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Could the pandemic have made the long sought-after endless summer a reality? And if so, more prosaically, what does this mean for...

This is the second in a series of three articles considering whether budgeting and planning is now an outdated discipline. Given the...

If, as the old adage says, you’re too busy chopping wood to sharpen your axe you could be failing to get the most out of your software or...

This is the first in a series of three articles considering whether budgeting and planning is now an outdated discipline. Given the rapid...

The current debate around Return To Office (RTO) likely heralds the biggest shift in the workplace since the emergence of the assembly...

If the way we were taught no longer serves us, let’s look to entrepreneurs for an alternative. According to the Heavy Chef Foundation’s...

A common theme in my writing for AccountingWEB, pre-dating the pandemic, has been the importance of building an accounting function that...

What would you say to the opportunity to quickly and easily save up to $11,000 (£8,200+) per employee every year? That would have a...

IDU is delighted to announce that their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting tool idu-Concept is now available in the new Xero App...

Back in 2017 and again in early 2019 I wrote about the challenges and opportunities experienced when doing business in unpredictable and...

My mantra throughout the pandemic has been that flexible, agile and resilient organisations are the ones that will survive and flourish....

With all the inevitability of winter following autumn, budget season is here again. And while there is no doubt that a solid, well...

Kevin Phillips considers the impact of remote working on South Africa’s now fully implemented Protection of Personal Information (POPI)...

Let’s face it we are boring, conservative bean counters, stuck in the back office, blocking spend and new ideas. We’re going to be doing...

Although the world remains locked in battle with Covid-19, we are starting to emerge from survival mode and to consider our post-pandemic...

I doubt any company would turn down the opportunity to reduce operating expenses, but this is especially critical for not-for-profit...

I’ve been writing a lot about the need for the finance function of a company to be able to turn on a dime to match the pace of change in...

One of my favourite business success stories from 2020 (yes, there were plenty!) was Granadilla’s almost overnight pivot from a swimwear...

Cape Town, South Africa – 24 August 2021 – IDU, a leading provider of Financial Budgeting, Reporting and Modelling solutions, today...

It is absolutely the finance team’s fiduciary duty, and indeed obligation, to control spending, especially during challenging times of...