How to handle a request for a discount
Ever been asked by a client to discount your price? According to Ben Paul, never...
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Tax compliance in the Cloud: a silver lining for SMEs
Changes to the Taxation Act 2017 mean small businesses have the chance to streamline...
Sourcing finance to fund business growth
It takes money to grow a business, but there are a number of creative ways to raise...
KPIs: the key to measuring success
Elliot Cooper explains which KPIs deliver the most valuable reports for your...
Innovative funding options
There are a multitude of funding options available to privately held New Zealand companies,...
Provisional tax relief on the way
Having to pay provisional tax is about to get better – much better – for thousands of...
Fighting the Good fight
Prior to New Zealand’s Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing...
Working with the great Chinese payment system
Accessing Chinese consumers through popular e-commerce sites is a growing...
Ringing the changes in SME Payroll
The many complexities of payroll means that business owners, intermediaries and...
Throwing a funding lifeline
Through experience LendMe founder Marcus Morrison knows just how hard it can be to get...
Keeping the lifeblood flowing
Cashflow is the lifeblood of all businesses, and often the number one cause...
Do we still call it equity crowdfunding?
New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to create a legal framework for equity...
Finance that supports growth
Is business expansion being hindered by a lack of funds? It’s time to get acquainted with debtor finance – ‘dynamic’ finance that...
The maturing of equity crowdfunding
With the equity crowdfunding industry about to celebrate its second birthday in New Zealand, Josh Chang looks at how it is breaking new...
Heads in the cloud
Want to get your head around New Zealand’s cloud services marketplace for businesses? Our 2016 NZBusiness Cloud Services Guide can...
Meeting your tax obligation without penalty
An increasing number of businesses are utilising ‘tax-pooling’ to meet their IRD obligations and protect...
How could liquidation affect you?
The Dick Smith collapse led to an investigation to explore action against six former directors and its auditor, but who's really to blame?...
Last minute tips for end of financial year
The financial year finishes on the 31st of March and can be a stressful time for many business owners. Scott Gardiner has some tips to help...
Winging it with crowdfunding
The old and the new went head-to-head at the recent Angel Summit, as equity crowdfunding took to the platform to sell its case to more...
What’s next for payroll?
The government has ambitious plans to help people better manage their employment tax obligations through advanced digital technology....
Post-xmas debt hangover: tips for businesses
Lyn Egan, Baycorp's Tauranga-based NZ business manager, shares some of her best practice 'to do's' on how to stave off bad...
Lending when others won’t
If you’ve applied to the usual commercial lenders for a modest business loan and been turned down, then Microwise may be able to...
The big small business
Scott Bartley traces the growing pains and capital-raising strategies of technology super-star Orion...
Fit for Purpose Finance
In 2015 business owners are spoilt for choice when it comes to finance options to help bolster cashflow and instil growth. Debtor financing...
Value for money currency exchange platform
ADVERTORIAL Tiran Behrouz, CTO and President of Clear View Systems Ltd, a Canadian-based firm that’s been empowering the currency...
In search of certainty
Typically, business owners wait till the last ten days of March to give any thought to meeting the business’s 2015 tax obligations....
What a shift in currency could mean for Kiwi businesses
Sheldon Slabbert looks at the potential impact global currency trends could have on New Zealand's business...
Job done, get paid
Is your business just a bank for slow-paying customers? We bring you the hottest tips to master cashflow, and some finance advice to help...
Payroll – it’s (no longer) complicated
In 2015 payroll solutions come at you in a number of variations: increasingly cloud-based and with mobile options; sometimes from a...
Provisional tax: the IRD’s Christmas present
Many business owners are working hard coming into Christmas, perhaps looking forward to a break, when there comes that gentle reminder...