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February 23, 2020

How can technology drive success within charity finance teams?

There’s no denying the fact that charity accounts are complex entities. Research shows that a good level of education is needed to understand most annual reports – and that’s just the summary at the end of the year. While non-profits have a duty to report back on spending to key stakeholders, the way in which they do this varies hugely across the board. But how can technology drive success within charity finance teams?

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January 19, 2020

Why you may need to upgrade your finance system

In a digitally-driven economy, data drives business decisions and helps organisations to become agile and responsive to change. But when an organisations finance system is in need of an upgrade, the ripple effects can be highly damaging. Here are your six warning signs.

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November 12, 2019

Six things you need to consider when choosing an ERP system

Deploying an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system cannot be underestimated. To start with, you’ll need to assign time and resources to implement the technology, for training and to integrate your new purchase with existing tools. Picking an unsuitable option will only drag you back to square one.

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September 12, 2019

Why do charity digital projects need a long-term focus?

No matter their size or the cause that drives them, long-term grants are essential for organisations in the voluntary sector in ensuring financial sustainability. Against a backdrop of slow economic growth, however, significant reforms to the shape of government spending has made securing such contracts an unfair fight for organisations on the smaller end of the scale.

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September 12, 2019

Charity fraud: How digitising finances can help the sector make improvements

From shrinking public sector budgets, local authority cuts and lack of long-term funding, charities across the UK are feeling the financial strain of a volatile economy. Unfortunately, the situation is made significantly worse by the number of instances of fraud that occur within the third sector each year.