Phil Pickford

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Business – Education for better business

I have been in business, and worked in businesses, both large and small, in New Zealand and abroad, for almost 50 years. In that time,...

Business – Fighting failure

Information released in the BWA Insolvency quarterly report recently makes for concerning reading: company failures (liquidations, receiverships and voluntary administrations) in NZ increased by 69...

Business – Decisions, decisions

Few things in our life, and in our businesses, will affect us more than the quality of our decisions.  We make decisions every day, some...

Business – Going gets tough … the tough get selling

Business is experiencing tough times at the moment.  Indeed, it is tough times for most of us. We just need to pick up a newspaper,...

Business – Hard news for men

This article comes with a warning – if you are a man, especially a “boomer” man, stop reading! I am about to impart some well...

Business – ‘Short termism’ clear on Coast

As anyone from the Coast who finds themselves on our roads during the week will tell you, traffic is becoming more difficult by the day,...