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Firm of the Future 2018: Regional Business Services (AUS) – app stack and business model

November 6, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Meet the other finalists: PJCO (UK) Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) Reconciled (USA) Wealth Cafe (INDIA) Recommending apps is clearly one of the strongest ways to increase the relevance of your firm. Ian Yesberg of Regional Business Services, in Australia, has adjusted the composition of his staff by hiring more tech-savvy juniors to research apps and […]

Firm of the Future 2018: PJCO (UK) – app stack and business model

November 6, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Meet the other finalists: Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) Reconciled (USA) Wealth Cafe (INDIA) Regional Business Services (AUS) Peter Jarman saw how much publicity the UK finalist gained in the Firm of the Future competition and decided that his own firm would one day take the stage. Two years later his dream is fulfilled. Jarman is […]

Firm of the Future 2018: Wealth Cafe (INDIA) – app stack and business model

November 6, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Meet the other finalists: PJCO (UK) Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) Reconciled (USA) Regional Business Services (AUS) How much should an accountant know about their clients’ industry? Just the tax or a little more? Wealth Cafe, based in Mumbai, India, goes into the first meeting with new clients armed with a list of the critical apps […]

Firm of the Future 2018: Reconciled (USA) – app stack and business model

November 6, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Meet the other finalists: PJCO (UK) Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) Wealth Cafe (INDIA) Regional Business Services (AUS) Michael Ly is convinced that the rapid growth of his three-year-old firm to 18 staff is connected, at least in part, to the location of its head office. The firm, Reconciled, is in Burlington, Vermont, a city and […]

Firm of the Future 2018: Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) – app stack and business model

November 6, 2018 By Nicole Amit Leave a Comment

GLOBAL WINNER: FIRM OF THE FUTURE 2018 Meet the other finalists: PJCO (UK) Reconciled (USA) Wealth Cafe (INDIA) Regional Business Services (AUS) One of the hardest things about moving to the cloud is the shift in pricing models from hourly billing to a fixed fee. Some firms publicise fixed fees and modify them to fit […]

Latest trend for firms? Data engineering. Seriously. – Accountech.Live 18

November 5, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

The most interesting trend to break out in 2018? Data engineering for accountants. Yes, it sounds crazy and it will no doubt take a long while to reach the prime time. But the signs are already there. The Big Four firms are already retraining accountants as data engineers to pull information from SMEs’ systems for […]

MYOB Doubles Down on Supplier Feeds: Accountech.Live 18

October 26, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Banks feeds were the killer feature that fuelled the rapid rise of cloud accounting software. But the bank rec is not fully automated yet. MYOB says it knows what will take it another big step closer – detailed supplier feeds. MYOB is investing in higher quality, direct feeds to plumbing distributors Reece and TradeLink and […]

Accounting goes niche – Accountech.Live 18

October 18, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

Just when you thought there couldn’t be room for a new accounting software company, another appears. This time it’s going niche, and it is chasing the boom in self-employed or sole traders. The first wave of these apps include famous brands such as FreshBooks in Canada and FreeAgent in the UK. Intuit is pushing the […]

Cloud Power – Testing the Limits of Accounting Software: Accountech.Live 18

October 12, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson Leave a Comment

A funny thing happened on the way to the cloud. Small business accounting software became a lot more powerful. The traditional line between desktop accounting software and ERP was pretty well defined. Sales guys had a solid list of advantages for ERPs – more customisable, scalable and could consolidate data in the business. But now […]

GreatSoft Brings A Cloud Practice Suite for Big Firms to Australia

September 18, 2018 By Sholto Macpherson 4 Comments

MYOB’s attempted purchase of Reckon APS at the beginning of this year – and its knockdown by the regulator – unearthed some pretty frank statements about the technology roadmaps for the two software companies. Reckon’s main explanation as to why the combined entity wouldn’t be anti-competitive was that it was so far behind on its […]

Blink and it’s a Bank: Intuit Blurs Boundaries of Accounting Software

Firm of the Future 2018: Regional Business Services (AUS) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: PJCO (UK) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: Wealth Cafe (INDIA) – app stack and business model

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Blink and it’s a Bank: Intuit Blurs Boundaries of Accounting Software

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Firm of the Future 2018: Regional Business Services (AUS) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: PJCO (UK) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: Wealth Cafe (INDIA) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: Reconciled (USA) – app stack and business model

Firm of the Future 2018: Cloud Bookkeeping Services (CANADA) – app stack and business model

Latest trend for firms? Data engineering. Seriously. – Accountech.Live 18

MYOB Doubles Down on Supplier Feeds: Accountech.Live 18

Accounting goes niche – Accountech.Live 18

Cloud Power – Testing the Limits of Accounting Software: Accountech.Live 18

GreatSoft Brings A Cloud Practice Suite for Big Firms to Australia

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