MoneyWorks launches Business Angel Award
The MoneyWorks Business Angel Award celebrates Kiwi businesses looking to take that next step. If you are a business looking to grow, then...
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Salaries out, security and stability in for employees
New research by specialist recruitment & HR services provider, Randstad, has found long-term job security and the financial health and...
Does your business have The Exit Factor?
Does it have what it takes to generate long-term wealth for you? Could it be attractive enough to sell one day or will it always depend on...
NZICA proposes simpler tax regime for small business
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) has released the second instalment of its thought leadership paper on ways to...
Don’t buy a lemon
Michelle Malcolm explains the importance of a thorough due diligence process when buying a business. Recently I was approached by an...
The Lure of the Franchise
The franchise industry took a hit during the global financial crisis, like most other business sectors, but in recent times interest has...
Bankers Lend an Ear
Business bankers are no longer the people who just provide loans and overdrafts. As Steve Hart reports, they now also offer advice,...
Keeping up with customers
CRM in 2012 is about ‘customer intimacy’, ‘coherency’ and a buffet of options from the Cloud to...
NZBusiness June 2012
COVER STORYSelling scienceFEATURESThe lure of the franchiseBankers lend an earKeeping up with customersNEW SERIES: The exit...
Franchising confidence building
The Franchize Consultants’ April 2012 Franchising Confidence Index demonstrates growing business confidence across a number of...
Investing in people the key to greater productivity
Igniting the potential in an organisation’s most important asset – its people, is the real key to productivity, according to...
SMEs unprepared for crises
New Zealand urgently needs a national programme to help small and medium-sized businesses prepare for crises like the Christchurch...
Businesses urged to get PPSR-savvy
It turns 10 years old today, but too many small businesses still fail to understand the importance of the Personal Property Securities...
Borrowing against family home stymies economy
New Zealand SMEs’ (small to medium-size enterprises) fixation with financing their businesses by borrowing against the family home is...
Bridging the gap to commercialisation
A new book from entrepreneurial Wellington publisher and author Jenny Douché is aimed at helping bridge the sometimes huge gap between...
Ask, listen and learn
Your staff may be good at answering customer questions, but if they don’t ask questions, they’re just order-takers. Dr Ian...
Digitising Documents
An effective electronic document management system (EDMS) and process can be the key to reducing costs for organisations, large and small....
Protecting your information assets
Thanks to cloud computing, storing and managing business data has never been easier or cheaper. So why aren’t all businesses doing...
A brand is born
Launching a new green-luxury brand into the US has taken a big leap of faith for small, family-owned Christchurch business Tréology. Sandy...
When staff don’t measure up
Non-performance issues with employees often end up on the back burner. HR support specialist Angeline Long offers some guidelines on how to...
NZBusiness May 2012
COVER STORYA Touching TaleFEATURESMum's the WordDigitising documentsA brand is bornProtecting your information...
Kiwi entrepreneurs invent a way to donate to charity for free
A team of four young Kiwi entrepreneurs are launching a ground-breaking charitable fundraising project that doesn't require its donors...
Shoppers Resent Credit Card Charge – Survey
Kiwi shoppers are voting with their feet as many say they'd rather leave their favourite store than pay a credit card surcharge...
Coping with regulation all about attitude
Research by Massey University’s Centre for Small and Medium Enterprise Research has found that some SMEs actually use regulation to...
Budgets and bottom lines
A lack of budgeting is often a likely contributor to business failures. Paul Moodie outlines what every good budget should have.Alarming...
The life and times of Peter Yealands
Peter Yealands is the quintessential Kiwi entrepreneur who has also been described as “a true maverick”. In a career spanning...
Part Accountant, Part Advisor
Today’s business accountant wears two hats – ‘bean counter’ and ‘business advisor’. The new breed of...
Show us the money
Looking for funding to grow your business?You must get smart if you want to get the money. By Kevin Kevany.To borrow and adapt an opening...
Outlook Cloudy
Bill Bennett offers a no-nonsense guide to cloud computing and its benefits for business.At first sight, cloud computing looks a lot like...
Meet the Winners
Judged Outstanding Despite operating in one of the most difficult economic climates in living memory, many New Zealand companies are...