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Bruce'sElection 2023, Left-wing, Right-wing or winging it?
As I am prone to do customarily, I comment on politics – one of the three things one should never comment on because you will always piss someone off. So here goes! New Zealand is set to vote on two key issues: The political landscape, MMP and the confusion of quite basic choices Nothing much […]
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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 […]
Business growth and development in the online world seminar
The seminar “Business Growth and Development in the Online World” was a great success. The speakers we lined up proved to be entertaining and informative. Our very own Adrian Burke kicked off the seminar with a quote “Business has only two functions – marketing and innovation”. This was followed by an interesting story about Groupon […]
Argus Fire Protection
Having good people and understanding that cash is king in today’s testing business environment are just two reasons why Argus Fire Protection has quadrupled in size under its Managing Director Jacqui Bensemann. Argus Fire Protection, founded in 1981, is a New Zealand owned and operated company with a well established history and reputation second to […]
Are we different or are we mad?
It has been a long time coming, but finally every partner in our firm is a bike rider. And I don’t mean motor bike riders. I guess that makes us the only CA firm in NZ (excluding sole traders) that has all four of its partners riding bikes, three of which ride now to or […]