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Your supplier emails to say their bank account has changed. Your managing director messages you on Teams asking for an urgent transfer before the end of the day. Both look genuine. Either one could cost your company hundreds of thousands of dollars.These are business email compromise (BEC) scams, and they…

A new customer enquiry arrives while the team is busy. Someone needs to read it, record the details, let the right colleague know and remember to follow up. Each step is simple on its own, but repeated across a working week, these small handovers can take up time and make…

If your business was left out of the Energy Efficiency Grant (EEG) before, that has changed. The good news is that the EEG Base Tier is now open to all companies from every sector, and applications can run until 31 March 2028.Previously under the old scheme, only six sectors could…

Choosing a Xero plan comes down to three questions: how many invoices and bills you process each month, whether you deal in foreign currencies, and how much reporting you want built in. Pick wrong and you either pay for features nobody opens, or hit the Starter limits in your second…

You can cut most manual entry in Xero by combining four tools. Wispr Flow lets you speak instead of type, JAX acts on your instructions inside Xero, Xero Documents reads and matches your bills, and SimpleAI Books prepares coded bill entries for you to approve. You review everything before it…

Email is part of the everyday rhythm of a small business. A customer asks a question, an accountant sends an invoice, a supplier confirms a delivery and a manager approves a payment. Because so much work passes through the inbox, a few sensible protections can make a real difference without…