Business & Networking

What is a family office? Why you need one and how it works

What is a family office? Discover what it is and why you need one. Learn how a family office works and make informed decisions for your financial future.

31 October 2023

Are coworking spaces safe?

Are coworking spaces safe? Find out the common security challenges found in a coworking space and how you can select the safest workspace.

20 September 2023

Wellington Office Space Guide 2023

This updated guide will help you find your ideal office space in Wellington and give a local rundown on the best flexible office space options available in the city.

23 August 2023

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Auckland Office Space Guide 2023

This updated guide will help you find your ideal office space in Auckland and give a local rundown on the best flexible office space options available in the city.

16 August 2023

How to Choose a Coworking Space: 9 Tips to Consider in 2023

Follow these nine steps to know how to choose a coworking space and become an expert on the key differences between coworking space providers.

16 August 2023

How to get a virtual address

A virtual address is a convenient solution for businesses that need a professional address without the cost and maintenance of a physical office.

14 March 2023

How to Use Correlation in Business Decision Making

Correlation is an important concept that can be used to analyse data sets and assist business leaders in gaining useful insights into the relationships between business outcomes.

02 March 2023

Startup Office Spaces - Best Office Types for Your Startup

A startup requires a unique, fun & optimised office space to work in. Here are the best types of office spaces you need for your startup.

08 February 2023

How Businesses in New Zealand can Prepare for Recession

While it is impossible to know when or how extreme a recession can be, there are steps that wise business owners can take now in order to prepare their enterprise for leaner times ahead.

16 January 2023

Five Tips for Small Businesses to Reduce Operational Costs

Although it may not be easy, every small business that wants to succeed in the long run should have a strategy that strictly keeps its operational costs to only what is necessary.

10 January 2023

4 Methods to Sustain Long Term Business Growth

Every business owner has a vision of continuing to grow, however not everyone has a business development strategy in place to ensure long term success.

10 January 2023

The Cost Saving Benefits of Hybrid Work for Businesses

New Zealand's demand for the hybrid work model has significantly exceeded the international standard according to recent research.

10 January 2023

The Ultimate Coworking Space Guide 2023

This guide will provide a comprehensive outlook on what to expect from your shared office space and explain everything you need to understand about a coworking space.

15 December 2022

The Benefits of Secretarial and Telephone Answering Services

Telephone answering services and secretarial support can be time saving method and mitigate the risk of wasted productivity.

25 November 2022

Do Businesses Still Need a Landline? The Pros & Cons of a Landline Phone

Now that smartphones are easily available and offer more functionality than a landline phone, is landline still necessary? This article will explain the advantages and disadvantages of having a fixed-line phone for businesses big and small.

10 November 2022

8 Reasons Why Coworking Spaces are Better than Working from Home [2022]

Working from home echoes comfort and seems ideal until we're faced with distractions, isolation and complacency. Coworking spaces are ideal as they are comprised with people which work towards the same goal.

04 November 2022

Top 7 Biggest Business & Workplace Global Trends Which Will Shape 2023

The way business work across the globe is always changing, however the past few years has changed everything in an unprecedented manner.

05 October 2022

How to Create a Hybrid & Remote Teams Policy Template

Although hybrid working is now relatively common and employees now expect this from businesses, it is important to set rules and have policies in place to ensure productivity remains the same.

17 August 2022

The Hybrid Work Model: What is it and How Does it Work?

The hybrid work model is a new way of working that has solidified itself in today's economy. Find out what hybrid work is, the value of the hybrid model and how to adopt one for your business.

22 July 2022

What is Virtual Support and How Can it Help Businesses?

Virtual support is a term used for administrative and secretarial work that is done remotely, by using technology. This type of support has been around for many years, but has only recently become popularised because of the advances in technology.

20 July 2022

Coworking vs Traditional Office: What are the differences, Which is Better and What is Trending?

There has been a recent trend of businesses moving out of their traditional, long-term leases and into leased office spaces that can be used on a more flexible basis.

13 July 2022

Coworking Spaces in New Zealand: How Much Does it Cost and What is Included?

Find out what coworking spaces are, how much they cost, and the average price per city. If you're thinking of starting a business or already run one that requires multiple locations to operate effectively, consider renting a hot desk at a coworking space.

08 July 2022

Are hybrid offices and remote working beneficial for the environment and does it save energy?

While the lockdown rules were a hefty challenge for everyone and caused a lot of mental fatigue, one of the primary benefits which came from it was the immediate positive effect on the environment.

01 July 2022

Covid-19: Changes in Consumer Purchase Behaviour and What Are Consumers Looking For in 2022?

Find out what consumer purchasing behavior is, why it's important to your marketing strategy, and the shift toward heavily experience driven satisfaction that has occurred as a result of COVID-19.

16 June 2022

Hybrid Offices: The Post-Covid Workspace Solution

Since the pandemic, many businesses have realised that the hybrid office concept and demand for remote work has not only increased, but is likely here to stay.

10 June 2022

What is Flexible Workspace? Why Flexible Office Spaces are becoming common

Learn what it means to have a flexible workspace and the benefits you can get from using one. Discover ways to implement flex-space into your business, which technology you need, and tips for setting up these spaces successfully.

01 June 2022

Where to meet clients when working from home: The first impression

Now that working from home is a common occurrence, one of the most frequent questions which arise is where should I meet my clients?

18 May 2022

Tips for renting your first office space: small businesses

The endeavour of renting a new office space for small businesses is a significant step and a milestone to celebrate upon completion.

06 May 2022

Time is money: Why delegating is important for businesses

Every business should have the goal of reducing time spent on repetitive tasks which produce minimum or no capital and redirect that time on tasks which create the most amount of money.

29 April 2022

How to start your own law firm from home [2022]

One of the biggest costs of running a law firm is getting an office space. Although operating from home provides a factor of convenience it also presents the challenge of not knowing how clients will perceive your firm.

13 April 2022

Hub-And-Spoke Office Model: What is it, what are the benefits, is it a hybrid solution?

The appeal for flexible and smarter workspaces has dramatically increased, allowing the hub and spoke model to resurface as it favours the well sought out hybrid working conditions.

06 April 2022

How to make your business environmentally friendly

As a business, we all must recognise that one way or the other we contribute towards climate instability and the more effort we place into being environmentally conscious, the longer we preserve Earth and fulfil our responsibility.

31 March 2022

Customer Feedback Tools for Small Businesses

Do you know what your customers really think about your company, products, or services?

28 March 2022

What you need to know before offshoring

As Shakespeare famously said, “All the world’s a stage”. And in today’s business world, if you’re not playing on it, you may be missing a golden opportunity to lower your costs and grow your business.

10 March 2022

Flexible Workspace vs Traditional Office

In this article, we look the pros and cons of a flexible workspace vs a traditional office space to help you decide which will work best for your needs.

10 March 2022

Do you have Zoom fatigue?

Mental exhaustion from Zoom calls and videoconferencing is reaching peaks like never before. Co-working to maintain in-person communication and for a change of environment may be the solution you need.

07 March 2022

What is Coworking?

Coworking spaces are being adopted by more large companies aiming to eliminate the cost of under-utilised and empty office space, and also give employees greater flexibility when and where they work from. Although this is an important factor, coworking spaces offer a lot more than simply reducing business expenses.

04 March 2022

The numbers are in. Workspaces will change post-COVID. Discover what that means for your business.

COVID-19 lockdowns and government restrictions have pushed tens of millions worldwide to work from home, accelerating a remote working experiment that had been struggling to catch on for more than a decade.

03 March 2022

Are commercial property prices blocking your entrepreneurial ambitions?

Entrepreneurial ambitions are all about making breakthroughs and breaking down barriers that will allow their business to become productive, profitable and successful.

24 February 2022

Reasons to hire a virtual assistant for your business

Ever felt like you’re getting you bogged down in the small stuff? Feel like you haven’t got enough time on the clock to get everything done? Well, you’re not alone.

18 February 2022

How to downsize your business in 2022 without losing credibility

When a business downsizes the first thing that takes a hit is its credibility and public perception. Although a company may need to reduce either its physical or organisational size due to financial reasons, it’s important to not appear unstable.

17 February 2022

What is Hot Desking? Why it’s beneficial for businesses to increase productivity and collaboration?

In today's business world, hot desking has allowed people to move around desks within a day, making it useful for both self-employed people and large businesses corporates to keep productive and connected while on the move. Read on to find out more about hot desking and how it can benefit your business.

15 February 2022

How to futureproof your workspace, post-COVID.

There’s no denying the COVID-19 pandemic has inalterably changed the way we work.

08 February 2022

Working remotely is more than a trend

Read below five ways you can prepare your company and your team to more remote work.

01 February 2022

Growing your business with minimal costs

Small business growth in Australia continues to be the major positive trend in Australia.

24 January 2022

The Importance of Velocity in Business

Despite claims to the contrary, and a rise in business confidence, many businesses are still feeling the effects of the GFC, with all its attendant after-effects.

20 January 2022

Why remote working is a cybersecurity risk [2022]

Security risks have always been a concern for all businesses but this has been exacerbated through poor remote work practices such as unsafe Wi-Fi networks, personal device usage, email scams and weaker security control.

18 January 2022

Popular Financing Options For Your Startup

Once you’ve made the decision to start your own company, you’ll find that financing is one of the most difficult obstacles an entrepreneur has to overcome.

04 November 2021

Family succession in a public company

This piece has been reproduced from an article featured in Business Spectator, by Australian business commentator, Alan Kohler.

11 May 2021

Why Young Entrepreneurs Need Mentors

Although plenty of entrepreneurs have succeeded without mentors, it’s always easier having a helping hand.

22 April 2021