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 …
Archive for July, 2009
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …
