
Benefits of Job Management Software
The right tools Before the cloud, small trade and service businesses just weren't equipped for the realities of managing a business with staff working in the field all day, every day. Paper-based and spreadsheet “systems” are not fit-for-purpose, and inevitably throttle business efficiency, productivity and professionalism, along with the owner’s lifestyle. Now, cloud-based job management solutions solve age-old information and communication issues inherent to these field-bas


Xero EOFY Change Season
"This time of year is a golden opportunity to take a look at your business critically, assess your app stack and see what you can improve." says Xero We couldn't agree more! EOFY is a great time for advisors to analyse clients financial data and associated app stack to assess how they can help that business improve, setting them up for success heading into the new financial year. Xero chatted with our Trades expert Clinton Cowin of TradiePad and Hospitality expert Jeff from S


The Road to Becoming an App Advisor
This month we caught up with one of our CIP partners, Olivia Story of Blue Gecko Bookkeeping, to discuss how her App Advisory journey is progressing since she attended the 2018 CIP Intro to App Advisory Certification Camp.
Olivia candidly steps us through what she learnt from the 2018 CIP App Advisory Camp and how these learnings have helped Blue Gecko Bookkeeping grow its offering. She also discusses her experience partnering with CIP on client projects and her asprations


Single Touch Payroll – End of Year reporting
The ATO recently published an article on how to report your employees’ end of year information to both the employee and to the ATO. Read the full article here. If you are reporting through STP you no longer need to provide payment summaries to your employees or lodge a payment summary annual report to the ATO. Your employees will instead receive an income statement in their ATO online service account via myGov. They will get a notification in their myGov inbox when their inc