Released on: August 2, 2008, 12:46 am

Press Release Author: Lucy Whittington

Industry: Advertising

Press Release Summary: There is a much better way. With Xero you create your
invoices online and if it's a repeat invoice it can be automatically prepared.

Press Release Body: London,UK. August 02, 2008 -- Plumber Lee Edwards was typical of
many small business people (http://www.xero.com/whosusingxero/croftonplumbing.htm)
after a long day at work he'd sit down at the computer, type up his invoices, stuff
envelopes and then start ticking off items on his bank statements. Things didn't
improve until he made the switch to online accounting software.

Xero online software (http://www.xero.com) co-Founder and UK MD Hamish Edwards, says
these old fashioned habits are holding many small businesses back.

I sympathise with small businesses when they talk about the amount of time they need
to spend doing paperwork, but many are not doing all they can to help themselves
streamline their business administration, he says.

Take invoicing for example. This can be a nightmare for many small businesses, with
paper invoices piling up waiting for approval, then being printed out and put in the
post.

There is a much better way. With Xero you create your invoices online and if it's a
repeat invoice it can be automatically prepared. You can approve them online and
even email them direct to the customer. You can do all of this anywhere, at any
anytime as it all happens online - you can even do it from your iPhone!

You can do all this from within Xero. There is no need to be wasting time importing
documents into all sorts of different applications. The world has moved on."

As for Lee, he agrees. "Now I just quickly set up my invoices on Xero, and email
them straight out to customers. I import my bank statements online, and then Xero
helps me match the transactions up really quickly, as it's clever enough to think
for me! Now I am up to date with my accounts in just a few minutes each day.\"

Xero provides small businesses and their advisers with one, up to date, easy to use,
instantly accessible set of accounts and business information.

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