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Blog & Articles

By Serena Irving 11 Apr, 2024
Dividends are an incentive for shareholders to invest in a company of any size. In our blog we explain some important concepts around dividends.
By Serena Irving 08 Apr, 2024
The GST rules have changed for ridesharing, ride-hailing, food and beverage delivery like Uber, Ola, UberEats, DoorDash and Menulog. This will affect service providers who are not GST registered as well.
By Serena Irving 08 Apr, 2024
The GST rules have changed for property owners who offer short term rental through electronic marketplaces, like Airbnb, Bachcare, BookaBach and Wotif. This will affect owners who are not GST registered as well.
By Serena Irving 19 Dec, 2023
“What does a strong start to the New Year look like to you?” I asked my clients one week before Christmas. They listed a myriad of ideas: client bookings, collaborations with local businesses, time scheduled for working on their business.
Ikigai venn diagram
By Serena Irving 05 Nov, 2023
When I was made redundant 6 years ago, I made a mind map of “What’s Next?”. I listed several options on the page, then evaluated my options. I was looking for something I was good at, I had a passion for, and what the world needed and would pay me for. I had stumbled into Ikigai, a Japanese philosophy for finding your life purpose.
By Serena Irving 06 Oct, 2023
Desire paths are unofficial routes formed by repeated walkers taking the most convenient direction, rather than following the road or concrete path laid for them. Desire paths are common in customer experience and internal procedures and systems too, and you would do well to take notice of them.
By Serena Irving 18 Sep, 2023
Xero has challenged small business owners to compete for funding in four categories and they have asked for a simple 90-second pitch video. Many small business owners we know think that a pitch video is a daunting task. We asked our clients, Tony and Cat from Same Page Creative Limited, to share their thoughts on how you can make your pitch video stand out from the rest.
By Serena Irving 30 Aug, 2023
Are our business networks as robust as local community groups in a crisis? To have an effective business network in a crisis, we need to build and nurture them in the good times.
By Serena Irving 09 Aug, 2023
The Accounting Income Method (AIM) of calculating provisional tax has been around for several years with very little uptake. But its usefulness is finally being discovered by small and medium taxpayers.
By Serena Irving 04 Jul, 2023
How can you design your business to be more sustainable? To be good for the planet, good for the people it interacts with and good for profit to investors. As a follow-up to our previous blog , here are some JDW clients who adopted sustainable practices and products at the outset of their business.
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