The rules around lending in New Zealand are changing about as fast as homes are flying off the market. Here, our Solicitor, Sophie Diedrichs, answers some of the most common questions surrounding developments.
Are you already in business, or thinking of taking the leap and buying or establishing your own venture? If so, and you haven’t already, we’d love you to consider joining our special family of business clients: BizClubbers.
We’ve been bringing you a fair bit of info lately on Wills, and how this seemingly simplest of documents can end up bursting open the proverbial can of worms – especially if it’s poorly drafted and the person leaving the will doesn’t understand they have often onerous obligations, even in death.
Ensuring each staff member has an up-to-date employment contract – as required by law – just got a little easier with the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) launching an online employment agreement builder.
They’re relatively easily, speedily and cost-effectively constructed, yet a frightening number of businesses leave themselves wide open to the often difficult, protracted and expensive fallout that comes with coasting along unprotected.
Like any owner who juggles the challenge of working “in” and “on” my business, I have to stay super-disciplined to ensure I don’t let “busyness” result in important checks, balances, planning and protections slipping off the radar.
If even a smidgen of the thought and planning that’s invested in getting into a business went into getting out of it, life would be a whole lot easier for many business people.
