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    <post_id>55</post_id>
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    <post_title><![CDATA[Sustainable Business is Better Business]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[A sustainable business focus is no longer the domain of good intentions. More and more future focused SMEs are looking to sustainable
business practices to create long-term financial success, brand differentiation and improved social, environmental, and cultural outcomes.
Wondering how to make your business more sustainable? Read more here ]]></post_content_short>
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    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/sustainable-business-is-better-business/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-05-23 23:18:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>53</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Four Day Work Week - Final comments from our Directors]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[We first started our trial of the 4DWW in February 2020.  After close to 12 months on trial, we have decided that it works sufficiently well
	for us to implement it permanently.  We’ve had a lot of interest from others about our experiment, so we thought we’d pass on some of our
	learnings.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/53/Four-Day-Work-Week_small-banner.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/the-four-day-work-week-in-review/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-01-25 22:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>42</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Four Day Work Week - Comments from our Team]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Here is were we will be adding our own comments and observations about the four-day work week. Feel free to get in touch if you want to
discuss any of these comments.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/42/Four-Day-Work-Week-Team_small-banner-copy.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/the-four-day-work-week-comments-from-our-staff/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2021-01-25 20:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>20</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[A trap that causes many businesses to go broke, while they’re making a profit]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<span class="tb style58bd737298740104dee8b2cf wgFontColor-Sc-txt">There’s a saying in business, “You can go broke making a profit.” </span><span class="tb style58bd737298740104dee8b2cf wgFontColor-Sc-txt">In
this blog post <a href="/who-we-are/meet-the-team/#anchor-anneStephensonBcaCa" target="_blank">Anne Stephenson</a> talks through common cash
problems in business, how you can sleep better at night and what a cashflow forecast will mean for you. We also created a document outlining
the top 10 ways you can improve cashflow within your business.</span>]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/20/Broke-Business-Post-Headers-1820-x-1360.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <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_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-11-22 19:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>19</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[3 reasons your business needs a budget now]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[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 <strong>map</strong> and not a diet. Successful business owners see budgets as a way to help
set clear targets that they monitor closely and adjust as they go throughout the year.<br />
<br />
In this blog post <a href="/who-we-are/meet-the-team/#anchor-anneStephensonBcaCa" target="_blank">Anne Stephenson</a> outlines 3 compelling reasons your business needs
a budget NOW!]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/19/Blog-Post-Headers-1820-x-1360.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/3-reasons-your-business-needs-a-budget-now/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-11-22 19:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>51</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The link between leadership and wellbeing]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Connected Accountants invests in wellbeing and has set about making it a core plank of our strategy. It isn’t a ‘set and forget’ but an
	ongoing commitment to improve and focus on the wellbeing of our team. We want our whole team to be happy and healthy and for that positivity
	to be felt by the customers we work with and the community that we operate within. Craig Hudson from Xero recently presented a personal and
	business case as to why empathetic leadership matters for you, your team, and your business and what you can do to help set the wheels
	in motion.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/51/What-is-empathetic-leadership-header-copy.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/what-is-empathetic-leadership/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-10-06 19:26:56</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>50</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Is Open Banking the Future?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Open banking is a global trend that presents opportunities for SME’s in customer experience and business finance. We are on the cusp of radical changes in the financial system that will increase the efficiencies of getting paid, making payments, and securing fairer access to
capital. Read more on how these advancements in technology will aid in a more efficienct and improved financial system which enables better advice for better business.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/50/blog-header-the-open-banking-opportunity-for-sms_669x500a.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/is-open-banking-the-future/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-09-30 22:41:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>49</post_id>
    <post_category_id>6</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Trust Law Changes - Into the 21st Century]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[From January 2021 a new Trustee Act will come into effect bringing with it new expectations on trustees.  A number of the changes are around the duties, obligations and responsibilities of the trustees to the beneficiaries.  With somewhere between 300,000 - 500,000 trusts in NZ, these changes will have a wide-ranging impact. Have a read through what it may mean for you and your family trust.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/49/trust-law-changes-into-the-21st-century.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/personal-wealth/trust-law-changes-into-the-21st-century/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-08-23 23:50:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>48</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Effective KPIs]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Developing effective KPIs for your business and your team requires a balanced approach that looks at your business from the perspective of all stakeholders.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/48/effective-kpis.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/effective-kpis/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-07-20 05:38:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>44</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Covid-19 - Advice for Better Business]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[<strong>Surviving Covid-19 >> practical tips for better business</strong>]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/44/advice-for-better-business-copy.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/covid-19-advice-for-better-business/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-03-26 21:03:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>41</post_id>
    <post_category_id>8</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Naming your business]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Choosing a name is an important step in getting your business off to a great start. We sat down with Richie Connell of Thrival Partners and
Matthew Hayes of AJ Park to see what they think is important.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/41/naming-your-business.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/naming-your-business/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-03-09 20:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>40</post_id>
    <post_category_id>1</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The four-day work week - a trial for Connected Accountants]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The four-day work week is a popular topic at the moment, and we have been listening. We have looked at the studies. So lets give it a crack.]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/40/4-day-work-week.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/the-four-day-work-week-a-trial-for-connected-accountants/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2020-02-20 02:42:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>1</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Documenting your sales process]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Businesses that follow a documented sales process generate more revenue. What’s your process? How do you ensure you and your […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/1/Webp.net-resizeimage-(1).jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/documenting-your-sales-process/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-07-31 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>5</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Will you outlive your savings?]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Our life expectancy has increased significantly over the years so our retirement nest eggs need to be larger. Investing in […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/5/OUTLIVE-SAVINGS.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/will-you-outlive-your-savings/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-05-15 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>6</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Being a ‘small’ business does not mean you are hidden]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Here’s just a few ways you can minimise the potential threat of a cyber security breach that could but both […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/6/taskin-ashiq-464194-unsplash.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/being-a-small-business-does-not-mean-you-are-hidden/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-05-06 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>9</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Business With Purpose: Improving Staff Engagement, Productivity & Profitability]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[In the 75 years since Maslow published his Hierarchy of Needs in 1943, there has been generally acceptance that people […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/9/Blog-picture.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/business-with-purpose-improving-staff-engagement-productivity-profitability/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-03-26 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>10</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Changes in Payroll filing requirements]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[If you’re calculating pays and filing PAYE manually, your admin workload is about to double. Here’s how you can get […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/10/PAyday-Filing-IRD-800x445.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/changes-in-payroll-filing-requirements/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2019-03-13 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>16</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Getting Stuff Done]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[We ran our first business forum last week covering off an old perennial problem – how to stop doing the […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/16/Getting-Stuff-Done.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/getting-stuff-done/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2016-12-06 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>17</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[The Taxman Cometh]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[We have been noticing increased IRD investigation and review activity over the past year.  This is not unexpected because the […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/17/taxman-cometh.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/the-taxman-cometh/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2015-02-25 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>22</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Then I just walk away.]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Remember that ad with the Chinese guy that sprays the moss on his path, or whatever it was, then just […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/22/recepits.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/then-i-just-walk-away/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2013-08-26 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>23</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[How to pay more tax: Be Sloppy.]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[Every single person that I come across wants to pay less tax.  Nothing wrong with that.  It’s always been my […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/23/closed-wallet.jpeg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/how-to-pay-more-tax-be-sloppy/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2013-07-18 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>24</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Signing up for MyIR- all you need to know]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[IRD has recently made improvements to their systems to allow online filing of personalised returns – both for individuals and […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/24/IRD.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/signing-up-for-myir-all-you-need-to-know/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2012-10-09 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>25</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Smell the Roses!!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The most recent updates to Xero mean that you can now spend less time on admin stuff and take time […]]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/25/stop-and-smell-the-roses.png</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/smell-the-roses/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2012-10-02 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
  <posts>
    <post_id>26</post_id>
    <post_category_id>2</post_category_id>
    <post_title><![CDATA[Xerocon 2012 - What’s Coming Up Next!]]></post_title>
    <post_content_short><![CDATA[The third Xero conference lived up to all expectations – giving insights into how our favorite  accounting system is going […]
]]></post_content_short>
    <post_icon>https://www.connacc.nz/media/website_posts/26/xerocon-20123feb2012-1-728.jpg</post_icon>
    <post_content_type>page</post_content_type>
    <post_content_url>https://www.connacc.nz/the-skinny/best-practice/xerocon-2012-whats-coming-up-next/</post_content_url>
    <post_date>2012-02-14 00:00:00</post_date>
  </posts>
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