Xero invoicing trends show small business bounceback
Finance

Xero invoicing trends show small business bounceback

New Zealand small business owners are sending out more invoices again after a mid-year dip, according to analysis of the 367,000 local businesses using Xero accounting software.The Kiwi-based firm with global ambitions to be the system of choice for managing small and medium-size...

Pattrick Smellie 02 Dec 2019
NZX issues Serko 'please explain' notice over share price surge
Law & Regulation

NZX issues Serko 'please explain' notice over share price surge

Serko is offering no explanation for a 17.8 percent surge in its share price after the New Zealand sharemarket regulator sent it a 'please explain' notice.The business travel booking software developer "confirms it is satisfied that it continues to comply with its continuous disc...

Pattrick Smellie 02 Dec 2019
OPINION: Labour's timely bribe
Economy Free

Pattrick Smellie: OPINION: Labour's timely bribe

The 2020 election campaign has now started.Labour's declaration of a new, larger infrastructure spending package for release just before everyone heads to the beach for the summer is politically masterful.For a start, it comes after two years of Finance Minister Grant Robertson b...

Pattrick Smellie 02 Dec 2019
Move over Boxing Day: Black Friday now NZ's biggest sale day
Retail Free

Move over Boxing Day: Black Friday now NZ's biggest sale day

For people who already hate Halloween, these are literally dark days.This week's Black Friday retail sales phenomenon - an import from the United States' Thanksgiving holiday long weekend just like October's 'trick or treat' extravaganza - is expected to prise open New Zealand sh...

Pattrick Smellie 29 Nov 2019