How this tapas bar earns travel rewards for paying its suppliers

The business

Short answer: A Sydney North Shore wine and tapas bar pays its creditors in a weekly bulk pay run through B2Bpay, pays bills straight from Xero, and uses the Qantas Points it earns for business travel and staff incentives.

• Business: Kipling’s Garage Bar (also known as Kipling’s Wine Bar)
• What it is: wine and tapas bar
• Location: Turramurra, on Sydney’s North Shore
• Spoke to us: Helen Thompson, Managing Director
• Uses B2Bpay for: weekly bulk supplier payments, the Xero integration and earning Qantas Points

Kipling’s is one of Turramurra’s most popular places to taste an extensive range of vintage wines and share plates, from pulled pork croquettes to roasted figs, in a relaxed atmosphere.

The venue has a history beyond the ordinary tapas bar: the chic, modern space was once a thriving petrol station. Today its large garage wall is a floor-to-ceiling window. Guests dine inside on leather sofas near an ornate tiled bar, or gather with friends outdoors in the sunny courtyard.

The challenge: paying creditors

For Managing Director Helen Thompson, one of the most challenging parts of running a lively tapas bar has nothing to do with busy nights of guests. It is managing regular payments to creditors.

A weekly bulk pay run

Kipling’s now pays its creditors in one weekly pay run, set up in B2Bpay as a bulk payment and timed to allow for each payee’s terms.

“We created a weekly pay run to pay our creditors and we set this up in B2B as a bulk payment, allowing enough time for payee terms. Previous bulk uploads have been arduous and clunky, but now that we use B2B this process seems pretty seamless as soon as creditors have been verified.”

Helen Thompson, Managing Director, Kipling’s Garage Bar

Bills straight from Xero

Helen also values how easy it was to connect B2Bpay to her accounting software, Xero. Every bill she enters in Xero now appears in B2Bpay, ready to click and pay.

Businesses like Kipling’s save time and admin costs because payments made through B2Bpay reconcile automatically with their accounting software. See the Xero integration FAQs.

Qantas Points for travel and staff incentives

Kipling’s earns Qantas Points on every eligible payment the business makes, and Helen uses preferred suppliers to maximise what it earns. If a supplier is registered with B2Bpay as a Bonus Biller, you can earn up to 3 Qantas Points per $1.50 paid to them.

Travel matters to the business. Kipling’s is known for its wide selection of wines from Australia, Europe and Latin America, and travel is where the inspiration comes from. Helen has used the points the business earns for both business travel and staff incentives.

“In the future, we would like to continue in this vein once things get back to ‘normal’ and we can move about the country more freely.”

Helen Thompson

See how to earn Qantas Points on business payments.

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1. Fill out the online activation form so we can verify your business details.
2. We quickly set up your payment portal and payment page, customised with your company logo.
3. We arrange a payment link on your invoices.

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