New Apps & Updates ClockOn's Partnership with Flare to Streamline Employee Onboarding and Benefits

CLOCKON AUSTRALIA HAS ANNOUNCED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH FLARE THAT WILL ALLOW CLOCKON TO OFFER EMPLOYEE ONBOARDING AND BENEFITS TO ALL ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS COLLABORATION AIMS TO STREAMLINE THE ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR NEW EMPLOYEES WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A RANGE OF BENEFITS TO EXISTING EMPLOYEES. WITH THIS PARTNERSHIP, CLOCKON AUSTRALIA HOPES TO PROVIDE ITS CUSTOMERS WITH A MORE COMPREHENSIVE HR SOLUTION THAT MEETS ALL THEIR NEEDS.

ClockOn CEO, David

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Mylne, expressed his excitement about the partnership, stating: "We are very proud to partner with Flare HR, and we believe this integration will be a significant and long-term benefit to our Online customers. This partnership is a testament to ClockOn's commitment to delivering innovative solutions that help businesses manage their workforce more efficiently."

As part of the partnership, ClockOn Online users will now have free, integrated access to Flare's added products and services, including digital staff onboarding, employee wellbeing programs, novated car leasing programs, and staff benefits and discounts with leading retailers.

ClockOn Online users are encouraged to utilize the digital employee onboarding feature to benefit from 85% greater onboarding efficiency. The software delivers a compliant paperless onboarding experience that simplifies the entire process down to a few minutes, without the need for paperwork or manual HR admin.

We are excited to partner with ClockOn Australia and provide our added services to their customers," said Flare Head of Partnerships, Janine Fry. "Our digital staff onboarding feature will greatly benefit ClockOn...

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Software company launches ‘game changing’ app for accountants and their clients

WE KNOW YOU LOVE THE TIME SAVING THAT CREDITORWATCH COLLECT’S AUTOMATION OFFERS. NOW, WE’RE GIVING YOUR EFFICIENCY ANOTHER BOOST WITH OUR NEW EMAIL STATUS FEATURE.

Small but nifty, this new feature lets you see if a follow-up reminder email has been sent. And once sent, the status of that email. With a glance, see if your email has been delivered, if it’s bounced or if, and when, the customer has opened it.

This new feature has been automatically rolled out to all CreditorWatch Collect customers. Jump onto the app now to see how it helps you:

• Quickly identify account contacts that need to be removed or updated

• Make more informed decisions about next steps when chasing customers

• Have more efficient phone calls with customers

ENSURE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS ARE RECEIVED

If you’ve had no traction following reminder emails, this is a simple yet effective way of having confidence that...

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Pixie Leverages AutoGPT to Create AI-Powered Practice Management

PIXIE, THE UK-BASED ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE COMPANY, IS PREVIEWING ITS LATEST FEATURE DESIGNED TO STREAMLINE ACCOUNTING PROCESSES USING AI AUTOGPT. PIXIE CO-PILOT, CREATED USING THE LATEST IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNOLOGY, IS SET TO REVOLUTIONISE HOW ACCOUNTANTS MANAGE THEIR DAILY WORK AND COMMUNICATE WITH CLIENTS.

Leveraging GPT-4, a powerful language model developed by OpenAI, the co-pilot tool can process and understand client queries and prepare responses for user review in real-time. This means that accountants will no longer have to spend hours trawling through complex accounting software, as the co-pilot tool is able to quickly and easily retrieve the information they need and prepare an accurate re- sponse for them.

"Accountants have told us one of their top client management challenges is dealing with the huge variation of client queries. These can range from simple tax return requests to double-taxation rules. In 90% of these requests, collecting information and preparing a good response is quite time-consuming. Our co-pilot feature will change the game for accountants," said Pixie CEO Celso Pinto.

"It processes these inbound client queries and leverages the data inside Pixie to provide accurate responses in an instant. It’ll then ask the accountant to review the response for accuracy before sending it to their clients. It even picks up the tone of voice of the particular user when generating the replies. We're thrilled to raise the bar for practice management software...

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THE LATEST ONCORD UPDATE INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF DRAGAND-DROP ROTATORS AND BANNERS, A DOMAIN HEALTH CHECKER TO ENHANCE EMAIL DELIVERABILITY, THE ABILITY TO BULK REMOVE CONTACTS FROM GROUPS, AND INTEGRATION WITH EVENTBRITE. ADDITIONALLY, THE EVENTS RSVP SYSTEM HAS BEEN IMPROVED, AND WE'VE ADDED NEW NOTIFICATION OPTIONS AND AUTOMATIONS FOR RECURRING SALES.

Drag-and-drop Rotators / Banners

A new drag-and-drop rotator element has been added to the visual page editor, making it easy to add dynamic banners and sliders to your pages without any coding experience.

With a range of customization options available, you can control the speed, direction, and auto-rotate timing of banners, as well as choose from a variety of transition animations including fade, slide, and instant. Configure the color and style of the rotator controls to match your brand.

To try the new Rotator element now:

1. Edit a website page, via Dashboard > Website > Pages.

(or, click here to access a demo)

2. Click "Insert" in the left panel, to reveal the library of drag-and-drop elements.

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CHANNEL ISLANDS BASED SOFTWARE COMPANY, CLIENTWINDOW, HAS LAUNCHED AN INNOVATIVE APP THAT ADDRESSES A CHALLENGE FACED BY ACCOUNTANTS ON A DAILY BASIS. THE APP ALLOWS ACCOUNTANTS TO CONVENIENTLY INTERACT WITH THEIR CLIENTS, WHILE ALSO ENSURING THEY MAINTAIN THE NECESSARY LEVELS OF COMPLIANCE AND SECURITY.

The ClientWindow app was designed by Chartered Accountants, David Moehle and Tim Zeale, who are both partners at Channel Islands based Chartered Accountancy practice, PKF bba. Tim and David recognised that interaction via convenient messaging tools (such as WhatsApp because it is quick and convenient) and any-time access to information via smartphone apps is becoming both essential and the norm for increasingly digital savvy clients, but also poses problems for regulated businesses such as accountants. The ClientWindow app combines...

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NEW XERO CONNECTED APPS!

AU - Simplify and standardise the complex and boring admin tasks with Nimble by Voltex's community-inspired app for electricians in Australia. Making life easier for electricians so they can spend more time focusing on their customers.

Oyster

GLOBAL - A global employment platform for people-centric companies to confidently hire, pay, and retain the best talent across 180+ countries. Oyster's deep local guidance and people-first experiences has built a thriving global workforce to help businesses grow with ease.

Batchpay

AU & NZ - Allows accounts payable team members to pay more than 200 bills in a single batch. BatchPay exports your payment file (eg. aba file), emails remittances and produces a batch summary report of all transactions paid, before syncing back into Xero to keep your creditor ledger live.

Nimble Propte

AU - Export multiple Xero Companies' data into a single CSV file with one click through Propte's Xero API integration, directly into Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets. Save time, reduce error and automate. Includes all journals to build any report including GL, BS and PnL.

PLANDAY HAS ARRIVED IN AUSTRALIA. IS IT RIGHT FOR YOUR BUSINESS?

MANAGING PEOPLE IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FACED BY SMALL BUSINESSES. THE COMPLEXITY OF PAYROLL OBLIGATIONS MAKES THIS EVEN MORE OF A BURDEN. IN FACT, LAST YEAR WE SURVEYED SMALL BUSINESSES ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND FOUND THAT 37% WERE WORRIED THEY WOULD ACCIDENTALLY PAY THEIR STAFF INCORRECTLY.

To ease the burden on employers, we’ve introduced an online workforce solution: Planday. This is part of our suite of employee management tools available in Aus- tralia, helping employers and employees connect in real time.

Not sure if Planday is right for you or your clients? Here are four ways it can help make employee management easier.

1. Streamline time tracking, rostering and communications

For those using spreadsheets and manual rosters, Planday completely digitises the process, moving all the time tracking, rostering and communications into the...

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Flowlens Product Updates –March/April 2023

All the latest updates and bug fixes to Flowlens.

AS ALWAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUERIES ABOUT ANY OF THESE UPDATES, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER SUCCESS TEAM VIA SUPPORT@FLOWLENS.COM.

Flowlens Task Templates – Projects

An update was made to include the ability to create a task template against Projects so every time a Project is made, a task is created and assigned to a specific user. This can be done by going to Settings > Task Templates > + New Task Template, and selecting ‘Projects’ from the ‘Task Model’ dropdown.

Addition of ‘Project

citrus HR and Xledger join forces

OUR LATEST UPDATES MAKE IT EASIER TO SET UP AUTOMATIC PAYMENTS AND RESPOND TO SCOPE OF WORK CHANGES AT ANY STAGE OF THE CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.

In February 2023, we celebrated 10 years of Ignition. While we’re proud of reaching this milestone and the impact we've made to date, we’re even more excited by what comes next.

If 10 years has taught us anything, it’s that your client relationships are continually evolving and provide multiple opportunities to grow, engage clients and get paid. This year we’re focused on expanding our platform capabilities so you can leverage more automation throughout the entirety of your client interactions.

Here’s how we’ve started 2023.

Requesting individual or bulk client payment methods

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New for Fathom: Enhanced Analysis for Consolidated Groups and Divisions

GET UP TO SPEED WITH THE LATEST FATHOM PRODUCT NEWS. HERE’S A QUICK WRAP-UP OF THE FEATURES WE’VE RECENTLY RELEASED.

Comparing to prior periods or budget in the Breakdown tool

Breakdown tool

• Compare financial results for each company in a consolidated group to the individual companies’ budgets or a prior period

• Compare financial results for each division to a prior period

WE LOVE HELPING SMALL BUSINESSES ACHIEVE THEIR GOALS, AND WE DO THIS THROUGH SUPPORTING BUSINESS OWNERS WITH HR SUPPORT AND PROVIDING HR SOFTWARE DESIGNED TO MAKE LIFE AS EASY AS POSSIBLE.

Many small business owners tell us that having easy access to important data is key to their day-to-day success, but it’s not always easy. That’s why we work closely with many cloud-software providers, creating integrations to improve the way you work.

Which is why we are thrilled to launch our brand-new HR software integration with cloud-based finance software solution, Xledger.

Who

are Xledger?

Xledger is built with ambitious companies in mind. With over 10,000 customers worldwide, they are designed to empower fast-growing businesses to bring automation to their finances.

Much like citrus HR, Xledger’s comprehensive cloud financial software solution is designed to be easy to implement, configure, and update. They also offer a consultative...

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Manager’

filter on Projects Index page

A filter for ‘Project Manager’ has been added to the Projects Index page. This enables users to quickly search for projects assigned to a specific manager.

Form templates – Parts

An enhancement has been made against form templates so they can now be used against Parts. To set up a form template for parts go to Settings > Form Templates > + New Form Template > enter a form name and check the ‘Parts’ checkbox. Once this is set up it...

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Fathom’s Breakdown tool offers valuable ways to compare and track your divisions and consolidated companies against one another. Now, we’ve enabled you to compare your entities while also tracking their performance against budget data or prior periods.

With this enhancement, you can now: • Add or remove a prior period or budget to the

Ecologi Zero™ joins the Xero App Store to support UK businesses on their net-zero journey

BIG NEWS HERE AT ECOLOGI HQ! ECOLOGI ZERO IS WORKING WITH XERO TO HELP SCALE UP NET-ZERO IN THE UK.

Our carbon footprinting tool has officially joined the Xero App Store. This joining-of-forces will give thousands of UK service-based small businesses the option to calculate their carbon footprint for free, making it much easier to take climate action and start their net-zero journey. It’s also a big step towards helping the UK decarbonise faster, so we’re really proud of it.

Unlocking carbon footprinting for small businesses

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• Compare KPI results for each entity to prior periods

• Export the comparison to PDF

When viewing the Breakdown tool in a company with divisions, simply click the ‘+’ icon to add a prior period. If you’re using the Breakdown tool for a consolidated group, you can also compare to budgets when viewing...

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Annature and Company 123

Partner to Provide a Comprehensive Solution for Business Formation and eSigning Processes in Australia

ANNATURE BRISBANE, QLD AND COMPANY 123 MELBOURNE, VICANNATURE, A LEADING PROVIDER OF ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE SOLUTIONS, AND COMPANY 123, A RENOWNED PROVIDER OF BUSINESS FORMATION AND ASIC REGISTRATION SERVICES, HAVE ANNOUNCED A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AIMED AT SIMPLIFYING AND ACCELERATING THE PROCESS OF STARTING AND MANAGING BUSINESSES IN AUSTRALIA.

The integration will enable entrepreneurs and business owners across Australia to benefit from a seamless, streamlined experience when it comes to forming and registering their companies, as well as signing and processing important documents electronically.

By combining Annature's cutting-edge eSigning technology with Company 123's expertise in business formation and registration, the two companies aim to offer a comprehensive and user-friendly platform that meets the needs of today's entrepreneurs.

"We are thrilled to partner with...

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BGL CORPORATE SOLUTIONS (BGL), THE WORLD'S LEADING PROVIDER OF COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, IS PROUD TO CELEBRATE THE 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF ITS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SOFTWARE SOLUTION, CAS 360 SINGAPORE.

The milestone comes just a week after BGL surpassed 800,000 companies managed by its CAS 360 software across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.

"I'm incredibly proud of the BGL Team and what they have achieved over the past 12 months," said Ron Lesh, BGL's Managing Director. "The success of CAS 360 Singapore is a testament to their hard work and dedication. I also want to thank our clients for providing valuable feedback and helping drive the development of CAS 360 Singapore, which today supports over 120 firms, managing over 14,000 companies. A truly fantastic achievement by all."

Launched in late April 2022, CAS 360 Singapore is a complete company secretarial software solution and a huge time-saver for accounting firms and corporate service providers. With its powerful automation, CAS 360 provides workflows for managing common changes for companies and Annual Returns, saving clients time and increasing their productivity. In addition, CAS 360 was Singapore's first cloud-based company secretarial software to integrate with the Accounting and Corporate...

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