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Small Businesses and Remote Bookkeeping

Small business owners in Ghana face a unique set of challenges, particularly in terms of financial management. Hiring an in-house accountant is simply too expensive for many businesses, leaving them struggling to keep up with the financial side of their operations. However, remote accounting is becoming increasingly popular among Ghanaian business owners. Kofi Addo is one such business owner who…

DM for price and other strategies you should fix to increase your sales this Easter

Today, we are coming in to help you fix one key problem that’s hurting most online businesses: DM for price. Imagine supervising a day’s work at your supermarket. The aisles are packed with shoppers, and items are getting restocked one after the other. However, every 5 minutes, a shopper comes to you to ask for the price of an item.…

5 Non-negotiable Money Rules for Business Growth

It’s Global Money Week, a time for timely conversations about the ever-present topic that makes life go round. The first quarter of 2023 has been quite bumpy, with numerous unpleasant news in the media and some interesting news in football. Furthermore, the financial industry has taken a lot of hits, with increased fraudulent activities and the closure of formerly successful…

Free website & Domain + Hosting for Built users

Today, we are announcing a collaboration with Africa Skills Hub and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD) to get businesses on Built free website creation and 1 year domain and hosting. This has become very important becomes the ongoing pandemic has taken a heavy toll on small businesses and going digital is one of the ways businesses are opening…

Announcing Built Payroll, Vendor Pay, POS and Subscriptions

We are happy to announce the release of Built Payroll, Vendor Pay, POS and Subscriptions features on our accounting and finance software. These features are part of the product roadmap we have designed to automate bookkeeping and cash flow management for  small business owners to ensure that they have enough time to focus on their core business operations. Payroll We know…

RGD extends deadline for filing of annual returns and renewals

The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) has extended the deadlines for the filing of annual returns for companies limited by shares, companies limited by guarantee, external companies, and also for the renewals of partnership. The dates have been extended from 30th April, 2020 to 30th June, 2020. According to a letter from the regulatory body, dated 31st March, 2020, this has become…

Running your small business in the face of COVID-19 outbreak

Building a business is already hard! This makes running it in the face of a global pandemic, like the Coronavirus crisis, much more difficult. Many pronouncements have been made of the disruption that we may experience as a result of this pandemic, comparing it with the financial crises in 2008. Prominent venture capital firm, Sequoia, has already declared Coronavirus as…