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Is your business ready for changes to alert levels?

The last Alert Level 3 Lockdown in Auckland has once again shown that businesses need to be prepared, at short notice, to make to significant changes to the way they work if required to move to Alert Level 3, or 4. As a result, it’s important to have a plan that you can put into action should this next occur....

Policy changes come into force

August and September saw several new pieces of legislation come into force. Two of these include: 1. The National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 2. The National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management 2020 The National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 came into effect on 20 August 2020. It replaced the National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity 2016. The...

Investor competition set to drive values higher

Despite some uncertainty and short-term disruption to market conditions from COVID-19, low interest rates are fueling investment activity, especially for prime properties with strong covenants. The flight to quality and limited stock available to purchase is likely to elevate the level of competition amongst experienced investors driving values higher. Overall Investor Market Conditions The economic downturn created by the COVID-19...

Industry hungry for tech-savvy EIT graduates

EIT’s Schools of Business & Computing are ready to kick off a new term, now accepting enrolments for the Master of Digital Business, the Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Business as well as the Postgraduate Certificate in Digital Business. These programmes are delivered at both Hawke’s Bay and Auckland campuses and have been a major draw card for students since their...

The value of volume

The COVID-19 pandemic is a significant event. So ..... where to from here? If I had a dollar for each time I was asked what affect this will have on future property values I could probably retire. Possibly, the more important question should be: What is the impact going to be on volume? Answering this question will probably give a...

Get your investments right from the start

This article was written in early May. In the last issue of the Profit, I used the term “market correction”, and boy oh boy, did we have one of those! Not for a second am I claiming a prediction of Covid-19 and the effect on the markets, but I will state that now more than ever real relationships with our...

Remote work is here to stay, and will be transformational

How did you cope with seeing computers, keyboards, screens and staff walk out the door on 26th March, wondering whether this remote worker experiment would actually work? What we witnessed was the future being sucked forward in a vacuum of necessity created by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. Whether you were well prepared or not, remote working as an option is...

Business after Covid19 – our new normal

The COVID-19 pandemic will in all likelihood change the way that we do business for a long time to come.For most businesses’ turnover is down and owners are having to turn their attention to dealing with an environment that is constantly changing during this time of uncertainty, their inventory requirements (especially those who are reliant on the import & export...

Record sale takes place during lockdown

We are now in the recovery mode of COVID-19, having been in full lockdown and then varying levels. At Level 1 we are much closer back to the normal than many other countries across the globe. There is certainly an air of the unknown going forward from an economic recovery, but Hawke’s Bay is well poised to recover at a...

Thinking change? – get the process right

COVID-19 has caused many employers to consider making changes within their business. If you are a business owner who needs to downsize, or re-align to new market conditions, there’s an important process you need to follow if those changes have the potential to impact an employee’s employment, and while there’s a lot at stake for you, it’s just as important...