Better, faster, stronger, cheaper. Technology is a means to an end, not the end itself, but it sure helps you get there!
Imagine a life where you can just take a photograph of a receipt and your work is done, where invoices are automatically generated and where you can get instant access to your financial situation. That's exactly what you get with the Blu Sky accounting stack.
Tired of numbers reporting with no clear indication of what it means for your business? Key financial metrics not easily accessible? Unsure of your Balance Sheet from your Profit and Loss, or what it all means for Cashflow? Your Business Blu Print will show you the way. Blu Prints is built in the cloud and sits on top of Xero and Receipt Bank.
This is an add-in that enables you to photograph your receipts and forget about them. No more paperwork storage, no more huddled over a pile of documents on a Sunday afternoon. Free up your time and let Receipt Bank analyse your receipts before they are automatically posted to Xero… oh, and your Receipt Bank subscription is included in your fee. How good is that?
Chaser works exclusively on the sales side of things and is for you if you have customers who are placing orders and treating the credit on your sales like short-term bank loans or fear this being the case. In fact, with Chaser it can take an average of 16 days less to receive money from customers. Sounds amazing, we know!
Stripe allows you to receive payments over the internet. It provides the security and peace of mind required with fraud prevention, technical and banking infrastructure. If you’re creating a subscription service, e-commerce store or an on-demand platform for example, Stripe may well be for you.
GoCardless helps business owners to collect their Direct Debit payments, whether its for invoice payments of variable amounts, subscriptions or fees. If you want to control your cash flow and never need to chase a payment again, GoCardless may be the answer. It also connects with your exisiting software, what more could you need?
The rise in platform lenders and new alternative sources of financing means there are more options than ever to choose from. Whether it be for cash flow or growth, there is now a solution out there to SME’s funding needs – Capitalise. It can search over 100 lenders in as little as 3 minutes. Loan applications are 4 times more successful with the use of Capitalise.
We can work with anything from Tripcatcher (a mileage expense app) to WorkflowMax and CharlieHR and integrate your payment systems from Paypal and Stripe. Our in-house integration process is neat, and we make use of Zapier which, in this ecosystem, integrates just about anything with anything.
Here’s a rundown of the changes to VAT services following the new Brexit deal, so you can ensure your business complies with the new rules.
Do you do Self Assessment tax returns? Here’s a summary of all of tax due by midnight on 31st January 2021 so you can ensure everything gets paid on time.
Progress is being made. In parallel with HMRC starting to…
For small employers, the news that the Employer’s National Insurance…
Well, there’s a lot to take in from today’s budget. As usual, we’ve summarised the main headlines to save you reading it yourself!
Our financial controller Nathan explains what on earth the ICO is, what it has to do with data protection and why they may have contacted you recently regarding fees and registration.
We spoke to North East Tech Network, Dynamo North East’s Director Sarah Thackray to find out how Blu Sky helped them to build integrated accounts processes that save time and support them to push the organisation forward.
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