Thankyou Duco for a great night out enjoyed by a few of our team Wednesday 26 August, Marion Garlick and her husband John, Tanya Canty and Debra Houghton. Duco put on an event ‘An Evening with Richie McCaw, Dan Carter and friends’ before they departed for the UK. Giants in the history of New Zealand […]

In conjunction with Callaghan Innovation, EverEdgeIP have developed a programme to help New Zealand companies leverage their innovation and intellectual property to drive accelerated growth. What is Innovation IP? Innovation IP consists of two interactive, confidential workshops plus on-going support relating to intellectual property strategy and technology commercialisation. The goal of the programme is simple: […]

Relay For Life is a unique overnight event where teams of 10 to 20 friends, families or colleagues challenge themselves to take turns to keep a baton moving in a Relay style walk or run overnight. There are no age limitations or fitness requirements, Relay For Life is suitable for everyone and anyone can join […]

We gathered at the office for some pre-outing drinks. There was quite a bit of speculation as to what it was that we were getting up to this evening – it had been kept under wraps. We also had two dutch tourists along for the ride. The office manager met them in Rarotonga and offered […]

Gilligan Sheppard is proud to present three Xero Workshops. Attend small intimate workshops, ask questions and receive personal attention. Demonstration is on a big screen. BYO laptop/tablet to work on your own account. [box] “The presenter was clear, easy to understand and very knowledgeable.” [/box]   [box] “Being able to bring my own laptop was awesome, it […]

We held a seminar for employers with a difference – it was all in Chinese. We went through what employers need to do in New Zealand – their responsibilities, payroll, filing PAYE returns, ACC payments, etc. It was a great success with a full house spilling out into the corridor. Albert from FreshJeans attended the […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

The ASB Great Debate is THE event for Auckland 2013. An entertaining, exciting, engaging evening during which a Bruce Sheppard led accountants team took on a Mark Hanaghan led legal team to debate “Lawyers contribute more than Accountants”. The event was a successful fundraiser for Starship, Kidney Kids and other Auckland Rotary supported charites. Here’s […]