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A year ago I wrote that, although the budget process needed optimisation in today’s world, it was still a mainstay of modern business....

Your sales budget is a critical part of your Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) activities. It forms the bedrock of the entire budget...

Throughout my career, I've witnessed the profound transformation of the finance landscape, and the days of being mere bean counters are...

Last month’s article sparked a great conversation about how we, as accountants, can support our small business clients. Whether you think...

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, efficient financial planning and analysis are critical to staying competitive. That's...

Kevin Phillips suggests that we should start with thinking about who the numbers are for, to give real accounting value to our smallest...

Breaking free from the old view of just crunching numbers, today's finance leaders must embrace a multifaceted role. The contemporary CFO...

Financial budgeting only goes so far. It is a building block of the company strategy, but it is only a snapshot of an expected outcome at...

In a recent enlightening conversation featured on the Africa Scotland Business Network (ASBN) YouTube channel, Margie Whitton, a...

Last month’s article on customer relationships in business today prompted a discussion with my colleagues about choosing a large vendor...

In the previous article in this series I made the case for empowering your non-financial managers with the right budget tools. This was...

Cape Town, South Africa - 10 August 2023 - IDU, a leading provider of budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting solutions, is...

In today's fast-paced and unpredictable business world, speed reigns supreme. As trends accelerate and chaos becomes the norm, real-time...

In today's nameless, faceless, self-service remote world, customer relationships are surely a thing of the past. Whether you offer a...

In my previous article, I proposed that a collaborative – rather than an adversarial or avoidant – relationship between the finance team...

Cape Town, South Africa - 12 July 2023 - IDU, a leading provider of budgeting, forecasting, and variance reporting solutions, is pleased...

IDU, a leading provider of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis solutions for businesses, has recently received two new Microsoft...

I often talk about the rapid pace of change in business today. But, sometimes, it is also true that the more things change, the more they...

Yes, I know. Collaboration is one of the most played-out words in the 2020s. And you’ve already resigned yourself to dragging your...

This headline might come as - a surprise in early 2023 after three years of unrelenting, rapid-fire change. Almost every business trend...