Show us the money: A guide to raising capital
Securing investor funding is the key to accelerating business growth, particularly for fledgling ventures. NZBusiness shares advice from...
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Culling unnecessary business expenditure
Tristan Dakin explains what businesses can proactively do to manage their cashflow and stop wasting money in the new financial year. It’s...
Credit considerations for the new financial year
Keith McLaughlin discusses the credit lessons Kiwi businesses should take from the past few years – and what they should be doing to...
A lifeline for struggling business owners
Award-winning accountant Haylee Wrenn has developed an affordable online programme called Business 180 for struggling business owners...
How cryptocurrency can help your business
Easy Crypto’s Janine Grainger outlines the business benefits of cryptocurrency for New Zealand SMB owners. Cryptocurrency. It’s a big...
Taking care of busy-ness: SMEs’ productivity battles
A new poll reveals that while SMEs are continuing to work harder, productivity continues to wane and many aren’t seizing opportunities to...
8 Golden money rules for business owners
From digital currency to the hidden economy, intangibles to savings, ROIS to cashflow controls – GoFi8ure Executive Director Lisa Martin...
What’s stopping Kiwi businesses going global?
Kiwi businesses have global ambitions but Covid-19 and international payments are significant barriers to expanding overseas, according to...
Knowing when you’ve outgrown your business software
Jo Tozer explains the signs that suggest you’ve outgrown your business solutions and software. What should you look out for?...
How to mitigate negative impacts on your business
Richard Francis shares some advice, tips and tricks to help business owners get the most out of forecasting and scenario planning in...
How to improve customers’ online shopping experience
Online shopping is being pushed into the spotlight, thanks to the pandemic. Megan Simons shares four ways Kiwi businesses can improve the...
Treat Yourself: MYOB launches ‘More Me-Time’ for Partners
As we enter the final weeks of 2021, leading business management platform MYOB has launched a new campaign designed to reward its New...
AI prevents millions in fraud from impacting businesses
The AI solution Visa Advanced Authorisation has helped financial institutions prevent nearly $88 million in fraud from impacting New...
Breaking bad (attitudes)
Never mind Covid – the biggest threat to your business right now may be some bad habits or attitudes you’ve developed around your...
New fintech programme
New fintech programme embraces disruptive technologies. Lincoln University’s new Master of Fintech and Investment Management degree...
Tax tech companies transform income tax payments
Tax technology companies Taxlab and Tax Traders have announced an exclusive technology partnership that will revolutionise the way...
Blockchain a key to sustainable green tech economy
Blockchain is fast growing into a mature technology that is touching many parts of the global economy, but still fresh to New Zealand....
Financial advisory scholarship targets diversity
New Zealand's financial advice industry desperately needs more diversity, particularly from women, Pasifika and Māori, says the principal...
Time to embrace technology
Straight-talking GoFi8ure executive director Lisa Martin has concerns about an ongoing issue...
NZ’s Easy Crypto nears $1 billion in sales
Local and global growth of the cryptocurrency market as it gains credence as a means of diversifying investment portfolios, is helping...
Kiwis paving the way to BNPL supremacy
New Zealand has emerged from the pandemic as world-leaders in the adoption of Buy Now Pay Later solutions, writes Phil Pomford, and...
A faster way to pay and be paid
Financial transactions in Aotearoa New Zealand are set become a whole lot simpler when Dosh, the country’s first digital wallet app,...
E-invoicing confidence woes affect productivity: Research
A lack of confidence around e-Invoicing could hold nearly a quarter of Kiwi SMEs back from potentially saving nearly 400,000...
Trends shaping capital markets in 2021
If you’re looking at investing in private companies and expanding your portfolio in 2021, capital raise expert and successful...
Earn-out or burn-out? The perils of overcomplicated earn-out provisions
As purchasers take a more cautious approach to M&A in the current economic climate, it’s no surprise that we’re seeing an...
Small business owners desperate for support
An award winning Hawke’s Bay-based accounting and bookkeeping firm has noticed a rise in small business owners looking for advice on how...
Survey: Access to finance a major growth pain-point
Accessing funding from banks and traditional lenders is becoming increasingly difficult for Kiwi small business owners, according to a new...
“Shot gun” Covid tax-relief measures mostly on target – Survey
A new survey has revealed the most popular tax measures introduced by the Government last year to help businesses survive...
A word about good planning
2021 delivers a raft of new finance and tax issues for business owners to get to grips with. Gofi8ure’s Lisa Martin provides some clarity...
How do you ensure your PAYE is paid on time?
Read how iPayroll helps employers and business owners stay compliant with their PAYE payment and filing obligations. It has always been...