Commercial

New World’s recent and most popular ever promotion Smeg knives. Outrage followed when they ran out of knife blocks part way through the competition

It should be obvious to all that tax evasion is illegal. However it is perhaps not so obvious that you shouldn’t use your children as company directors

It’s normal for businesses to want to make their prices as enticing as possible. At what point does advertising cross the line and become misleading, or even an outright lie? When do advertising techniques become an offence?

The Government has proposed new changes to commercial leases under the COVID-19 Response (Management Measures) Legislation Bill, to further support COVID-19 impacted businesses and tenants.

Consumers are already protected from unfair terms in standard form consumer contracts. These unfair contract terms provisions are now being expanded to apply to small trade contracts between businesses.

Parliament has removed the previous wording and provided more guidance around the interpretation of ‘fair proportion’.

Plenty of business ideas sound good when you’re talking with your friends but is there a market for your services, how will you differentiate yourself, will you be able to run an adequate profit margin?

Over 24,000 incorporated societies in New Zealand will be affected by the recent changes brought in by the Incorporated Societies Act 2022.

From August 16 2022, businesses will need to ensure that any small trade contracts comply with the changes outlined in the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2021.