NZBusiness May 2014

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Unlocking those balance sheet assets

BUSINESS in the 21st century is all about funding flexibility, and leveraging balance sheet assets, not traditional bricks ‘n mortar, to help generate cash for business growth. Factoring and debtor or invoice financing has an increasingly important role to play.

Small offer delivers big future

Relaxed securities rules are making it easier to fund growing businesses, it’s not just crowdfunding that’s cause for excitement

Management and NZBusiness – The Power of 2!

The New Zealand Institute of Management has negotiated a new publishing partnership with Auckland-based Adrenalin Publishing to resume publishing one of the country's most iconic and influential professional magazines – New Zealand Management.

The benefits of using data smarter

By Kevin Kevany. Big things are happening in the fast-emerging, innovative world of 'Big Data' and New Zealand SMEs – particularly those servicing the public transport, housing, and health sectors,

Linux for business

By Robert Persse   Windows XP is no longer supported. So when new security vulnerabilities appear Microsoft will not fix them – people still using XP will be at increasing

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Creating the perfect package

Whether you’re about exclusivity, value or have a unique story to tell, packaging for your product is a vital part of your marketing mix. 

Old Lock on old slat door_0

Unlocking those balance sheet assets

BUSINESS in the 21st century is all about funding flexibility, and leveraging balance sheet assets, not traditional bricks ‘n mortar, to help generate cash for business growth. Factoring and debtor or invoice financing has an increasingly important role to play.

Small offer delivers big future

Relaxed securities rules are making it easier to fund growing businesses, it’s not just crowdfunding that’s cause for excitement

Management and NZBusiness – The Power of 2!

The New Zealand Institute of Management has negotiated a new publishing partnership with Auckland-based Adrenalin Publishing to resume publishing one of the country's most iconic and influential professional magazines – New Zealand Management.

The benefits of using data smarter

By Kevin Kevany. Big things are happening in the fast-emerging, innovative world of 'Big Data' and New Zealand SMEs – particularly those servicing the public transport, housing, and health sectors, along with the general ICT world – are being invited to take a global leadership position and access it in manageable chunks via the recently launched Telecom specialist facilitator, Qrious. Along with this emerging Big Data phenomenon is the global emergence of a new kind of sought-after professional, the ‘data scientist’.  Qrious is said to be built on “a powerful combination of information, insight and action”. It is committed to “delivering greater access to a smart data world, by providing a better way for New Zealand organisations to tap into

Linux for business

By Robert Persse   Windows XP is no longer supported. So when new security vulnerabilities appear Microsoft will not fix them – people still using XP will be at increasing risk. Microsoft wants you to upgrade – they make money when you do – but upgrading is expensive and time consuming. Apart from the technical challenges, users will need to learn the very different interface of Windows 8.  They won't like this, and will lose productivity. Many companies don't want to make this change.  Windows 8 is very unpopular, but there's no guarantee the next version will be better. Vista and Windows 7 users will also have to make the move in a few years. But there is a way

Rush-Munro-BeforeAfter_0

Creating the perfect package

Whether you’re about exclusivity, value or have a unique story to tell, packaging for your product is a vital part of your marketing mix.