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Turner Media Limited
With a surname the same as the man who launched CNN, the United States’ first genuine global media network, Robert Turner has no qualms following in Ted’s footsteps by launching a suite of websites under Turner Media Limited. Following the success of Equine Trader (equinetrader.co.nz), launched three years ago, Turner Media has now expanded to […]
End of year thoughts. Rising interest rates.
As sure as night follows day boom follows bust. 2013 feels like a transition year between the lethargy of the GFC and its impact and what comes next. The full impact of the GFC in NZ has been masked by government bailout of finance companies, the Canterbury earth quake, and wide spread government works and […]
Fish and Ponds
This year, myself and Greg Rathbun attended PrimeGlobal’s combined World and Asian Pacific conference in Ho Chi Min city. First, a bit of history regarding our association Gilligan Sheppard joined ‘Polaris International’ in 2009 and the Asia Pacific meeting was held in Auckland, where we hosted firms from all over the world in our offices. […]
Medieval Christmas
It is a tradition here at Gilligan Sheppard, for any of our new team members to brain storm ideas and then activate the Christmas party for the firm – all within a tight budget. This year we were not disappointed with the newbies piling us onto a party bus and transporting us back in time […]
Are you on the IRD radar?
The IRD recently published their Compliance Focus for 2013, aimed at assisting taxpayers and voluntary compliance by identifying areas that the Revenue regularly sees as having high potential for taxpayer error. The material is published on the IRD website and for small to medium businesses outlines ten key areas of focus. One of the identified […]