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IDU NEWS AND INSIGHTS


IDU a silver partner at Finance Indaba Africa 2022
We are very excited to announce that IDU will be a Silver Partner at Finance Indaba Africa on 20 October 2022. Finance Indaba Africa is...
Oct 11, 20221 min read


Who are you implementing digital technology for?
The trump card in any debate around the challenges of doing business today is digital technology. Whatever the question is, the clever...
Sep 28, 20224 min read


Squaring the four-day work week circle
It long was the case that when considering a new job, the salary was negotiable, but everything else was one-size-fits-all for all...
Aug 31, 20225 min read


We’re only at the start of this rollercoaster ride
This is the final in a series of three articles considering whether budgeting and planning is now an outdated discipline. Previous...
Aug 18, 20223 min read


Employ the right technology to help retain talent
Between the proverbial rock and a hard place might sound quite appealing to many companies trying to attract and retain top talent today...
Aug 5, 20223 min read


IDU Makes Budgeting Easier Across Africa
Margie Whitten to drive IDU’s expansion plans Cape Town, South Africa – 20 July 2022 - IDU Holdings, the financial planning and analysis...
Jul 20, 20223 min read


Save your software from the scrapyard
What do you do when your car starts driving a little sluggishly, your fuel consumption skyrockets or your air con is not bringing the...
Jul 14, 20223 min read


IDU Holdings & IDU KZN merge
FP&A customers to benefit from the combined strength of the two businesses Cape Town, South Africa – 5 July 2022 - IDU Holdings, the...
Jul 5, 20222 min read


Sure, those hors d'oeuvres look tasty but don’t miss the main course
Monty Python suggests that we should “always look on the bright side of life”. You might be finding that a bit difficult today, given...
Jul 4, 20223 min read


IDU announces a new partnership with Sage to integrate IDU-Concept with Sage Intacct.
IDU announces a new partnership with Sage to integrate IDU-Concept with Sage Intacct. Integration brings together IDU’s powerful FP&A...
Jun 28, 20222 min read


The endless summer and national tax regimes
Could the pandemic have made the long sought-after endless summer a reality? And if so, more prosaically, what does this mean for...
Jun 14, 20224 min read


Post-pandemic budgeting: Is a year still 365 days long?
This is the second in a series of three articles considering whether budgeting and planning is now an outdated discipline. Given the...
Jun 6, 20223 min read


Get to know your software before saying goodbye!
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...
May 3, 20224 min read


Planning & budgeting during relentless change
This is the first in a series of three articles considering whether budgeting and planning is now an outdated discipline. Given the rapid...
Apr 21, 20224 min read


FP&A & RTO: Three ways you should be contributing
The current debate around Return To Office (RTO) likely heralds the biggest shift in the workplace since the emergence of the assembly...
Apr 14, 20226 min read


Learn like an entrepreneur
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...
Apr 7, 20222 min read


This is dodgeball, not tennis
A common theme in my writing for AccountingWEB, pre-dating the pandemic, has been the importance of building an accounting function that...
Mar 30, 20223 min read


The real cost of returning to the office
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...
Mar 8, 20224 min read


IDU-Concept joins the Xero App Store
IDU is delighted to announce that their budgeting, forecasting, and reporting tool idu-Concept is now available in the new Xero App...
Feb 28, 20221 min read


Just when you thought things couldn’t get any more unpredictable
Back in 2017 and again in early 2019 I wrote about the challenges and opportunities experienced when doing business in unpredictable and...
Jan 27, 20223 min read
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