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Call for transparency in business power pricing
Unclear and inconsistent pricing means many businesses are overpaying for their power by up to thousands of dollars a year, according...
NZ a mix of highs and lows as SMEs downgrade expectations
The country’s economic engine room, Auckland, may be sparking to life, but the rest of New Zealand is struggling to fire according to...
Kiwis are working to live
More than three quarters of Kiwi employees are working to live as opposed to living to work and 44% are prepared to forego part of their...
Businesses showing signs of optimism
Growing signs of an economic turnaround are highlighted by the attitude of New Zealand businesses in the latest Grant Thornton...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why you shouldn’t cut marketing when the going gets tough
Billions of dollars of shareholder value are destroyed each year by companies that respond to an economic downturn by cutting marketing...