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Covid-19 FAQs
What are the payment rates for the Wage Subsidy Scheme? $600 (gross) per week for people working 20 hours or more per week (full-time rate) $359 (gross) per week for

Wage Subsidy August 2021 #2
Applications for the initial two-week Wage Subsidy August 2021, which opened on 20 August 2021, close at 11.59pm on Thursday 2 September 2021. Applications for a second round of Wage

Covid-19 Financial Support for Businesses
Significant support is available for your business following the rise in alert levels announced on 17 August 2021. The Wage Subsidy Scheme (WSS) If your business cannot operate because

Update to Employment Rights and Responsibilities
Minimum sick leave entitlements increasing to 10 days From 24 July 2021, minimum sick leave entitlements will increase to 10 days per year. Employees will get extra five days when

February 2021 Newsletter
Warning: Next week is March already. Sheesh. Where did all that time go? Won’t be long until we’re talking about Christmas. But even better for some of you ….. the

Resurgence Support Payment (RSP)
The Government has activated the Resurgence Support Payment (RSP). The RSP is for viable and ongoing businesses or organisations with reduced revenue due to a COVID alert level increase to

January 2021 Newsletter
Welcome back everyone. Hope you are back at it and feeling strong for the year ahead. We are looking forward to numbering up with you to make 2021 a year

Christmas 2020 Newsletter
Hey everybody, Thought we would get one last newsletter in to round out the year. Just wanted to say thanks for all your support during the year and congratulations on

November 2020 Newsletter
Hey Number Uppers, Hope life is all good. We are rapidly approaching the end of 2020. Apparently our kids will be at home in 4 weeks. Yikes! Didn’t that sneak

Small Business Cashflow Loan update
Earlier this week, the Government announced the extension of the small business cashflow loan scheme to 3 years. Applications for the loan can now be made until 31 December 2023.

The Trusts Act 2019 – how will it impact you?
Trusts are common in NZ and the reasons for setting them up vary. The Trusts Act 2019 comes into effect on 30 January 2021. Changes to the act aim to

Take some small steps to better wellbeing
We are living in uncertain times right now. The situation changes daily with new challenges to overcome. We are all feeling the strain. So what can we do to manage