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Half full or half empty?
February 19, 2012

  I am not one for astrology or predictions, especially when it comes to the economic outlook, other than to say I have learned that...

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Is marketing all about campaigns?
February 19, 2012

    Marketing is not all about campaigns. That is only a tiny bit of what constitutes the Marketing concept and it is...

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Tell them once, tell them twice?
February 19, 2012

Managers who deliberately repeat themselves are more effective at getting things done, according to research by Professors Tsedal Neeley of...

A look through the LTC regime
February 19, 2012

    On 15 October the Government released the much anticipated legislation in relation to the treatment of Qualifying Companies...

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Does Business Give a Damn.
February 19, 2012

  First, a warning and an apology. This is a rant.You would think, wouldn’t you, that as businesses struggle to cope with,...

Business: what’s the point?
February 19, 2012

  Is there a point to business? A purpose?If we were to conduct a street poll, what would people say in response to that question?I am...

7 secrets of fabulous businesses
February 19, 2012

  I am often asked what characterises a successful business versus an unsuccessful one. Despite the plethora of books on the...

Is Australia too franchised?
February 19, 2012

  An article in the Sydney Morning Herald a couple of months ago posed the question, ‘Is Australia too...

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The need to name and shame.
February 19, 2012

  Late last year, the Commerce Commission publicised its involvement in the conviction of two South Island men for misrepresentation...