• Xero research found UK accounting and bookkeeping firms with net profit margins of 41%+ ran 2.1 times higher margins last year.
• AI tools saved practices 7.1 hours a week, valued at about GBP 108,000 a year across staff, the report estimated.
• Top performers using AI daily generated about GBP 202,000 a year in savings, with 10.6 hours a week freed up.
• Among daily AI users, 87% reported well-documented core processes, versus 18% of firms not planning to use AI.
• Only 5% expected AI-driven headcount cuts within a year; 3 in 5 planned to redeploy time to advisory work.

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