Late last year MBIE announced a government-funded Digital Boost skills training and support initiative to support small businesses. It started this week. We highly recommend checking this out - we have registered and undertaken some webinars - great content, practical tips, topical and delivered with the...
Great being able to farewell 2020 - been quite a year! Taking a breather over the Xmas and holiday period is always a good time to reflect on the past year and start planning for the next one. Important to rest and recharge too. Great...
2020 has seen Jones Business Solutions develop their weekly training for bookkeepers into an excting new programme - Xero for Bookkeepers (XfB). We will be launching our new online learning platform early 2021. Combining Xero Tips and Tricks with Best Practice Bookkeeping in mind these...
Honoured and delighted to be a finalist for the NZ Xero Bookkeeping Partner of the Year - second year running! A real testament to our fantastic bookkeeping team, as well as our wonderful clients, many whom have been with us for 10+ years, to receive...
Xero has made some changes to its Xero Starter Subscription. Now is a great time to get in touch and get us to set up and train you on Xero. For less than a cup of coffee a week you can utilise this fantastic accounting...
These are hard! 2020 has seen Jones Business Solutions gain a number of new bookkeeping clients. While we know we do a great job we also need to check in with clients to make sure they feel the same! We have recently set up a more...
A real test for Leaine's business and her team for the month of July...
Thrilled and delighted to be a finalist for the ICNZB (Institute of Certified NZ Bookeepers) Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year! Jones Business Solutions launched JBSL Learn mid 2019. Xero Training for Bookkeepers was piloted for several months with a lovely group of ICNZB members, resulting in...
Wow! How could we have anticipated this! Here are my reflections on Lockdown Level 4 - 3 weeks in. Take a read here. As a small business ourselves we are really feeling the stresses and very real financial and mental health impacts of this global pandemic. We are...
Particularly proud of meeting this deadline this year! We had met our filing target a few weeks before Covid19 came along - thank goodness! (Has given us the time to focus on the current financial position of our client and provide essential support.) Our goal for...