Social engineering: PB Employment Law
Late last year I wrote about a decision of the Employment Court making 4 Uber drivers independent contractors, rather than employees. The main court reasoning was that Uber exercised a high degree of control over the drivers, and the only thing that the drivers really provided was their labour and a car. Over […]
Moving forward: Ricoh NZ Christchurch
Work is about what you do, not where you do it. Changes to workstyles and workplaces have been accelerated by external factors and the requirements for businesses to support their employees have changed with them. We help businesses move. We take time to understand your business, your people and your processes to create […]
Digital newsletters do work: Metros Marketing
Digital or physical, a newsletter remains a staple in communicating with customers and clients. Recently I was talking to a mum about the difficulties she has with receiving information from her child’s school. She was frustrated at all the inconsistencies and confusion that came with the school communicating to parents through three to […]
Finance technology: FinTechNZ
The tech sector has become New Zealand’s second biggest export earner, and fintech (financial technology)is now the second largest tech sub-sector by revenue. Kiwi fintech firms generate $2.14 billion in export revenues. To support the export growth and momentum, FinTechNZ, in collaboration from New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE), has launched a nationwide […]
School holidays sorted: Jurassic Adventure
Dust yourself off Christchurch, it’s time to dig up fossils and forgotten putting skills for the city’s latest attraction. Cantabrians no longer need to travel for top-quality amusement. Co-owner and designer of Jurassic Adventure, Aaron Keown, wanted to bring a theme park to Christchurch, for children who don’t get to experience the overseas […]
Eye for fashion: Anstice Optometrists
The right frame will make all the difference to your look. With a background in fashion design, and years of experience as a Dispensing Optician, when it comes to choosing frames, Mahfuz (pictured) has a talent for matching beautiful frames to the right faces, for children through to adults. The newest member of […]
Selling a business: Harcourts Business
While the marketing of any real estate can be difficult to predict, the time for marketing a business has never looked better than now. For those looking to sell their business, the number of potential buyers out there is on the increase, while for those who have long harboured an ambition to own […]
Outstanding service
Reader’s Digest has named its top outstanding customer service businesses for 2023. The company’s editor-in-chief Louise Waterson says that for the majority of businesses, Covid-19 and the subsequent lockdowns impacted heavily on daily operations, yet the Quality Service Award winners for 2023 rallied, building success by placing their customers’ needs at the centre […]
Billionaire Boom
Billionaires dominate the world news, yet they’re outnumbered nearly 10-to-1 by a fast-growing global elite of highly influential movers and shakers, who boast US $100 million or more in investable assets. The newly released Centi-Millionaire Report, by UK firm Henley & Partners, is about the ‘super-wealthy’. In the late 1990s, US $30 million […]
Employees or not?: PB Employment Law
When was the last time you took an Uber? The primary reason you did was probably because a ride was available at an acceptable, agreed price, and probably cheaper than the established taxi companies. That is the free market in operation. If I have a product or service that I believe there is […]
