Tom Herbert
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Tom is AccountingWEB's technology editor, providing unbiased news and analysis from the accounting tech universe.
He started with AccountingWEB in the heady days of 2015, where he worked first as business editor and then editor of the site. After two years as editor of ICAEW Insights, he returned to AccountingWEB in 2022 with a specific brief to spruce up the technology coverage.
Prior to covering accountancy for a living, Tom spent five years in China working for events, hotel and travel publications, attempting to teach English, and working as a tour guide at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Got an accounting tech tale to tell? Message me on the site or email [email protected]
Technology editor AccountingWEB
11th Mar 2024
Wolters Kluwer releases cloud AML module for CCH iFirm
Hot on the heels of unveiling its CCH iFirm cloud accounting plans , Wolters Kluwer’s CCH iFirm anti-money laundering (AML) module is now...
Accounting software
8th Mar 2024
Accountech Bytes: Xero AI assistant, Wolters Kluwer in the cloud, Dext due dates
Links to all stories featured in the video (AccountingWEB links unless specified otherwise): Xero backs generative AI to accelerate...
Accounting software
6th Mar 2024
Xero backs generative AI to accelerate software shift to mobile
Xero used its inaugural Investor Day on Thursday to unveil its generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant, dubbed ‘Just Ask Xero...
Accounting software
5th Mar 2024
Coconut owners acquire cloud payroll tool MyPAYE
Specialist software investor Pennine Ventures has added another layer to its compliance suite for accountants by adding cloud payroll...
Accounting software
4th Mar 2024
Wolters Kluwer unveils CCH iFirm cloud tax and accounting platform
The new CCH iFirm platform will roll out in stages in the UK market, with the ultimate aim of providing a firm-wide cloud-based solution...
Practice software
1st Mar 2024
Accountech Bytes: AI assistant bonanza, FreeAgent depreciation options, Excel leap year
Links to all stories featured in the video (AccountingWEB links unless specified otherwise): QuickBooks confirms FRS 102 and personal tax...
Tech pulse
29th Feb 2024
QuickBooks confirms FRS 102 and personal tax filing
Last year’s QuickBooks Connect conference saw California-based developer Intuit unleash a raft of new products for its UK accounting users...
Accounting software
27th Feb 2024
Sage unveils cross-platform generative AI Copilot tool
The ‘Sage Copilot’ tool will appear via a button on the Sage taskbar that opens up a conversational generative artificial intelligence (...
Accounting software
23rd Feb 2024
Accountech Bytes: Email security, HMRC scams, Dext feature
Links to all stories featured in the video (AccountingWEB links unless specified otherwise): Email security changes: Don’t miss DMARC HMRC...
Tech pulse
21st Feb 2024
Email security changes: Don’t miss DMARC
More than 90% of successful cyberattacks start with a phishing email – a message from criminals designed to trick the recipient into...
Tech pulse