Xero adds 41,000 UK customers in first half of 2018 year putting it on par with NZ

Xero adds 41,000 UK customers in first half of 2018 year putting it on par with NZ
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Oct. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Xero's drive to sign new customers in the UK picked up the pace in the first half of the current financial year, adding more than 40,000 new clients and putting it alongside the software developer's home market of New Zealand.  Wellington-based Xero today said it had 253,000 UK customers as at Sept. 30, the company's first-half balance date, up from 212,000 six months earlier. Xero added 79,000 UK customers in the 2017 financial year, where it had been teaming up with the major banks and building an...