Archive for July, 2009

5 Reasons Business Plans Won’t Cut It

July 31st, 2009

1. Not defining the problem. A business plan should define a problem and explain how your business will solve it. It should be focused …

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Treasury Concerned About Volatile Kiwi

July 31st, 2009

Treasury is increasingly concerned about the strength of the NZ dollar, which it says is one of the big potential spoilers both for economic …

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Lessons Of Recession Not Being Learnt

July 31st, 2009

Infometrics CEO Gareth Kiernan says the pain of the recession is not deep enough to teach NZers what they need to learn. He says …

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Show Customers You Truly Appreciate Them

July 24th, 2009

You can have the best product or service out there, but if you do not treat your customers well, they will not come back. …

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Heavier Trucks Could Be Economic Boon

July 24th, 2009

The Govt looks set to pass an Amendment to transport regulations allowing trucks to operate at up to 50 tonnes on certain routes. The …

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Exports To China Help Boost Trade Surplus

July 24th, 2009

Imports are collapsing but exports are rising, especially to China after the FTA which came into force late last year. This helped push May …

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Who Do We Love? Best Brands Revealed

July 17th, 2009

The Reader’s Digest Trust survey has found NZers have lost faith in big Aust owned banks, and think Cadbury and Tip-Top are the best …

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Redundancy’s Four ‘Rs’

July 17th, 2009

If you are facing the possibility of making staff redundant remember the four R’s.
Reason: Redundancy is a situation where employment ends because the position …

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Don’t Fear Carbon Charging

July 17th, 2009

A joint study for the Ministry for the Environment by the NZ Institute of Economic Research and Infometrics into climate change policy concludes introducing …

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Aust Business – Boost GST To Get Business Tax Cuts

July 10th, 2009

The Business Council of Australia wants the company tax rate to be halved, with GST lifted from 10% to cover the revenue shortfall. The …

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Boosting Productivity – 7 Drivers To Look For

July 10th, 2009

A joint study by Govt, business groups and unions has identified seven key drivers for improving productivity.
1. Building your organisation’s leadership and management capability.
2. …

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Business To Govt – Get On With RMA Reform

July 10th, 2009

A new report showing only four of the country’s 84 councils are fully complying with the law by processing resource consents on time proves …

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Worst Of Financial Crisis Over?

July 3rd, 2009

The Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements, the only international organisation to predict the global financial crisis, is now saying the worst of it has …

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Distribution Vital For Brand Building

July 3rd, 2009

New University of Waikato Management School research has shown the most significant factor in building a new brand is distribution, rather than the traditional …

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