Award-winning accountants, bookkeepers and app partners

Award-winning accountants, bookkeepers and app partners
celebrated at Xerocon South
Consolid8 Pty Ltd and BDO Northland named Accounting Partners of the Year 2016
Digit Books and GoFi8ure namd Bookkeeping Partners of the Year 2016
Spotlight Reporting recognised as App Partner of the Year 2016

BRISBANE, 9 September, 2016 — Xero (@Xero) announced its annual partner awards at Xerocon South, honouring high-performing accountants, bookkeepers and app partners across Australia and New Zealand.

Consolid8 Pty Ltd was awarded Australian Accounting Partner of the Year and BDO Northland, New Zealand Accounting Partner of the Year. Digit Books won Australia Bookkeeping Partner of the Year and GoFi8ure, New Zealand Bookkeeping Partner of the Year 2016.

Spotlight Reporting took the honours for App Partner of the Year and Insightly won Emerging App Partner of the Year. Industry App Partner of the Year was awarded to farming app, Figured.

Winners of the 100% Xero Award, celebrating a practice that operates entirely on Xero, was awarded to Morrows Pty Ltd in Australia and Noone Plus in New Zealand.

Recent Xero research shows that firms with a higher concentration of clients using online accounting software are adding more business, and seeing higher year-over-year revenue growth. Accounting firms with 100 per cent of their clients using online cloud accounting software reported a 15.5 per cent increase in year-on-year revenue, compared to 3.9 per cent for firms not all-in on cloud accounting.
2016 Xerocon South Awards Winners
• Australia 100% Xero Award 2016: Morrows Pty Ltd
• New Zealand 100% Xero Award 2016: Noone Plus
• Australia Accounting Partner of the Year 2016: Consolid8 Pty Ltd
• New Zealand Accounting Partner of the Year 2016: BDO Northland
• Australia Bookkeeping Partner of the Year 2016: Digit Books
• New Zealand Bookkeeping Partner of the Year 2016: GoFi8ure
• Emerging App Partner of the Year 2016: Insightly
• App Partner of the Year 2016: Spotlight Reporting
• Industry Specific App Partner of the Year 2016: Figured

Comments on the news
Anna Curzon, Managing Director of Xero New Zealand, said: “These firms and their clients, who are collaborating seamlessly in the cloud, demonstrate just how impactful cloud technology has become.

“With more than 500 app partners to choose from in the Xero Marketplace, the sky's the limit for small businesses and their trusted advisors when it comes to creating a best-fit ecosystem. Our app partners are a huge part of what makes Xero great, and the Xero Awards is an opportunity to highlight the value they add for our customers.”

Trent Innes, Managing Director of Xero Australia, said: “Our accounting and bookkeeping partners are integral to the success of Xero. The awards are an opportunity for Xero to recognise their outstanding achievements as valued partners. We are proud to work with an overwhelmingly dedicated community of accounting and bookkeeping partners who use Xero to improve their service in innovative ways.”

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