Riding the demand wave

There are signs that demand is beginning to bounce back in some sectors, but don’t get carried away. Keep your costs lean, be selective about new clients, and remain transparent about your capacity.

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Volunteering in Manila

Last month, our Philippines-based team carried out a heartwarming volunteer project at a children’s home in Manila, delivering essential supplies in the aftermath of a recent typhoon.

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Supporting the Trades

The focus of our community training sessions for 2024 is to support owner-operators in the construction industry.

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Charitable Partnership: Wao Aotearoa

Wao Aotearoa is a charitable trust that aims to educate, inspire and enable New Zealand communities to accelerate towards a carbon-zero, regenerative future and beyond.

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Business for Good Report

Check out our first Business for Good report. We loved looking back and celebrating all of the cool things we were part of in FY 24.

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Charitable Partnership: Protect Our Winters

We’re stoked to have come onboard with Protect Our Winters as a Basecamp Partner, providing pro bono accounting services to support their important mahi.

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Three ways to get paid faster

We’re hearing a common story from many of the businesses we work with: work done, invoices sent, and then... crickets. More and more businesses are feeling the pinch of delayed debtor payments, and it’s becoming a critical issue.

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Simple switch: Promote carpooling

Employee commuting is a major component of many businesses’ carbon footprints. Consider offering incentives to encourage low-emission transport.

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The hidden costs of discounting

In the competitive world of business, many companies use discounting strategies to attract customers and boost sales. While this tactic might offer short-term gains, it can have serious long-term effects on overall financial health.

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Simple switch: Centralised waste

This quick and easy change has significantly improved our waste sorting, halving the volume of waste we send to landfill, and completely eliminating food waste from our landfill bin.

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Simple switch: Power providers

Switching your energy to a climate friendly provider is one of the easiest changes businesses can make on their carbon reduction journey, and it's something you can do today.

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What’s the financial story of your business?

Every business has a financial story: a narrative woven through the numbers that speaks to its past, present and future. Understanding this story is a bit like learning a new language – the most important language you can learn as a business owner.

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