There has been a lot of talk in the media, from economists and even from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand about the dreaded “R” word – recession. And understandably, many kiwis, and especially business owners, are worrying about how the predicted recession will...
Last week’s Reserve Bank announcement was not the news most of us wanted to hear, with their forecast confirming some of the views we shared in our 2023 “Tailwinds & Headwinds” forecast a couple of weeks ago. Along with rising interest rates & inflationary...
Wow, how is it February already? Thankfully, the COVID-19 blip in January looks to be a near miss for us in NZ, but it was a solid reminder none-the-less of the risks we continue to face and the role we, as business owners, can play in influencing best practices to...
With all the number crunching going on over the past week, including fiscal reveals and election promises, I thought it timely to offer some number crunching of my own – numbers you can use to directly to support your own business growth, and support...
While I look forward to the day we no longer have to discuss business planning in the context of COVID-19, for now, it’s evident the pandemic and associated lockdown has hit many kiwi SMEs hard. While some businesses can use the lifting of domestic restrictions to get...
Happy Wednesday everyone and welcome to the long-awaited Alert Level 2! As we continue to slowly come out the other end of NZ’s COVID-19 Alert Level restrictions, a picture is beginning to emerge of who the winners and losers of lockdown are when it comes to business....
