Bright’s CEO reflects on practice pain points

About this episode

Stephen Murdoch, CEO of Bright, discusses the challenges faced by accounting firms and the transition from desktop to cloud solutions.

Stephen Murdoch, CEO of Bright, joined the No Accounting for Tech podcast to discuss the group’s ambitious journey toward a "one-stop shop" for accounting firms, and acknowledged that the initial communication around moving BrightPay customers from desktop to cloud "didn't land well enough". For full show notes visit: https://www.accountingweb.co.uk/content/brights-ceo-reflects-on-practice-pain-points

People in this episode

Guest: Stephen Murdoch

Topics covered

• accounting
• cloud computing
• customer communication

Keywords

• Bright
• BrightPay
• one-stop shop

Mentioned in this episode

Products: BrightPay

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