Smart kiwi managers are waking up to the potential savings on offer by consolidating and shedding excess office space.

The trends are fascinating to observe. Some smart & creative thinking is emerging and it’s far more sophisticated than a simple shoe horn approach to cramming more people into a space.

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Where and what people have for lunch can be a really interesting indicator about getting the location of business premises right.

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It is extremely easy for most of us to be lulled into thinking a quoted rental price is the main cost when entering into a commercial property lease. But lurking beneath that highly visible tip of the iceberg are some nasty extras.

I frequently experience people who enter into long term commercial property leases focussed on the rental cost per square metre. They see that as their main cost and don’t consider (more…)

As New Zealanders we pride ourselves on our DIY can-do attitude and it gets us a long way.

But for a while now, business commentators have been challenging this approach saying the downside, particularly on the world stage, can be that a DIY approach is detrimental.

Our top businesses have it mastered, and in (more…)