Meet your financial adviser: Alistair Bean & Associates

A regular face-to-face meeting with a financial adviser is essential in today’s world. That’s the advice from Alistair Bean & Associates – Financial Advisers who believe this is the most important service that their firm offers. “In a recent survey, New Zealand clients were asked how often they met with their financial adviser. Concerningly, less […]

Digital inefficiencies cost millions

A new survey shows that Kiwi mid-market businesses lose millions of dollars annually because of ineffective digital solutions. The MYOB-commissioned survey says Kiwi employees waste an average of 12.5 hours weekly (75 working days annually) on manual or repetitive tasks due to digital inefficiencies. For businesses with 100 employees, that’s roughly $2.2m per business, per […]

Good as gold: Lynette McFadden

Well known and respected business woman Lynette McFadden has gone from strength to strength in the real estate industry and isn’t slowing down. She chats to Metropol about what she has learned, special moments, and what motivation boils down to. After 27 years in the industry, what is your number one piece of advice for […]

Achieving an amicable separation

Popular culture has influenced how we perceive the legal process surrounding separation and divorce. From the acrimony in the ‘70s film Kramer vs Kramer, to contemporary shows such as The Good Wife, the message is often that separation comes with hate, one-upmanship and pain. It’s hardly surprising then that many couples are filled with dread […]

Kick starting your startup

Women will play a major role in helping to start, shape, and build the future of Aotearoa industry, but change needs to come faster, hence Electrify Aotearoa, an all-day national conference taking place in Christchurch, on October 14. The Ministry of Awesome has partnered with Blackbird Ventures to launch the Women Founders Conference which is […]

Customised insurance is here: Michael Devine

Personal service to his clients is of paramount importance to Michael Devine. “I know from my own experience how frustrating it can be to ring an organisation and hear nothing but an automated voice. I do not take my relationships with my clients for granted and value greatly the trust they have given me to […]