BBN COLUMNISTS
Taxation
Personal tax changes coming from 31 July
National’s tax threshold changes were confirmed as part of the Budget 2024, albeit with a delay in the effective date to 31 July to...
Business Sales
Managing your emotions when selling your business
Regardless of how prepared and willing you may be, selling your business can be an emotional process. When you’ve spent many years of your...
Human Resources
How temps can boost your business in uncertain times
As we navigate uncertain economic times, we are seeing a trend of clients’ use of temporary staff as a key workforce strategy.
Temporary staff work...
Tech Talk
Apple Intelligence: AI for the rest of us
Apple has made a notable advancement in artificial intelligence with the unveiling of Apple Intelligence, a generative personal AI, at their annual World Wide...
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
High Performance
Why you want more business challenges, not fewer
For business owners, it feels like problems lie around every corner. Days are spent fighting fires and managing difficult situations. It would be natural...
The Porter Report
Meeting democracy’s needs
Tauranga is currently absorbed in the run-up to its first local council elections in around four years. Next month’s issue of Bay of Plenty...
Education Column
Bright minds, better business: the perks of having a global top 250 university in the Bay
The University of Waikato has recently been celebrating the release of the 2025 QS World University Rankings. With an increased ranking of 235, we’ve...
Have You Ever Noticed?
When is GDP not GDP?
As the US presidential election date approaches the pundits are confused – polling shows Trump is scoring way ahead of Biden on the economy,...
Intellectual Property Issues
The use of AI generated imagery – death by a thousand cuts?
“The ancient Chinese torture tactic known as lingchi — which translates loosely to “slow slicing,” “lingering death,” or “death by a thousand cuts” —...
Franchising
Responsible Franchising: What is it, and is NZ already a world-leading practitioner?
There’s a new phrase that has entered the vernacular of international franchising. It started in the United States, but it’s now used in franchising...
Local Government
Thank you for your support!
The Tauranga City Council Commissioners would like to take this opportunity to thank the business community for the strong support businesspeople have provided for...