Key takeaways Accountants’ hidden hours include the advice, reassurance and coordination surrounding their core services. The Hidden Hours of Accountancy research from Sage found that 81% of accountants work outside their scope, highlighting how widely support extends beyond the agreed brief. Accountants can discuss current figures with clients without waiting for records to arrive. But … [Read more…]
Key takeaways Sage used the UK Government’s Software Security Code of Practice to assess its established security, governance, and assurance practices across the Copilot Factory Framework (CFF). The assessment showed that embedding security throughout software design, development, deployment, and maintenance helps create more resilient AI-powered services. The assessment validated established security practices, including access reviews, third-party dependency … [Read more…]
More small businesses are now recording income and expenses directly in the banking and business apps they use every day. But that doesn’t remove the need for professional accounting advice. In fact, it can create new opportunities to support clients, particularly those who are still building confidence with digital record-keeping. Clients still need your expertise … [Read more…]
Football clubs are often measured by what happens on the pitch. But at AFC Wimbledon, some of the club’s biggest successes happen from the touchline. These successes happen in food distribution hubs, local warehouses, small businesses and volunteer groups across south-west London. Together, they tell a broader story about the role a football club can … [Read more…]
Most CFO dashboards report numbers. Very few drive decisions. The difference isn’t the software behind them, it’s what’s on the screen and how it’s framed: a dashboard that lists twenty metrics with no context tells a CFO what happened, but not what to do about it. For CFOs, FDs and FP&A leaders at UK mid-market … [Read more…]
Sage Intacct’s product pages describe consolidating hundreds of entities in minutes rather than days. For a finance team that still spends the best part of a week on group consolidation each period, that claim can sound like marketing exaggeration. It isn’t an exaggeration, but the reason it’s true has more to do with architecture than … [Read more…]
A single profit and loss account is a good measure of a business with one entity, one revenue stream, and straightforward ownership. It stops being a good measure the moment any of those things change. Add a subsidiary, launch a second revenue stream, or bring in a joint venture partner, and a single P&L starts … [Read more…]
The CFO role has always included two jobs: keeping score and shaping strategy. What’s changed is the balance between them. Deloitte’s Finance Trends 2026 report, based on a survey of 1,326 global finance leaders, found that 57% now play a leading role in shaping their organisation’s strategy, and that these strategy-influencing leaders manage 20% more … [Read more…]
Key takeaways Saved four days a month on invoicing, freeing staff to focus on customer relationships. Customer payment reminders are automatic, removing friction. Forecasting looks months ahead for improved stock planning. Accounts are visible from any location, saving time and increasing efficiency for staff on the move. From very limited stock to more than 100 … [Read more…]
A finance system that worked well at £10 million in revenue doesn’t always keep pace at £30 million. That’s rarely because the software broke. It’s because growth changes what a finance system needs to do, and the gap between what it does and what the business now needs widens quietly, month by month, until someone … [Read more…]