News 
Foresters concerned over cap on trees
Forest owners have responded with dismay to government plans to double down on intentions to limit the areas that can be planted in exotic...
Equity markets surged as year-end approached
Investment market update (for the quarter ended 30 Nov, 2020)
After three months or so of...
Payroll indicators from business
A key issue for all local business in 2021 will be payroll costs. Remuneration specialists...
New chair for Priority One
The December AGM saw chairman Brett Hewlett, who has served for five years, resign and...
Regular Columns
Franchising 
The ‘soft’ Due Diligence checklist
As we relax into summer, not only is it the season of family get-togethers and beach barbeques, it is traditionally also the period where...
Tech Talk 
The best use of techspertise
During 2020, new data and privacy laws came into play, remote working exploded, and cyber-security, data protection and IT risks become constant conversation pieces....
Credit Management 
A year in reflection
By all accounts this past year has not been a typical one for anyone in NZ and that is certainly no different in the...
Intellectual Property Issues 
A Bega reason to register your trade mark
Trade mark rights are assigned – transferred – from one owner to another all the time. How many trade mark owners know, though, that...
The Last Word 
Why focusing on existing customers is smart business
Picking up new business takes time and investment. Yet many business owners make it their focus, sometimes at the expense of servicing their existing...
Human Resources 
Time to relax, restore and reassess
It has been an unusual year with many unforeseen challenges to mitigate. People are tired, stressed and more than ever in need of a...
Franchising
Motivational analysis required before buying
There has been a significant rise in the number of people interested in purchasing their own franchised business in the current Covid-19 economic and...
Human Resources
A most unusual year brings out the best in many
As we draw near the end of 2020, we can reflect on what has been a most unusual year for all, and one that...
