Peppol & e-invoicing preparation
A new way to send invoices.
Experience to make it work.
Prepare your business for Peppol with someone who understands what happens between an invoice being sent and a supplier being paid.
I’m June Burke. I bring 30+ years of experience working inside medium and large businesses — connecting suppliers, Accounts Payable and the departments that keep payments moving.
Practical guidance for your people, data and invoice processes.
Think of it as a
digital postal system.
A secure route for invoice data.
Your business processes take it from there.
First, make sense of the change
What is Peppol?
Let’s keep it clear.
Peppol is an e-invoicing network through which structured electronic invoices, including VAT invoices, can be securely exchanged between businesses.
Think of it as a digital postal system: it provides a common way for different systems to exchange business documents through connected service providers.
Instead of someone reading and entering the contents of a PDF, a structured e-invoice carries data that compatible software can process.
“Digital postal system” is an analogy. Peppol is the exchange network; your finance system and internal workflow handle the invoice afterwards.
The part that needs business experience
Delivery is one step.
Payment depends on the whole process.
Missing Purchase Orders, incorrect records, unresolved disputes and unclear ownership can still stop a payment. The transition is an opportunity to address those problems.
Get the information right
Accurate customer and supplier data. Clear invoicing requirements. Purchase Orders received and validated.
Know what happens next
Understand registration, matching, duplicate checks and the route for invoices that need attention.
Give exceptions an owner
Agree who resolves price differences, missing receipts, disputes and approval delays — across departments.
Close the loop
Connect approval to payment runs, supplier communication and reporting that reveals recurring problems.
How I can work with you
Prepare the business.
Support the people.
I help you understand the implications, decide what needs attention and support the operational changes alongside your software and technical providers.
A clear starting point
Translate e-invoicing into what it means for your business and the people who send, receive and manage invoices.
- Map your current invoice journey
- Identify recurring payment obstacles
- Clarify questions for your provider
Put the foundations in place
Recommend practical improvements before existing problems are carried into a new process.
- Supplier and customer data cleansing
- PO, matching and approval processes
- Exception ownership and reporting
Help staff work with the change
Support your teams before, during and after the transition, with business requirements and real invoice scenarios.
- Clear guidance and supplier communication
- Business testing and exception scenarios
- Staff support and process refinement
Across the business
Invoices cross departments.
Your preparation should too.
Accounts Payable
Understand what will arrive automatically, what still needs judgement, how rejected or unmatched invoices are handled, and who AP can turn to when another department needs to act.
Suppliers & sales
Clarify customer invoice requirements, check records and references, and explain the new process to suppliers. Give sales and credit control visibility of delivery issues and the steps needed to resolve them.
Purchasing & operations
Review who raises and validates purchase orders, confirms receipt of goods or services, resolves price differences and approves invoices. Agree practical routes for the issues AP cannot resolve alone.
Finance & IT
Bring finance and IT together around data, integration requirements, controls, reporting and business testing. Check the full journey, including what happens when an invoice is rejected or needs manual attention.
Experience on both sides
I understand the business waiting to be paid.
And the business trying to pay.
June Burke
For more than 30 years, I’ve worked inside medium and large businesses to understand where invoice and payment processes break down — and help put them right.
My work has brought together suppliers, AP staff, purchasing, approvers and other departments to resolve problems and prevent them happening again.
I have also built and tested invoice and credit workflows, including SharePoint solutions, and carried out user acceptance testing for bespoke approval systems.
That experience shapes my approach to Peppol: understand how your business works, identify what needs to change, and help your people put it into practice.
You can start now
What needs attention
before the transition?
Use these prompts to start a conversation with your team and identify the areas that need attention.
This is a preparation aid, not a compliance assessment.
Your preparation checklist
• Supplier and customer records are accurate, current and free of unnecessary duplicates.
• Purchase Orders are received and validated, and invoice requirements are clear.
• The invoice journey is mapped, including matching, approvals and payment runs.
• Exceptions have named owners and clear escalation routes.
• Staff and Suppliers have a communication and support plan.
• Testing includes rejected invoices, credits, disputes and other real business scenarios.
Your next step
Start with how invoices
work in your business today.
Tell me where your invoices get stuck, what systems you use
and what your team is concerned about. That gives us a practical starting point.
Contact June Burke to discuss your preparation.
Questions you may be asking
A little more clarity.
What is happening in the UK?
The government has announced mandatory e-invoicing for VAT invoices from 2029. Peppol has been identified as the core interoperability network. Detailed requirements and implementation arrangements are still being developed.
Information checked 4 October 2026. Read the government consultation response and OpenPeppol’s announcement.
Will I need to replace my finance system?
That depends on your current system, your provider’s plans and the final requirements. A connected service may be able to feed invoices into your existing workflow. Start by asking your provider what they support, what needs to change and how exceptions will be managed.
Will Peppol solve late payment?
It can improve invoice exchange and reduce manual handling. It cannot by itself resolve a commercial dispute, create a missing purchase order, confirm goods were received or make someone approve an invoice. Those processes still need attention.
Can you help alongside our implementation provider?
Yes. My role is business preparation and operational support: clarifying requirements, improving data and processes, helping staff and suppliers, and supporting business testing. Your technical provider delivers the network connection and software integration.