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Dec 16, 2025

From company strategy to team impact: how we build strategy at FreeAgent

Strategy can be an overused word. Too often it becomes shorthand for long documents, ambitious roadmaps, or lists of initiatives that sound…

From company strategy to team impact: how we build strategy at FreeAgent

FreeAgent

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Aug 25, 2025

My Finn-ternship at FreeAgent

I spent a few months as a communications design intern at FreeAgent — and instead of just watching from the sidelines, I actually got to…

Seven members of the FreeAgent Design team, including Finn McEwan, the author of this piece, pose within a large illustrated picture frame created for FreeAgent’s LearnFest.

FreeAgent

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Jun 27, 2025

From assumption to insight: our beta testing playbook at FreeAgent

At FreeAgent, beta testing is more than a final checklist item. It’s a way of building with our customers, not just for them.

An illustration of a jigsaw puzzle with four pieces — each piece has a symbol relating to finance.

FreeAgent

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Mar 14, 2025

Product Operations: why we shook things up and created it

The beginning of the Product Operations story at FreeAgent.

Product Operations: why we shook things up and created it

FreeAgent

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Feb 13, 2025

SQL the sequel: how I made my coding comeback

A long time ago, I studied Software Engineering at the University of Stirling; I’m talking the early 1990s to be exact. I fell into the…

SQL the sequel: how I made my coding comeback

FreeAgent

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Oct 2, 2024

Balancing usability and accessibility: how we created our new combobox component

Combobox components — user interface elements that combine a drop-down list and an input field — are everywhere nowadays. Expecting…

Balancing usability and accessibility: how we created our new combobox component

FreeAgent

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May 23, 2024

Good is the enemy of great: why we supercharged our capital asset and depreciation support

“Good is the enemy of great.” The concept is that too many things (people, systems, organisations) accept that ‘good’ is good enough and…

Good is the enemy of great: why we supercharged our capital asset and depreciation support

FreeAgent

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Mar 12, 2024

Evolving Banking Automation: how we developed our machine learning capabilities to supercharge…

FreeAgent introduced machine learning-driven transaction categorisation in 2019, and we’ve developed it into a situation today where we…

Evolving Banking Automation: how we developed our machine learning capabilities to supercharge…

FreeAgent

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Jan 31, 2024

How our FreeAgent design system came to life

It all started with some recurring questions: “Should this be a primary button? Is that the correct hex value? What are the guidelines…

How our FreeAgent design system came to life

FreeAgent

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Jan 25, 2024

Experiments at FreeAgent: Pop-up Pro Tips

In the Radar team, our mission is to help users stay organised, make educated decisions, and be better at business from day one in…

Experiments at FreeAgent: Pop-up Pro Tips

FreeAgent

FreeAgent

FreeAgent’s online accounting software helps small businesses and freelancers take control of their finances. Try it at freeagent.com

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