Vaughan Davis is an ex-Air Force pilot turned ad industry veteran and guru, who knows no less than 19 ways to make your business boom. Put simply, if you run a small business, any small business, you need to read his latest book Covid Schmovid. The b

Location: University of Waikato campuses in Hamilton and Tauranga. Website: www.waikato.ac.nz/go/mba and www.management.ac.nz/mba Programme: Waikato Master of Business Administration (MBA) Part-time or full-time? Part-time (domestic) or full-time

Anew report by the Institute of Directors (IoD) with Marsh and MinterEllisonRuddWatts, Under Pressure: D&O insurance in a hard market highlights a volatile and restrictive liability insurance market. “Regionally, D&O claims payments have dwarfed the

Been struggling to get your head around LinkedIn™? Everyone else appears to be an expert on its use, but not you? Well now there’s a guide that can set you on the path to success with this popular social media platform for business. Lynnaire Johnston

Vippa is a social-powered mobile-marketing platform that directly connects businesses with customers. Founder Danny Yang says it delivers a strong and robust network, with no middleman and no margins or commissions taken from business profits. But Vi

With many leaders asking questions on how they are to ensure the productivity of a fully or partially distributed workforce, EY’s Stephen Koss, says this is the wrong question to ask. Sydney-based Koss, who is EY’s People Advisory Services workforce

Bartercard NZ is celebrating its 28th birthday this year and despite the global pandemic of Covid-19 and the economic challenges the country is facing, the trade exchange continues to prove its worth as an alternative virtual currency. Founded in 199

The world in 2020 is almost unrecognisable when compared to 1993 when the first Privacy Act was passed. The Privacy Act 2020 significantly modernises New Zealand’s privacy law and recognises the enormous technological advances of the past 27 years.

It is almost the perennial question with an answer that is both easy and complex. Complex because there are so many variations and so many drivers for why either option may be preferred, many of which are more emotional than numerical. Previous artic

Employers have been put to the test this year, they’ve had to swiftly change the way they work, manage their employees and measure productivity. For years we have been talking about working from home and how it will play a central part in the workpla

While some drinks and hospitality businesses have been struggling, there is a corner of the industry that is flourishing. Meet entrepreneur Sam Heaps and his mobile bar Mrs Sippy. Mobile bars are enjoying a boom in popularity, due to their adaptabili

• It speeds the uptake of sustainable energies by deploying transmission infrastructure relatively quickly and cheaply (for example, from offshore windfarms). • Resembling solar panels and consisting of two antennas (transmitter and receiver), it kee

There are two options for FBT – cost price method or tax book value method. Cost price method is the original method and is simpler – it suits vehicles that are regularly replaced, say every three to five years. The taxable value is five percent per

Even in the best of times, senior management faces a huge roster of tasks across a wide range of priorities — handling daily operations, tracking progress toward corporate goals, planning for the future, overseeing individuals on their teams, to name

It’s set to be another stunner. On Wednesday November 18th, Hamilton’s CBD Celebration Awards will be staged in a marquee down by the mighty Waikato River. Sponsored by Spark Business and supported by The Breeze, all awards for 2020 have been curated

There were two thoughts that came to mind when Greg Kushnir and his company’s wireless power transmission technology was all over the media earlier this year. Is it safe? And, why does it sound so much like science fiction? After spending an hour wit

Motorsport legend Greg Murphy once said that New Zealanders are bad drivers, described as under-trained and over-confident. And to improve the dismal road toll, Murphy said we need to train New Zealanders who get behind the wheel to be safer, more co

As the phases of the pandemic progress, business leaders must reset their strategy and build resilience, according to global research and advisory company Gartner which says it’s crucial for senior leaders to make strategic decisions that will lead t

It was a shopping expedition more than five years ago that fanned the spark of a business idea in Michael Welten’s mind. The idea to create a luxury dog perfume made entirely from natural materials came to him while out shopping for a pet fragrance f

2020 has been the most stressful year in history for the global workforce and people want robots to help, according to a new AI@Work study by Oracle and Workplace Intelligence, an HR research and advisory firm. The study of more than 12,000 employees

Sam Cotter-Dephoff still has vivid memories of appearing in an episode of Jason Gunn’s What Now? as a five-year-old, filmed at the Avalon television production centre in Lower Hutt’s Percy Cameron Street. Ironically today his business Scale Studios,

There’s no doubt Covid-19 has caused major disruption to Auckland’s CBD sub-lease office market. However, the long-term prospects are incredibly positive, with large infrastructure and residential projects already underway, and New Zealand’s ability