero Me | Xero Blog
Flinder data analytics and reporting platform LIVE! Initially for end consumer but potentially for accountants to use. Works with Xero, QBO, Shopify, Unleashed, Pipedrive, Hubspot, Stripe, Simpro, Chargebee, Salesforce and others - FW: flinder press release: 10 August 2022 - [email protected] - Gmail (google.com)
Sage Intaact – property specific releases focus in that industry – simple subscription billing management, as well as a Real Estate module - Cloud-based Accounting Solution Hits Real Estate Industry - insightfulaccountant.com (intuitiveaccountant.com)
FreeAgent – multi-category bills now LIVE! - Multi-category bills are now live - FreeAgent
Netsuite streamlines inventory management with Smart Count – easier stock counts whilst stock is moving - NetSuite Streamlines Inventory Management with Smart Count - insightfulaccountant.com (intuitiveaccountant.com)
CitrusHR PensionSync partnership – expanding on their payroll offering - citrus HR announce PensionSync partnership | AccountingWEB
Revolut adds stripe to platform for Europe payments - XU Magazine 2020
Keypay integrates with Staffd, paperless application onboarding and e-learning platform - Streamline hiring processes by integrating with Staffd! - XU Hub (xumagazine.com)
Comma – Bulk payments for Lloyds and Barclays corporate LIVE!
Crezco – International payments LIVE! - Crezco - New feature alert! - [email protected] - Gmail (google.com)