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 […]

Hidden Assets/Threat Seminar was “da bomb”! At a seminar on intangible assets and IP, two renowned business commentators Bruce Sheppard and Paul Adams provided a no holds barred, to the point examination of what modern companies, boards and management need to know and understand about intellectual property and doing business in today’s knowledge economy. Thanks […]

Doing Business in Australia; Seminar Success This seminar was a great event for anyone already working in or thinking of doing business in Australia. Gilligan Sheppard and the Chamber of Commerce joined forces to bring two prominent Australian tax advisers to New Zealand. Many New Zealand businesses look toward Australia to expand their business. This […]

Doing Business in China; Seminar Success Recently we held a luncheon and presentation here at Gilligan Sheppard. The topic was ‘Doing Business in China’ and outlined the current business environment in China, along with various aspects of setting up and doing business with and in China. Russell Brown is a Managing Partner with LehmanBrown – […]