Small Business
Ethnic signs a worry for Kiwis, says study
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZ Herald
The proliferation of non-English signs in Auckland is making some Kiwis uncomfortable, says a Massey University researcher.Robin Peace and Ian Goodwin studied 500 "linguistic landscape" photographs taken in five Auckland locations...
Op shops face threat of 700 per cent rates rise
Posted on 14 May 2012 by NZ Herald
A city councillor is distancing himself from a proposal to force rates increases of more than 700 per cent on Hamilton City's not-for-profit op shops.Councillor Martin Gallagher yesterday said the first he and many of his colleagues...
Debbie Mayo-Smith: Can you achieve work life balance?
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Do you worry about trying to attain more work/life balance? It's often asked of me personally how I manage a family of six children including twins and triplets (not to mention three cats and two dogs that only I walk) while running...
Consumer Watchdog: Coffee fans opt to pay $20
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Customers told to choose their own price - and show a generous nature How deep you dig into your pocket if you were asked to pay only as much as you wanted for a cup of coffee?An inner-city barista brewed a scheme this week to...
Your Business: Spin-offs build on uni brain banks
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald
All over the world exciting spin-off companies are emerging from universities, where commercial and academic minds work together to fill a niche in the market.New Zealand has its share of these highly educated enterprises. Auckland...
Get The Answers: Partnering businesses can be a win-win solution
Posted on 13 May 2012 by NZ Herald
For many small business owners, their company's fortunes will rise or fall on their ability to sell their product or service. Sometimes it can make sense to combine forces with a complementary player. How does partnering save me...
Commerce Commission wants more power to make traders toe line
Posted on 10 May 2012 by NZ Herald
The Commerce Commission is asking the Government for more power to defend consumers after revealing that traders, including big business, increasingly are refusing to co-operate with its investigations.The commission wants to be...
Nick Smith: Childcare a paying proposition
Posted on 10 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Former All Black makes new career as a provider of early childhood education. Taxpayers who gripe about the level of childcare subsidies to parents need to understand the costs involved in bringing a new generation of taxpayers...
Small Biz Q & A with Hannah McQueen
Posted on 10 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Q: Ross Burnett: I am establishing an online merchandising business while working full-time and part-time. My company is already registered, officially I haven't started trading yet. What are the advantages to a Look-Through Company...
Climate for worldwide change
Posted on 10 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Grand international schemes to fight global warming are giving way to smaller-scale direct action, reports Peter Huck Ouarazazate, a city in southern Morocco near the Atlas Mountains, is famous mostly as a movie location ever since...
Small Business: The Hatchery – Icehouse incubator
Posted on 09 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Nick Egerton, manager of the Hatchery Programme , the Icehouse's business incubator. At what point in my new business should I approach The Hatchery?
Convicted fraudster ‘speechless’ over deregistration
Posted on 09 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Convicted fraudster Shaan Stevens says he is "speechless'' he has been struck off the accountants' register without being told.The former executive director of consultancy firm Guinness Gallagher was sentenced late last year to...
SMEs mingle with govt depts at new expo
Posted on 09 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Small and medium-sized businesses have flocked to an inaugural 'Meet the Buyer' expo in Wellington to offer their wares to big Government buyers they would normally struggle to meet.Christine Bear, managing director at CBA, a strategic...
SMEs mingle with govt depts at new expo
Posted on 09 May 2012 by NZ Herald
Small and medium-sized businesses have flocked to an inaugural 'Meet the Buyer' expo in Wellington to offer their wares to big Government buyers they would normally struggle to meet.Christine Bear, managing director at CBA, a strategic...
Anger as Orcon wipes 5000 business emails
Posted on 08 May 2012 by NZ Herald
An Auckland business manager is fuming after having thousands of important sent emails deleted without warning by her internet service provider.Charlotte Rutherford, IT manager for a local civil drain laying company, had an email...
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