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If you’re running an overseas company doing business in New Zealand, or you’re a larger New Zealand company, you might need to deal with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) reporting. It sounds complicated, but it doesn’t have to be a nightmare if you know what you’re doing. What exactly is IFRS reporting? Think of IFRS […]

This is a special feature written by Murray Fulton, Director and Business Advisor at Advantage Business. I have four recommendations that will minimise the roadblocks to achieving your goals and keep your people on the right track for growth. 1.     Eradicate Everest Syndrome 2.     Learn to execute under pressure 3.     Recruit for temperament and character […]

Don’t you love a board meeting where the numbers are great? This time, on paper, the numbers looked perfect. Revenue was up. Costs were down. Margins were strong. The board congratulated themselves on another great year and started talking about dividends and the next holiday. Six months later, the business was struggling to keep its […]

This is the fourth article in my series about world trade and the impact of Trump tariffs on New Zealand (NZ) exporters and importers. To see the earlier three articles, please click here. In this article, I cover: Grounded in America If Air NZ had kept to their schedule, I would now be back in […]

There’s a revolution happening in the job market right now. Not the usual economic cycle bullshit, but something fundamental. The core requirement for staying relevant isn’t education or training anymore. It’s creativity, lateral thinking, and imagination, because now we have to outsmart Artificial Intelligence (AI). And to use AI effectively, you have to be really […]