Insurance – a year of pressure and adjustment
Over the past 12 months, the insurance landscape for civil contractors has shifted more dramatically since the hard-market conditions that emerged after 2020, writes Brenden...
Category : Business Matters
Fair Pay Agreements are here, like it or not
By Alan Pollard, chief executive, CCNZ. The Fair Pay Agreements Act has now passed and will come into effect this month (December 2022). CCNZ submitted...
Business; A tug between Chaos and Order
By Brett Crombie, Director, Straightedge Accounting As I write, yet another wave of Covid is sweeping through the country and impacting businesses in all the...
A new era for TransDiesel as TDX
TransDiesel has grown from small beginnings in the 1980s to now employ about 300 people across a nationwide network of 18 branches and is entering...
Equipment selection with the use of basic maths
by Vijay Naidu
OREST PROTCH lives in British Columbia, Canada and works at a remote oil camp on a week in week out rotation. In his free time...
Improving the contract market
This article first appeared in Contractor February 2017. Based on a presentation at the NZTA/NZIHT 2016 conference by Caroline Boot from Clever Buying and Plan...
The challenge with association memberships
by Vijay Naidu
A number of powerful generational, cultural and economic forces are colliding to create a perfect storm that will make the next five to 20 years...
Negotiated contracts vs tenders- a business coach’s perspective
by Vijay Naidu
Canterbury-based Dave Sewell is one of only two Gazelles International business performance coaches in New Zealand. AS A TRADESPERSON in an unprecedented build environment, there...
All in the family
by Vijay Naidu
Industry consultant JEREMY SOLE reflects on the trials and tribulations of the traditional family business. RUNNING FAMILY BUSINESSES can be smooth and satisfying but, as...