New Year, New Legislation The holiday period often provides business owners and managers the opportunity to reflect on their successes and upcoming challenges in the year ahead. The beginning of the year is also a great time to make sure that your business has the tools and foundation to continue to thrive. There were some …
Trusts are a firmly established mechanism for protecting and managing assets in New Zealand. The upcoming changes in trust law are long overdue. However, such changes are also sure to call into question the country’s fixation with family trusts. The Trusts Bill (“the Bill”) was introduced on 1 August 2017, following multiple reviews conducted by …
Alarm Bells are Ringing for Sleeping Directors It has long been commonplace in New Zealand for owners of small businesses to have their husbands, wives or de facto partners registered as directors. Often this appointment is a mere gesture, with the spouse/partner director having little to no involvement in the business. However, these so-called “sleeping …
Breaking news – professional dress standards at Holland Beckett Law suspended for a “short time” to support Waipuna Hospice on the shortest day of the year.
Many small companies – especially family-owned or “owner/operator” businesses – have the same directors and shareholders. In these companies, it is common practice for shareholders to have a “shareholder current account”, also referred to as “drawings”. The current account is a debt that can be claimed by the Company against the shareholders. While most shareholders …
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The Westpac Business Excellence Awards were held on Saturday night in Rotorua. The Holland Beckett Law “Innovation Business Award” went to Pipi . Pipi is a business started by Kristin Ross and Hohepa Tuahine which produces the only 100% Maori language dolls for children. This was a particularly significant award as Rotorua has just become …
Some of the team scrubbing up pretty nicely for the 11th Annual LINKT Awards and Ball held at Classic Flyers NZ on Saturday evening. Sam Martin, Solicitor in our Tauranga office had the pleasure of presenting the Holland Beckett Law “Young Employee of the Year” award to Jamie-Lee Doherty of C2 Design. Award winners: Young …
Justine Hennessy and Dan Broadhurst were invited to join the team at Carlsen Dodds Limited Chartered Accountants for morning tea in Opotiki today to raise money for The Hearing House and Southern Cochlear Implant Programme.
Holland Beckett Law hosted the Rotorua Chamber of Commerce BA5 event at our new offices at Haupapa House. We had a great turn out and attendees were interested to see the old RSA building in a new light.
New fees and forms are introduced with small changes to service requirements due to recent amendments to the Resource Management (Forms, Fees, and Procedure) Regulations 2003. The changes are brought about because of recent amendments to the Resource Management Act 1991 (RMA) introduced by the Resource Legislation Amendment Act 2017 (RLAA). The change with the …
