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Why Counter Offers Fail to Keep Good Staff

Why Counter Offers Fail to Keep Good Staff A good employee hands in their resignation, the business scrambles, and puts together a better offer that convinces them to stay. It feels like a win, but research from Harvard Business Review tells a different story. Roughly

Daily Huddle: A Small Habit With a Big Payoff

Daily Huddle: A Small Habit With a Big Payoff

Daily Huddle: A Small Habit That Builds a Business That Runs Without You Most business owners want the same thing: a team that can run the day without them holding everything together. That goal often starts small, and it can start with a daily huddle.

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Outside Your Comfort Zone: Why Growth Lives at the Edge

Outside Your Comfort Zone: Why Growth Lives at the Edge, Not the Middle Some parts of running a business feel energising, while others feel flat, and it is not really about which tasks you enjoy most. Psychologists have studied this pattern for decades, under different

NZ Small Business Guide to Choosing a Business Advisor

There’s more to choosing a business advisor than searching online and choosing one which sounds good on paper, or web page to be exact. As experienced business advisors, we’d like to share some of the common pitfalls people make when choosing an advisor, plus tips

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Boosting Employee Moral Within Your Workplace

With all the world has thrown at us, we wouldn’t be surprised to hear that your workplace employee morale levels have dropped. As the employer, you’ll be aware that low morale can result in an increase in resignations, conflicts, and absenteeism, along with decreased productivity

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Client Success Story: Confinement Escape Rooms Taupō

Confinement Escape Rooms Taupō has been bringing people together for over four years through a range of creative, interactive team-building experiences. Their offering extends well beyond traditional escape rooms, with immersive scavenger hunts, puzzle-based adventures, and tailored team-building products that challenge groups to think, communicate,

NZ Government Budget 2025

Budget 2025: The Growth Budget?

Budget 2025 is a budget on a budget. Global trade headwinds, uncertainty and conflict are unsettling markets and supply chains. This all upsets business and consumer confidence and reduces the tax revenue that underpins government spending. This is the main reason the government books are

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3 in 3 at 3 – Monday 17th March 2025

Welcome to this week’s 3 in 3 at 3, where we get you the three key things you need to know for your business in three minutes or less at three o’clock on a Monday. Thing One: Buying a New Vehicle to Save Tax This

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3 in 3 at 3 – Monday 10th March 2025

Welcome to this week’s 3 in 3 at 3, where we get you the three key things that you need to know for your small business in three minutes or less at three o’clock on a Monday. Thing One: Write off Bad Debts Thing one

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Minimum Wage in New Zealand 2024

The government has announced that the minimum wage will increase to $23.15 from the 1st April 2024. Minimum Wage Increase 2024 A moderate 2% increase to the minimum wage is hoped to strike a delicate balance between support for the lowest paid workers and not