If you’ve ever been at the helm of any venture, you don’t need me to tell you about the hard graft, long hours and sheer breadth of critical decision-making required to keep a business’ engine room firing.
At school, (yes that was a few moons ago), I remember there was one guy who had an incredibly difficult existence. I can’t recall a single thing he did that would even begin to explain the insidious hostility levelled at him day in, day out, yet he was “The Target”.
In his song, Italian Restaurant, Billy Joel sums up a piece of fraud prevention advice I regularly give to small business owners: A bottle of white, a bottle of red … perhaps a bottle of rose instead.
It’s hard to believe two months have zipped by since Christmas – but what happens if, in the weeks since, that much-loved gizmo that was waiting for you under the tree has gone kaput?
Aspiring Law’s BizClub® 2017 workshop series gets off to a cracking start for the year with an eye-opening – and potentially business-saving – seminar presented by forensic accountant and fraud expert Graeme McGlinn.
There’s a quote from Benjamin Franklin that’s as true today as it was in the 1700s when he became one of the United States’ founding fathers and thought leaders: “If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail”.
New earthquake strengthening legislation is well and truly back in the spotlight following last month’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the upper South Island and lower North Island – and all eyes are now on whether the new legislation’s implementation will be fast-tracked in light of the latest tremors.
