Cash to work with
Debt factoring products and services are steadily gaining traction in a market that has traditionally viewed them with a degree of...
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Have device, will manage
Smart, sophisticated mobile office tools and faster mobile broadband are pushing business productivity to new...
Mainstream green
Earthwise is a company founded in New Zealand’s cottage industry of the 60s. Its goal is to become Australasia’s leading...
NZBusiness July 2012
COVER STORYDigital dreamsFEATURESCash to work withHave device, will manageSupermarket leads on energy savingMove over PayPal,...
Learn how to avoid start-up and product failure
Did you know that more than 65 percent of new products and 90 percent of business start-ups fail?What’s even more alarming is the...
Business networking organisation chalks up $40m worth of deals
The Industry Capability Network NZ (ICN NZ), a New Zealand business networking organisation that introduces local companies to major...
Orcon connects with CanTeen
Connecting people has taken on a new meaning for leading internet provider Orcon with the company announcing it has chosen CanTeen as its...
Westpac and MYOB help businesses get competitive online
Westpac and MYOB have launched GetOnline.co.nz, a new initiative designed to make free websites available for all New Zealand businesses,...
NZ’s Most Fuel Efficient Business Revealed
Take 30 businesses, add an award-winning, fuel efficient car, mix with a selection of enthusiastic drivers and shake up with an exciting...
NZ businesses slow to adopt cleantech philosophies
New Zealand’s size and lack of scale compared with other countries means that our businesses are not as green in their actions...
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...
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...