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Brand strategist James Hurman explains why just having a better product is not enough to make your customers care about your business. 93% of drivers think they’re better than average. A researcher called Ola discovered that when he asked Americans to rank their driving skill in the 1980’s. Similarly, 90% of college professors think they’re above […]

“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” – Chinese proverb. I meet a lot of entrepreneurs. I also meet a lot of people who want to be entrepreneurs and ask me, “When do you think the best time is to start a business?” Like the […]

Auckland fitness professional Melissa Chalmers is launching an app called StrongHer to help Kiwi women feel and look their best selves. The app, which launches this week after a few weeks of beta testing, is a full wraparound training, eating, mental health, and motivational companion app for women pursuing personal health. “StrongHer is a personal […]

Innovators have until the end of April to get their ideas entered into a national competition and business incubator programme which is focusing this year on sustainable agriculture. Northland Inc is facilitating the NZ Aerospace Challenge in the region and calling on creative minds to come to them with ideas, prototypes or projects that they […]

The government’s decision to not progress with a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is a smart move – and one many SME owners around the country will be relieved to hear. Although the Tax Working Group’s (TWG) purpose is well intended, its recommendations have come under a lot of scrutiny for its blanket approach in its […]

With nearly one third of local SMEs – potentially up to 150,000 businesses – having experienced a cyber attack and a majority of SME operators expressing fears about cyber security, accounting software provider MYOB is calling on the Government to address online security in the financial sector. According to the latest MYOB Business Monitor survey […]

New Zealanders will have a world-leading algorithm to thank when they jet around the world for a fraction of the cost they could be paying. Jettzy.co.nz has just launched its flight search amalgamator and is said to be unlike any other in the New Zealand market, thanks to a one-of-a-kind algorithm. The algorithm breaks through […]

Leveraging the capabilities of the Internet of Things (IoT) is critical for those aiming to maximise productive outputs from advances in technology. So what are Kiwi businesses doing with IoT, and how is it making a difference to the daily operations of New Zealand organisations? Kiwi ingenuity at its finest We’re the land of “number […]

Local SME operators, representing over half a million businesses in New Zealand, are strongly opposed to the Tax Working Group’s capital gains tax (CGT) proposal as frustration with the Government’s performance rises significantly within the sector. In the latest MYOB Business Monitor, which surveyed over 1,000 business operators nationwide in early March 2019, 48% of […]

New Zealand is going through its biggest building boom to-date, proof of this is the 140 cranes operating countrywide, with 50% of them operating in Auckland alone. Whether it’s large commercial developments in the Auckland CBD, infrastructure projects such as The City Rail Link or major retail upgrades like Commercial Bay, Sylvia Park and of […]

Auckland entrepreneur Hiten Parbhu is aiming to take the pain out of booking flights and hotels for multiple travellers, and has launched an online app this month, that he says will remove the need for corporate travel agents. Dubbed Rogue Travel, the app does the hard work currently done by frustrated small business owners, personal […]

Recently, the HSBC introduced a two-year fixed rate mortgage special at 3.69% – one of the lowest that they have offered in the New Zealand market. This has seen Kiwibank following suit and lowering its mortgage rates across the board, as this type of behaviour draws the inevitable competitive response from the other major trading […]