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", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/62\/CA_Forecasting-tool_July22.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/keep-your-finger-on-the-pulse-with-forecasting-tools\/", "post_date": "2022-07-24 20:51:00" }, { "post_id": "55", "post_category_id": "1", "post_title": "Sustainable Business is Better Business", "post_content_short": "A sustainable business focus is no longer the domain of good intentions. More and more future focused SMEs are looking to sustainable\nbusiness practices to create long-term financial success, brand differentiation and improved social, environmental, and cultural outcomes.\nWondering how to make your business more sustainable? Read more here ", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/55\/kevin_website-thumbnail.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/sustainable-business-is-better-business\/", "post_date": "2021-05-23 23:18:00" }, { "post_id": "20", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "A trap that causes many businesses to go broke, while they’re making a profit", "post_content_short": "There’s a saying in business, “You can go broke making a profit.” <\/span>In\nthis blog post Anne Stephenson<\/a> talks through common cash\nproblems in business, how you can sleep better at night and what a cashflow forecast will mean for you. We also created a document outlining\nthe top 10 ways you can improve cashflow within your business.<\/span>", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/20\/Broke-Business-Post-Headers-1820-x-1360.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/a-trap-that-causes-many-businesses-to-go-broke-while-theyre-making-a-profit\/", "post_date": "2020-11-22 19:00:00" }, { "post_id": "19", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "3 reasons your business needs a budget now", "post_content_short": "For many, the word ‘budget’ is about as appealing as the word ‘diet’.  It seems to imply what you will go without, rather than what you will achieve. A budget should be treated like a map<\/strong> and not a diet. Successful business owners see budgets as a way to help\r\nset clear targets that they monitor closely and adjust as they go throughout the year.
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\r\nIn this blog post Anne Stephenson<\/a> outlines 3 compelling reasons your business needs\r\na budget NOW!", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/19\/Blog-Post-Headers-1820-x-1360.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/3-reasons-your-business-needs-a-budget-now\/", "post_date": "2020-11-22 19:00:00" }, { "post_id": "4", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "It's been 12 months and I have achieved what?", "post_content_short": "Doing something over and over even when it fails is insanity. Here’s 3 simple questions that will help you reflect on the past and plan for the future.", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/4\/CA_Its-been-12-months-and-I-have-achieved.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/business-growth\/what\/", "post_date": "2019-11-02 23:00:00" }, { "post_id": "9", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Business With Purpose: Improving Staff Engagement, Productivity & Profitability", "post_content_short": "In the 75 years since Maslow published his Hierarchy of Needs in 1943, there has been generally acceptance that people […]", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/9\/Blog-picture.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/business-with-purpose-improving-staff-engagement-productivity-profitability\/", "post_date": "2019-03-26 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "11", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "Bohemian Rhapsody: Lessons on creating a brand and growing a profitable business", "post_content_short": "", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/11\/queen-f075c100425-original.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/business-growth\/https-wwwconnaccnz-the-skinny-business-growth-bohemian-rhapsody-lessons-on-creating-a-brand-and-growing-a-profitable-business-\/", "post_date": "2018-11-29 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "16", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Getting Stuff Done", "post_content_short": "We ran our first business forum last week covering off an old perennial problem – how to stop doing the […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/16\/Getting-Stuff-Done.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/getting-stuff-done\/", "post_date": "2016-12-06 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "22", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Then I just walk away.", "post_content_short": "Remember that ad with the Chinese guy that sprays the moss on his path, or whatever it was, then just […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/22\/recepits.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/then-i-just-walk-away\/", "post_date": "2013-08-26 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "25", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Smell the Roses!!", "post_content_short": "The most recent updates to Xero mean that you can now spend less time on admin stuff and take time […]", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/25\/stop-and-smell-the-roses.png", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/smell-the-roses\/", "post_date": "2012-10-02 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "26", "post_category_id": "2", "post_title": "Xerocon 2012 - What’s Coming Up Next!", "post_content_short": "The third Xero conference lived up to all expectations – giving insights into how our favorite  accounting system is going […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/26\/xerocon-20123feb2012-1-728.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/best-practice\/xerocon-2012-whats-coming-up-next\/", "post_date": "2012-02-14 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "29", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Penny & Hooper - IRD speaks. You’d better listen.", "post_content_short": "IRD has issued their views on what level of profits in a service business should be allocated and taxed in […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/29\/club-2492011_640.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/profitability\/penny-hooper-ird-speaks-youd-better-listen\/", "post_date": "2011-09-01 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "30", "post_category_id": "7", "post_title": "Penny & Hooper v IRD - The Final Result", "post_content_short": "I have just received a copy of the Supreme Court judgement on the Penny & Hooper case.   This case is […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/30\/law-1991004_640.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/profitability\/penny-hooper-v-ird-the-final-result\/", "post_date": "2011-08-23 00:00:00" }, { "post_id": "32", "post_category_id": "3", "post_title": "Make Complaints Your Friend", "post_content_short": "Last week I was watching a TV programme which served up a valuable business lesson.   Here’s what happened.  Three […]\n", "post_icon": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/media\/website_posts\/32\/complaints.jpg", "post_content_type": "page", "post_content_url": "https:\/\/www.connacc.nz\/the-skinny\/business-growth\/make-complaints-your-friend\/", "post_date": "2011-04-13 00:00:00" } ]