With features including invoicing, payroll, reporting and more, Xero allows you to manage the company’s accounts with minimum effort.

Not only does it allow you to work from anywhere – even while on a sun-kissed beach, should you ever feel the need – but you can share the information in real-time with appropriate employees, as well as being able to work with your advisors.

Xero enables you to keep accurate records as money comes and goes to enable you to keep track of your cash flow and ensure that when it is time to pay tax, everything is up to date.

The app will present you with charts and graphs that are always showing the latest numbers so you can track your company’s performance.

And it will also help you to get paid faster, good news for all businesses. You can generate online invoices – they even include a ‘pay now’ button – and Xero will even chase outstanding payments by sending automated reminders.

Xero can be shaped to the needs of your business by adding in various apps, to enable you to carry out the following functions:

• Invoicing
• Payroll
• Track inventory
• Pay bills
• Manage expenses
• Manage projects
• Quotes
• Reporting
• Accept payments
• Contacts list
• VAT online

With automatic direct feeds from banks and other software, there is no human intervention guaranteeing that you can trust the data and that it is fully protected. And all this is available to you 24/7 on your laptop, tablet or mobile phone, with free online support available to you around the clock.