You may well be over hearing about the constant meteoric rise of house prices. Every news report seems to contain something about house prices and their distinct lack of affordability. A big driver of the surge in house prices has been the wave of comparatively cheap money that has been made available to some. NZ […]
Halfway check up time – Success and Risk
And just like that, half the year has gone by. It’s been a bit of a strange one too. Not as strange as the last one, but a bit strange none the less. Hopefully, you kicked off the year with some sort of plan for how things would pan out. Failing that, even some expectations […]
Working Less Hard
Ahh New Zealand. The land of the Long White Cloud. Stunning vistas, natural beauty and exceptionally low productivity. It’s that last part that’s a problem. According to the OECD, New Zealand’s productivity sucks. OK, they didn’t say that it sucked, but they did highlight that we have progressively slipped down the rankings from one of […]
Protecting yourself online (and a change to Xero)
According to a report commissioned by ANZ, cyber crime has a $3 trillion impact on the global economy. Trillion, that’s a lot of zeros. Given it’s such a shady area, exact stats are hard to pin down, but it’s clear, this is a BIG DEAL. The proliferation of this online crime means that increasingly, ‘smaller […]
Support for Level 3
We hope you are all doing week – particularly for those of us in Auckland! There has been a number of forms of support for business and employees in place over the last year. Here are some that are applicable to small business. Financial support for business: this contains links to the Covid-19 short term […]
Tax rate change
Tax rate change Shortly, there will be a new top tax rate added for individuals. If you earn over $180,000 or have a company with significant retained earnings, this will likely affect you. Watch this to find out a little more about how it works, and get in contact if you want to discuss your […]
What did we learn?
It’s still only been a few short weeks since the Nation moved to level 1. And while in many respects, much of life is returning to some sense of normality, there are lasting effects that will be with us for some time. Not least of which is an economic hangover that we are so far, […]
On the Ropes? How to fight Back – Dave Saunders talks to Auto Channel
Our very own Dave Saunders chats to Auto Channel from the point of view of a workshop or small-to-medium automotive business. You can check out the full issue of Auto Channel here Businesses shut during lockdown are under a strain they were never designed to withstand. Auto Channel contacted business consultant Aro Advisers to […]
Small Business Cashflow Loan
Got 50 staff or less? Government loan deal There has been a lot of criticism of the government backed loan scheme that was announced last month. Particularly, many small and mid-sized businesses have found them difficult to access. The government has responded by opening another avenue for businesses to borrow. Directly off the government. Here’s […]
A bit on tax…
This is a busy time of year for paying tax, there is provisional and terminal income tax, maybe FBT as well as the usual suspects of PAYE and GST. All at a time when for many businesses, cash has stopped rolling in. On the first of April, IRD sent out a nice sounding media release […]