Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026
NZ Budget 2026: What your small business needs to know “At a time when many New Zealand families and businesses are still under pressure from higher living costs and global uncertainty, this Budget takes careful steps to support New Zealanders now while strengthening the economy for the years ahead” Hon. Nicola Willis, Finance Minister, Budget…
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Full Time & Part Time – Permanent Full-time & Part-Time employees are classified as permanent staff whose employment has no fixed end date—they continue until either they or their employer decide to terminate it. Typically, “full-time” involves working 30 hours or more per week and part-time less than, although there’s no statutory minimum. These employees are entitled to…
Read MoreThursday, July 17th, 2025
Consider your livestock election choices carefully as you look at this year’s trends, factoring in whether your herd numbers have increased, and your longer-term intentions. Dairy values saw significant increase across both female and male classes. Strong commodity prices for dairy products drove strong demand for dairy cattle. A Mixed Age Dairy cow now has…
Read MoreTuesday, March 4th, 2025
A Business Plan isn’t just a document, it’s a powerful tool that sets you up for success. If you haven’t dusted yours off in a while (or never had one to begin with), now’s the perfect time to get started. So, what’s the point of a business plan? 1. Keeps You on Track A business…
Read MoreFriday, March 27th, 2020
Update 3/04/2020 Payroll System Providers Each payroll provider will provide details on how to process your payrun during this period of Covid-19 Wage and Leave subsidies – but if you are still confused, you can contact the office. Xero Payroll Smart Payroll MYOB Payroll Thankyou Ace Payroll *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Update 30/03/2020: Latest Updates from…
Read MoreMonday, October 14th, 2019
To ensure your MYOB AccountRight is performing at its best, MYOB only let the most recent versions work online. If you are still using AccountRight 2019.1 you will need to update to the latest AccountRight version before 7 November, 2019 to keep working online. You will no longer have access to your company file if…
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