While it’s been a financial rollercoaster of a year for most Kiwi businesses, Christmas time invites us to pause and celebrate what’s gone right and thank the people we rode with. Here are eight ways to keep your costs down…
Find a better balance with these helpful hacks. Working harder is not always smarter. Burnout is common among business owners and staff who are pushed to the limits. Ultimately, it’s not good for business or your personal life to be…
How well are your staff performing? Do they love their job? Performance reviews, an open two-way conversation held once or twice a year, are a great way to find out. While you’re not legally bound to do appraisals, they’re a…
An 8.30 start on the shortest day means the sun is barely coming up as a small group from Milnes Beatson sets out to clean up the section of beach we’ve been given to look after. From Motueka Port along…
The last day of May dawned chilly but fine, thankfully, because a team of enthusiastic Milnes Beatson workers was already hard at work to provide a Pink Ribbon Breakfast in support of the Breast Cancer Foundation. We were expecting to…
Parties and gifts are all part of the festive fun but they can cost a small fortune. Here’s a list of the rules around entertainment expenses so you know what’s deductible and non-deductible before you fork out for your staff…
We are delighted to report on another successful seminar with Intepeople, this time in Motueka. More than 60 people attended to hear a full range of material, from employment agreements, through compliance and breaches, to calculations for leave, rounding up…
We don’t just talk the talk, we walk the walk. It might be that time of year when you are thinking about doing your annual business plan. Here at Milnes Beatson, we put a day aside every year when we…
As accountants and business advisors, we spend many hours discussing and advising our clients on business matters. Sometimes events make us ask ourselves if we are walking the walk, not just talking the talk. Over the summer break, our business…
My return to a commercial accounting office after so many years in the public sector has been a real eye opener. Older folk (like me) talk about how fast technology keeps changing and how different the working day is from…