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Kiwi tech firms take on global market
New Zealand's technology sector is booming, with more companies going global, raising capital and expanding than at any time since the Global Financial Crisis.
New Zealand's technology sector is booming, with more companies going global, raising capital and expanding than at any time since the Global Financial Crisis.
Debbie Mayo-Smith talks to Julie Russell, Secretary of the NZ Bookkeepers Association, who was one of the early adopters of Xero accounting software.
Xero, the cloud-based accounting software developer, burned through cash at a faster pace in the June quarter as it expanded its workforce and more than doubled expenditure on marketing and....
Xero expects to double global revenue to more than $200 million in the year to March 2016 having taken eight years since listing on the NZX in June 2007 to reach its first $100 million.
Amelia Gain has launched accommodation booking start-up Preno and wants to see it used across the globe.
Xero NZ's 27-year-old sales director Ben Richmond is setting his sights on becoming Prime Minister.
Xero has announced from its annual Xerocon conference it has surpassed 500,000 subscribers globally.
Business management software company Roll has completed the latest accelerator programme through Lightning Lab and is looking to raise $750,000 as it turns its focus to the UK market.
Xero has topped Forbes' Most Innovative Growth Companies list for a second year running.
Xero is changing its tactics for hiring senior executives after the departures of its North American chief executive and a US-based chief financial officer.
Unfinished business has kept Xero co-founder Hamish Edwards from slipping into complete retirement.
Shares drop 9.35 per cent but chief executive says company still considering US listing at ‘optimal time’.
Xero's net loss expanded to $69.5 million, or 55 cents per share, in the year ended March 31.
The arrival of MYOB Group, the Australian accounting software firm, on the Australian Stock Exchange is unlikely to weigh on dual-listed rival Xero's share price, says an analyst.
The Government is floating the idea of businesses paying their tax on a pay-as-you-earn basis, in the biggest proposed shakeup of the income tax system.
Silicon Valley. Rightly or wrongly it's the totem pole by which countries judge their transition to a more technology-based economy.
As rivalry between Australasian accounting software foes Xero and MYOB heats up, an investment blog has found a novel method of comparing the two companies' prospects.
Shares in Xero have jumped 24 per cent in the past week, amid speculation a large seller has left the market.
New Zealand shares rose yesterday, paced by Chorus as its first-half earnings met with market expectations. Xero rose to a four-month high as a seller exited the stock.
New Zealand shares rose yesterday, heading back towards a record high after a two-day slide.
Accounting software firm Xero has introduced a new combined payroll and accounting software platform to help increase growth in the US.
Exceptionally low oil prices have thrown world financial markets a curve ball by driving bond yields sharply lower and undermining share prices.
In dramatic terms 2014 ended with several big business and economic stories on cliff- hangers.
US investment giant Fidelity Investments has taken a 5.4 per cent stake in accounting software developer Xero.
Cloud-based accounting firm Xero widened its first-half loss after spending more on staff and marketing.