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According to a report commissioned by ANZ, cyber crime has a $3 trillion impact on the global economy.  Trillion, that’s a lot of zeros.  Given it’s such a shady area, exact stats are hard to pin down, but it’s clear, this is a BIG DEAL. ...

The tax changes announced today are a major disappointment. As a business, we are apolitical.  For some time now, housing has been a political football in NZ.  Every party now in Parliament has contributed to the mess the housing “market” is now in – they all...

We hope you are all doing week – particularly for those of us in Auckland! There has been a number of forms of support for business and employees in place over the last year.  Here are some that are applicable to small business. Financial support for business:...

There were a number of lessons to take from 2020.  One that is particularly applicable to businesses is the importance of mitigating risk.  Many businesses were caught out by not being able to access their premises when at least theoretically, they could have kept working. ...

Many of our business clients who deal with individuals will have received an email from us about changes to the privacy laws.  If you are a business that in any way, shape or form holds details about individuals, chances are that this will apply to...

I think we will all agree that 2020 has been a bit of a strange one.  Many of us are looking forward to getting through the home stretch to the Christmas/new year shutdown, which is now only a few weeks away.  While this is traditionally...

Back in April during the depths of a level 4 lockdown – while we were still coming to terms with what level 4 lockdown meant – many of us were expecting to see an economic catastrophe.  The economists, politicians, bankers and business leaders were all...

Getting paid Just in case you haven’t noticed, the economy has entered very shaky ground.  Thus far, the effects have been unevenly distributed – some industries have benefited while others now find themselves on struggle street. One of the anticipated outcomes is that a larger than usual...

It’s still only been a few short weeks since the Nation moved to level 1.  And while in many respects, much of life is returning to some sense of normality, there are lasting effects that will be with us for some time.  Not least of...

No two ways about it, NZ has had a bit of a tough time going through the various alert levels.  Our collective productivity has taken a bit of a hammering.  There has been a lot more optimism since the move to level 2, and there...