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title: Outserve Blog | Ecommerce Accounting & Inventory Insights | Xero (2)
description: Xero | Real advice on accounting, inventory and ecommerce operations for scaling product and ecommerce businesses. From Outserve, financial therapy for growing SMEs. (2)
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Automating your core systems is the key to efficiency and effectiveness

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## Accounting.

Scalable software that grows with you

- [Xero](https://www.outserve.co.uk/software-partners/xero)
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## Inventory Management.

Product and inventory software that makes sense

- [Unleashed](https://www.outserve.co.uk/software-partners/unleashed)
- [Unleashed B2B](https://www.outserve.co.uk/software-partners/unleashedb2b)
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## Automations.

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## Our client success stories.

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### Xero (2)

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#### [Case Study: Cotswolds Distillery](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/case-study-cotswolds-distillery)

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As your business grows, your logistics systems need to develop at the same time, or you will develop bottlenecks. This means missed deliveries,...

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#### [Case Study: Origin Coffee](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/case-study-origin-coffee-roasters)

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Founded in 2004, everything Origin Coffee does has the triple bottom line approach of People, Planet and Profit.

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#### [Xero Launcher 🚀 creates your digital home page](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/xero-launcher-creates-your-digital-home-page)

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Xero has recently launched 🚀 (any excuse to use the rocket) the Xero Launcher

[Integration](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/integration) [Xero](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/xero) [Accounting](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/accounting) [Cloud](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/cloud)

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#### [Should you integrate Xero and HubSpot?](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/should-you-integrate-xero-and-hubspot)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): Jul 30, 2020, 11:00:00 AM

Xero can integrate with Hubspot, helping to make your customer relationship management software even more intelligent.

[Integration](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/integration) [Xero](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/xero) [HubSpot](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/hubspot)

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#### [3 Xero product updates to boost efficiency](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/3-xero-product-updates-to-boost-efficiency)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): Jul 29, 2020, 3:30:00 PM

It’s never been more important to be up-to-date with your software. True to form, Xero has released more wonderful updates geared towards helping...

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#### [How you can make your accounting pain-free](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/how-you-can-make-your-accounting-pain-free)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): Jul 8, 2020, 12:44:00 PM

Pain free accounting – sounds too good to be true, right?

[Software](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/software) [Xero](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/xero) [Accounting](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/accounting)

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#### [Our top 6 Xero tips](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/our-top-6-xero-tips)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): May 19, 2020, 11:15:33 AM

[Xero](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/xero) [Accounting](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/tag/accounting)

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#### [Managing invoicing in Xero and more business boosting additions!?](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/business-boosting-xero-updates)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): May 6, 2020, 3:55:03 PM

Cloud Accounting can save you time and money by improving processes and seamlessly pulling data into one user-friendly place. That’s why we love Xero...

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#### [Xero updates for accountants](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/xero-updates-for-accountants)

[Admin](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/author/admin): Mar 31, 2020, 3:40:18 PM

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#### [Xero updates march 2020 – Yay!](https://www.outserve.co.uk/blog/more-xero-updates)

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Let’s celebrate the good! 😊 Xero have released some terrific updates this March and they will certainly improve your experience of the software –...

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