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In an unashamed take from Graham Norton, I intend to write a few stories called ‘the blue deck chair.’ You are free to pull the lever and flip my chair. So please send feedback, flip, or let me walk… To kick off the first blue deck chair story of 2025, let’s start with poetry! Sea-Fever, […]
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The power of position
There’s an awful lot of doom and gloom out there right now. And for pretty good reasons. The graph below caught my eye this week and probably sums up a fair chunk of what’s going on: Distribution of mortgage rates across the stock of mortgage lending This chart shows the distribution of mortgage rates paid […]
All things pass
It now seems we have a label for the condition we are facing as an economy. It is not a new label – the recession. Don’t kid yourself that this is somehow different to the last four years; it isn’t. It started in March 2020, with the Covid scare and global reaction. Now we are […]
Growing your business through networking
Full disclosure: I’m a marketer and a networker. They both work as growth strategies for your business, but I don’t think I could choose one over the other. If I networked my ass off, those I connected with would still probably check me out online, so my marketing game would need to be [...]
Tax Updates: 20 May 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. TCO Public Guidance Programme Inland Revenue (IR)’s Tax Council […]
Tax Updates: 13 May 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. Electronic filing exemption Inland Revenue (IR) has issued a […]
