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How you can boss your business and start taking control now

Running a business isn’t easy but you’re bossing it. Nice work. However, you know things can always be done better. ...

March 15, 2021

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Want to get paid on time: Here’s 9 things you need to do now

If you want to take control of your business and really boss it, making sure you’re getting paid on time is vital. Wh...

March 15, 2021

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Small business accounting: 5 steps to start your books

Are you a small business just getting started? Getting started with your bookkeeping or accounting can be stressful for ...

March 10, 2021

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How business intelligence tools can transform a small business

Business intelligence is about taking data and making it work for you in the easiest, most intuitive and accessible way....

March 9, 2021

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6 features in Sage Accounting that save you time and boost productivity

Leverage your IT investment fully. It's common for businesses not to do so, but it doesn't need to be that way. And it m...

March 9, 2021

12 survival tips for small businesses

Business success is a tricky thing, with a lot of influential factors involved. In a “normal” year, small business succe...

February 10, 2021

Crush Tax Season: Your 2021 small business tax questions answered

It happens every year; Christmas, New Year's Eve and then 'bam!'--Tax season. This year, we want to help you take the s...

January 11, 2021

Sage Accounting updates: The way you work just got a lot easier

This month, Adrian Malpass, Product Manager at Sage, covers some exciting updates to Sage Accounting. At Sage, we’re...

January 9, 2021

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How to spot when your growing business is ready to graduate from Sage 50 to Sage Intacct

For a lot of businesses, Sage 50 is the first and only financial management solution they’ll ever need—which is understa...

January 8, 2021

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Download Your Free Quick Start Guide to Bookkeeping

Starting your books for the first time can often be a daunting task, but it doesn’t need to be! With our Quick Start Gui...

December 13, 2020

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Checklist: How to prepare a profit and loss statement

Whether you’re getting ready to launch your start-up, or you are an established business, you need to be able to measure...

December 10, 2020

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Indirect vs Direct Method for calculating cash flow

There are two popular methods to calculate cash flow, the direct method and the indirect method. Before we help you thin...

December 8, 2020

Small business accounting: Bookkeeping vs accounting – what’s the difference?

Are you a small business just getting started? Have you wondered what the difference is between Bookkeeping and Accounti...

December 2, 2020

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How small businesses can use automation to save time on admin

How much time is your small business spending on business admin? You might find it’s spending up to a day a week on rep...

November 23, 2020

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Customer Story: Canadian Music Label Turns to Sage Intacct for New Insights to Fuel Growth

It' can be an exciting but stressful time for a business when their rapid growth and success requires an upgrade and an ...

November 10, 2020

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Free Guide: Transforming the Productivity of Your Business

10 tips to transform your productivity is a guide that will help you reduce the time taken on accounting admin.

October 23, 2020

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5 predictions for accounts payable automation

Accounts payable automation is always in flux, as new tech wrestles with old habits, trends wither or grow, and world ev...

October 22, 2020

Three ways businesses can prepare for what’s next in 2020

For a brief moment, it looked like the world economy might experience a somewhat predictable recovery from the COVID-19 ...

October 21, 2020

7 top tips to grow your future workforce from within

The days have gone where you have one job for the rest of your life but could organizations do more to retain employees ...

October 21, 2020

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How to get your business ready for year end

Learn how to help relieve bottlenecks in your accounting reporting by driving an efficient workflow in your business yea...

October 20, 2020

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Free guide: Reduce admin and boost productivity in your small business

This sheer quantity of admin overload can be a profound shock for anybody who’s started a business to follow a passion. ...

October 5, 2020

7 important steps to combat unpaid invoices and get paid

Collecting on unpaid invoices can be a daunting task. It can be nerve-wracking trying to approach the conversation firml...

September 11, 2020

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8 ways to get invoices paid without any awkward conversations

How long does it take for your customers to process your invoices and pay for your goods or services? And how many awkw...

September 10, 2020

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The Art of Being Paid – a free guide to speed up payments

What’s one of your biggest challenges as a business owner? If “being paid” is one of your answers, you’re not alone. ...

September 1, 2020

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How to Calculate Canadian Sales Tax: GST, HST, PST, QST 2020

As a Canadian small-business owner, it is important to know what and when to charge your customers in terms of sales tax...

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Latest articles for Small businesses

How you can boss your business and start taking control now

Want to get paid on time: Here’s 9 things you need to do now

Small business accounting: 5 steps to start your books

How business intelligence tools can transform a small business

6 features in Sage Accounting that save you time and boost productivity

12 survival tips for small businesses

Crush Tax Season: Your 2021 small business tax questions answered

Sage Accounting updates: The way you work just got a lot easier

How to spot when your growing business is ready to graduate from Sage 50 to Sage Intacct

Download Your Free Quick Start Guide to Bookkeeping

Checklist: How to prepare a profit and loss statement

Indirect vs Direct Method for calculating cash flow

Small business accounting: Bookkeeping vs accounting – what’s the difference?

How small businesses can use automation to save time on admin

Customer Story: Canadian Music Label Turns to Sage Intacct for New Insights to Fuel Growth

Free Guide: Transforming the Productivity of Your Business

5 predictions for accounts payable automation

Three ways businesses can prepare for what’s next in 2020

7 top tips to grow your future workforce from within

How to get your business ready for year end

Free guide: Reduce admin and boost productivity in your small business

7 important steps to combat unpaid invoices and get paid

8 ways to get invoices paid without any awkward conversations

The Art of Being Paid – a free guide to speed up payments

Editor's selection

How to Calculate Canadian Sales Tax: GST, HST, PST, QST 2020

Free Survival Toolkit for Small Businesses

How to use accounting software to keep customers for life

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Owen Sweeney

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