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ROBERT OWEN: On Payroll Compliance for SMEs
Law & Regulation

Robert Owen: ROBERT OWEN: On Payroll Compliance for SMEs

With Australian company MYOB notifying small businesses recently of problems with how its New Zealand payroll products calculate employee leave, the Holidays Act compliance nightmare is no longer just a problem for large employers.Widespread reporting of Holidays Act remediation...

Robert Owen 03 Jul 2020
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Rakon shares climb as earnings beat guidance
Infrastructure

Rakon shares climb as earnings beat guidance

Rakon shares rose 9.6 percent after the telecommunications component maker reported better than expected earnings and said the outlook, while murky, was generally positive.The company reported underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation of $14.8 millio...

Paul McBeth 29 Jun 2020
Govt forsakes financial gain to facilitate faster 5G
Economy

Govt forsakes financial gain to facilitate faster 5G

The allocation of early access rights in the 3.5 gigahertz band for 5G services will be cheaper for telcos than it would have been pre-covid, but the government is willing to take the revenue hit if it means rolling out the service. The government had planned to auction off sp...

Rebecca Howard 25 Jun 2020
Xero's US holy grail still distant but glimmers lurk
Infrastructure Free

Xero's US holy grail still distant but glimmers lurk

Gaining traction in the North American market has been the holy grail for Xero for most of the last decade and it still looks far away in the distance.

Jenny Ruth 03 Jun 2020