Business Growth – Issue Six: September 2014
Content:
- Bolster your bottom line
- Cost of Sales & Overheads
- Tax Talk
- Parental Leave update
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Bolster your bottom line
For new businesses in that critical early period, cashflow is a vital part of staying afloat to establish and grow the business. Established businesses also know the importance of cashflow to help you keep everything running while you grow the business…….
Cost of Sales & Overheads
Cost of sale and overheads affect your profit. Understanding how they inter-relate and keeping track of them can really have an impact on your business success.
Contents in this article include:
- Cost of Sale
- The basic formula
- Overheads
- Seeing profit
Business Growth – Issue Five: May 2014
Content:
Special Alert Budget 2014 Update
- Servicing tax compliance
- Cheque Duty abolished
- ACC Levy changed
- Changes for business
- Research and Development
- Rebuilding Christchurch
- Family Focus
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Special Alert Budget 2014 Update
Opinions have been – predictably – divided on Budget 2014 though everyone seems chuffed it’s not the Australian budget. Essentially we’re paying off some debts, doing some housekeeping, and putting by a little something for the future. …
There are 4 main themes:
- managing government finances responsibly
- further investments in science and innovation
- better public services
- continued support of the rebuild of Christchurch
Business Growth – Issue Four March 2014
Content:
- Farewell to Rachel Lamb (“Lambo”)
- We are moving
- Risk and Reward
- Tax Talk
-
Expired Technology
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Farewell to Rachel Lamb (“Lambo”)
As many of you already know Rachel Lamb is finally doing her big OE! She leaves for Portugal next month and then on to other parts of Europe (I am writing this newsletter with green eyed envy).When Lambo returns from her travels next year she will be living down in the sunny Hawkes Bay…
We are moving down the road….
I tell you, its “all go” here at BLNZ. A wonderful opportunity has presented itself, so we are moving down the road to 116E Cavendish Drive (just behind the BP petrol station).
Business Growth – Issue Three December 2013
Content:
- Breaking Free From Idle Mode – Top Tips For Business Growth
- Productivity Killers
- Mixed Used Assetts
- Basic Branding – Some Things to Consider
Where did November go????
Its been an exciting and positive couple of months here at Business Like NZ – we have hired our first male accountant! We have also updated our website and given our koru logo a facelift!
Brendan Price joined the team in November – he’s a chartered accountant with lots of skills, practical experience and enthusiasm (I think he might need all those skills to survive in an office full of stubborn women!).
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Breaking Free From Idle Mode – Top Tips For Business Growth
It’s easy to sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labour and become comfortable with your current business position. But don’t become too comfortable.
Always be aware of and listen to your market. It’s easier to swim with the current than against it so make sure you are offering a product or service that people are actually buying. Do your research and find out about your target market, their needs and their wants then provide something that delivers on these.
Business Growth – Issue Two October 2013
Content:
- Promote creativity and innovation within your business
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Invest in your business – Invest in your staff
- Is your workplace safe
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Promote creativity and innovation within your business
Whether you’re planning a new product, a new business venture or simply brainstorming, here are some tips to help boost creativity and innovation within your business:
Don’t assume the current way is the right way. Challenge long standing processes that are currently used within your business and promote evolution of new systems and ideas for your business. Be as innovative as you like.
Business Growth – Issue One September 2013
Content:
- Risk and Reward – Scheme swapping across the ditch
- Tax Talk – Changes to online tax returns
- Changes to parental leave and the minimum wage
- New mixed-use assett rules
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Risk and Reward Scheme swapping across the ditch
The Australian government recently announced that they have made changes to legislation that will allow New Zealanders to transfer their retirement savings from KiwiSaver into a compatible Australian scheme and vice versa.This legislation is the result of an arrangement between the New Zealand and Australian governments and removes an obstacle between the two countries, providing the ability for people to take advantage of employment opportunities in either country, while still continuing to contribute to a retirement scheme.
