Resilient through lean times
The franchise business sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience during New Zealand’s extended economic recession, and fortitude...
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Building blocks: your guide to online resources
Duncan Campbell shows how online computing resources are making services previously reserved for large corporate firms both available, and...
Warp speed productivity
Kevin Kevany gets down and technology-focused again to measure the advance of business-class mobile devices and applications. Since we last...
Getting together
Do you have a business function to organise? Don’t take it all upon yourself – there’s no shortage of conference venues...
Business first, safety always
NZBusiness editor Glenn Baker talks to leading health and safety experts on how business owners should ‘walk the walk’ on...
Swipeout
Patricia Moore looks into the impending Eftpos Version 6 upgrade, and some of the security issues surrounding card-based electronic...
9 tips to avoid boiling point
Aimee Bridgman’s stress management toolkit for business...
Give credit … where it’s due
Times are tough, there’s little evidence that anything will change soon, so it is time to credit check all your new and existing...
Accelerate forward by looking back
Dave Wild checks the rear vision mirror on 2010 and identifies some of the critical change-shifts in business on the road...
Finding the funding
Recent times have been challenging for businesses seeking to raise additional growth funding. Just how tough is the finance market? What...
Unravelling payroll complexities
Navigating down the payroll pathway continues to be a challenge for many Kiwi businesses. To help get you up to speed on payroll systems,...
No time like the present
Smart business owner managers have been using the recession as a time to gain new skills and wisdom; taking advantage of a range of short...
Protecting your property 24/7 with perimeter security systems
Ensuring your own assets are safe is difficult enough but when you’re responsible for someone else’s belongings, the stakes are...
SMEs reap rewards of smart energy use
The collective energy savings of the finalists in this year’s EECA Awards add up to a staggering $30 million a...
From street hustler to market leader
Jucy co-founder and CEO, Tim Alpe, was recently named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year. Shay Wright has the growth story behind...
Direct marketing goes digital
It’s direct mail – but not as we knew it. Steve Hart reports on the latest direct mail marketing initiatives, and the...
Slow steam ahead
2010 has been another tough year for Kiwi exporters – so how is 2011 shaping up? Ruth Le Pla asks leading export commentators for...
Going on the offensive
The battle against crime demands increasingly sophisticated security and surveillance devices. Kevin Kevany looks at the latest tactics and...
Boosted to the Max
This year the E2theMax Business Challenge went nationwide for the first time. Ten diverse businesses went the full distance from May to...
Making the Connection
A heads up on what’s new in presentation tools and videoconferencing technology, and how to achieve the biggest bang for the least...
Marketing for New Growth
Kevin Kevany has some great marketing tips to engage new customers, courtesy of today’s new variety of smart marketers. Sow these...
Time to dot the ‘I’ and cross the ‘T’
If you’re looking to address New Zealand’s dismal productivity performance, you could start with our business’s attitude...
You and your lawyer
New legislation, plus the recent financial meltdown, has prompted many business owners to seek legal advice. Patricia Moore examines the...
Riskier business
In an age of economic uncertainty it’s time for New Zealand businesses to be more ‘risk-savvy’ than ever. Kevin Kevany...
Up for the count
These are testing times for the accounting software industry. The need for businesses to work smarter, the implementation of a new GST rate...
In search of that perfect…fit
Hiring the right people for jobs and then encouraging them to stay is no small ask for employers. Patricia Moore reviews the recruitment...
MBA GUIDE 2011: Mastering the times
New technologies may influence the way it is delivered, but the MBA continues to be the benchmark degree for people with business ambition....
Defending your data
How secure is your data? Glenn Baker reports on data security issues faced by today’s business owners; the advent of online data...
Weighing the facts on fleets
Businesses have had to steer their way through a company vehicle management minefield during the...
The new age of the mobile
Advanced new mobile devices and applications are giving business people on the go a far greater degree of productivity. Kevin Kevany has...