26 June 2023
Money and Me: Here’s the answer to employee retention and healthier cash flow
On this episode of Money and Me, Dan Koh speaks to Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Asia, at Employment Hero about what businesses can do to support their employees through inflation without a raise, and how payroll providers can help businesses navigate economic challenges and better manage cash flow.

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8 March 2021
Mind Your Business: The next recovery steps for SMEs and how Budget 2021 helps
It's been a tough 2020 and the various Budgets and ministerial announcements have certainly helped. But where are SMEs now and will Budget 2021 help with issues that have arisen as they continue to strive to recover and grow? Howie Lim speaks to Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Asia for Xero to find out in Mind Your Business.

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9 November 2020
Mind Your Business: Strategies for SMEs to weather the economic downturn
In Mind Your Business, Howie Lim spoke to Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Asia, Xero about the strategies that small and medium enterprises can employ to not only survive these challenging times but to thrive.

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19 October 2020
Mind Your Business: Current challenges SMEs are facing due to Covid-19
What are the main challenges SMEs are facing now during these volatile times? Find out from Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director, Asia at Xero.

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2 October 2020
Mind Your Business: Helping small businesses overcome COVID-19 challenges
Xero is marking the launch of their free to watch content series Xero On Air that aims to connect, inspire and share information with Xero’s small business customers and their advisors around the world. In Mind Your Business, Howie Lim spoke to Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director for Asia, Xero about helping small businesses overcome COVID-19 challenges.

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28 January 2020
How data will be the competitive advantage in the digital economy for SMEs
In Mind Your Business, Howie Lim speaks to Kevin Fitzgerald, Managing Director – Asia at Xero about how data will be the competitive advantage in the digital economy for SMEs.

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17 May 2019
Singapore’s Small Businesses Were Owed S$4.1 Billion Last Year Due to Late Payments
A total of S$4.1 billion worth of invoices were paid late to small businesses in Singapore in 2018, according to the global small business platform, Xero. Regardless of how late they are, late payments are stacking up to be a major issue for small businesses. Past research from Xero found that as a result of late payments, small businesses faced a backlog of work (59%), suffered from reduced productivity (46%) and experienced cash flow issues (39%), in addition to reduced morale of employees and struggles to pay staff. We talk to Kevin Fitzgerald, Regional Director, Asia Xero to find out more.

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15 Oct 2018
Creativity In Business Can Increase Innovation And Growth
Creativity in businesses can mean many different things to different people, but at its core implies the consideration of new ideas and perspectives. A lack of creativity in business means that many small businesses in Singapore remain risk-averse, which dampens (regional) business growth and innovation. Kevin Fitzgerald, Regional Director for Asia at Xero talks us through what businesses can do to encourage creativity and innovation in their employees.

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30 Apr 2018
Kevin Fitzgerald, Asia Regional Director at Xero
SMEs need to be prepared for digitalisation which has an impact across various sectors and industries.

MONEY FM 89.3's Elliott Danker and Yasmin Jonkers speak with Kevin Fitzgerald, Asia Regional Director at Xero, and also a fellow member of ACCA (Association of Chartered Certified Accountants), who explains what the biggest challenges SMEs are facing in today's age of digital transformation, and how Xero can help SMEs be prepared and achieve their goals through technology.

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