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New Zealand business recession stories
In 2006, Rod Drury founded Xero, a cloud-based accounting software company in New Zealand. When the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) hit in 2008, businesses struggled, but Xero saw an opportunity. They recognised that small businesses would look for cost-effective and efficient solutions to manage their finances remotely.
Despite the recession, Xero focused [...]
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Date night with Eddie The Eagle
Post Event Notes: Gilligan Sheppard recently hosted a VIP area for the screening of ‘Eddie The Eagle’ at a movies-in-the-park event. We’ve since received some amazing feedback… “I just wanted to thank you for the opportunity we were given re Eddie The Eagle – we all had a fabulous time and your generosity was kind. We […]
Richard’s Tax Updates: Nov/Dec
Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]
A psychologist’s guide to surviving Christmas
Stuck with family members, a lack of personal space and pressure to appear jolly can make Christmas difficult – what can be done to improve the experience? One sometimes wonders why there’s such pressure to socialise over Christmas. It’s quite possibly the worst time of year to crowd together relatives who may struggle to get […]
Richard’s Tax Updates: Oct/Nov
Richard has had over 25 years’ experience with NZ taxation, and particularly enjoys dealing with land tax issues and the GST regime. He deals with clients of all types and sizes and provides tax opinions on the appropriate treatment of items of income and expenditure, assists clients with IRD risk reviews and audits and can […]
The Rise of the Electric Car!
There can be few people nowadays who deny the glaring fact that the human race has contributed significantly to the global warming that we are currently experiencing. Fiercer storms, higher sea surges, greater rainfall and higher summer temperatures all point in the same direction, and without some serious intervention by us, for us, it is […]
