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8 Vital Things You Need To Know about Your Business - Each and Every Month

Just how much do you know about your business? No, not about what you sell, or how you make or deliver your products and services, I mean the really important things that determine whether you’re going to make it through to retirement or maybe even successfully selling your business. These are my top eight favourite things each and every one of us business owners should know about our businesses: Whether you’re Exceeding your Current Break-Even PointWhilst all the other things listed in this...

Adding Value Made Easy

Before you get out there and start doing business you need to decide where your products or services sit in terms of your value proposition. Simply put, you have four main choices, low price low value, low price high value, high price low value or high price high value, as can be seen on the graph below:...

Nick is proactive and easy to get hold of

Nick has been to visit us more in 3 weeks than our last accountant ever did in 5 years. He really found out about our business, is very proactive and very easy to get a hold of. I can text him and he calls straight back. Nothing is too much trouble. George O'Keefe - Hawke's Bay Funeral Services...

Attentive to our business needs

We have always found Nick to be particularly attentive to the needs of our growing businesses. As a result we came to rely on him as a trusted friend and adviser and miss his support and dry sense of humour! Sara Watson - Corbiz Ltd...

Nick is professional and easy to work with

Meeting Nick and asking him to help me with the accounting and business development of my company has proved to be a winner. After some rather ugly and turbulent years I took back control of the business of which I am an equal partner. This business needed some stability, planning and growth. With Nick on board I have been able to settle into getting accounts up to date and have begun a business development process. To help defray his costs, Nick secured a grant from the Ministry of Economic Dev...

There are no silly questions for Nick

I was referred to Nick Roberts by my ANZ Bank Manager following a business review meeting back in May 2012. I was told that Nick was experienced in Business Development and being new to running my own business I was excited and thrilled that an accountant could not only help me with my tax and GST but advice and direct me in any future developments that came my way. Firstly was the need to set-up a program so that I could effectively monitor both income and outgoings so to establish which items ...

Nick is your man for excellent advice

I met Nick soon after I set up in business, having been recommended by one of Nick's satisfied clients. Nick soon set me on the right track & prepared my annual Financial Statements & Tax Return with the minimum of fuss & bother. He also made sure I paid the minimum tax whilst staying on the right side of the IRD. Later on, when I became too busy Nick was able to look at my business objectively and immediately able to pinpoint several easy ways by which I could increase my profit without increas...

Saved us valuable time and money

Nick is an excellent accountant and has saved us valuable time and money looking after our affairs, and we can recommend him without reservation. In particular, Nick was instrumental in achieving a very favourable outcome with a particularly difficult tax situation. Our company had been set up by a firm of Swiss lawyers as a tax scheme on behalf of the Russian owners and acted only as agent to a Bahamas based company, the idea being that the majority of the profits would be transferred to the Ba...

There is nothing Nick fails to add value to

I have known Nick Roberts for a great many years, certainly in excess of 15, and Nick acted as senior partner and point of contact as our appointed Accountant and Auditor during the period that my wife and I developed a successful Professional Engineering services company (of Limited company status) from a family business into a headcount of 38 full time staff. Nick provided accounting, taxation and business planning support at each growth stage of the company. The business grew to a point of pr...

Down to earth business advice

If you're looking for a great accountant and some down to earth business advice, then as a result of his International experience, Nick Roberts does things differently. Nick is a fellow Business Mentor from Business Mentors NZ and: Always comes up with a solution to a problemIs friendly and easy to understandHas many years’ experience in tax and can therefore pinpoint areas for saving tax yet also point out the dangers of a short term approach to saving tax which will give rise to problems lat...

Nick has a passion for what he does

Nick has a passion for what he does. Upon working for us now for over 2 years we cannot be happier with his professionalism and his knowledge in his field. He is the best accountant I have ever had and I could not be happier. He does my end of years, daily GST and adjustments, liaises with me on tax information, gives me advice on investments generally, shows me what I have to think about and meets with us face to face. Very happy customer. Lisa Lomas - Magpie Hawkes Bay Motel...

Nick is reliable, honest and of the utmost integrity

I have known Nick Roberts since 1986, when he originally joined the firm of Chartered Accountants of which I am a partner. Subsequently, Nick was made a full partner of our firm and later became managing Partner. I consider Nick to be totally reliable, honest and of the utmost integrity. During his time as a member of our firm he showed exceptional leadership qualities and communication skills which were recognised by his fellow partners who elected Nick to be our Managing Partner. I always foun...

Nick is the best Accountant I have ever used

Nick is the best Accountant I have ever used. In addition his business knowledge was in valuable throughout our start-up and initial growth. Nick is a top guy in both business and personal life and I have great pleasure in recommending him to any future business or client. In addition, I cannot speak more highly of Nick's professional business knowledge and the help he gave our business and me. Nick can offer any business or individual well-grounded, sound advice in all areas of accountancy, bus...

A good man to ask how to run business better

I like Nick’s way of looking at business. He has the classic accountant skills, and layers that with a practical assessment that is broader than just the numbers. A good man to ask how to run business better in my opinion. Colin Kelly - Wellington...

Nick is very approachable and punctual

We have known Nick for the last 6 years and in that time he has been a really good friend and when he started his own business we were only too happy for him to be our accountant. He is very approachable, punctual, is good at anticipating potential problems and offering help or advice when needed. Mervyn Lovesy - Simply Springs...

A clear concise way forward for my business

Nick provided a clear concise way forward for my business with fantastic suggestions for more efficiency. I have recommended him to others in the Building Industry with similar sentiments. Scott Taylor - General Manager Design Builders Hawkes Bay...

Nick is your man if you’re in difficulty with the IRD

I was referred to Nick by a friend of mine who was a happy client of Nick’s. By the time I met Nick I was in some difficulty because my business had failed and my wife had left me. Consequently I had got behind with my taxes and I owed the IRD $40,000 worth of overpaid Working for Families and $60,000 worth of tax. To be honest, I went to Nick in desperation because I just didn’t see how I could ever repay the IRD and they weren’t being helpful at all. Having assessed my financial situatio...

Nick's supportive and encouraging

Nick has been a supportive and encouraging person to deal with. He has guided us through difficult situations with sound advice. Much appreciated and highly recommended. Atutahi (Boy) Pirikahu - Visionary, Traditional Maori healer, Maori Service Provider, Matekite ...

Our business has gone from strength to strength

As much as I liked Nick, I was sick & tired of meeting Nick in our bank manager's office to explain, yet again, why we were at the top of our overdraft limit following yet more excessive spending by my partner, the majority shareholder in our company. I said, "Nick, I can't take this anymore, what I shall do?" Well, Nick must have been sick of the meetings too, because he replied "leave it to me". Within a month he had got a deal together and then, after making sure my partner obtained independe...

Nick saved our business from closing down

Nick Roberts? What can I say? The bank said that they were withdrawing support for our IATA bond. When Nick heard that, he got straight on the phone to the bank and gave our bank manager a good telling off - he literally saved our business from closing down! Boy, did we take Nick out to the best restaurant in town after that! Frank Woolley - Romano Travel...

It’s been a pleasure to have Nick's input

It’s been a pleasure to have Nick's input into our business. Nick was direct with how he saw the systems needing an upgrade for our referral system to work and the methods he used (to let everyone know where we needed to work) were clear cut. I enjoyed how Nick was able to sieve through the interviews to find the best and easiest words to use and a result WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE CONSCIOUSLY WORKING FOR THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS. And this is awesome for us as there is no better advertiser than wor...

Done a lot more than I expected and accountant to

Nick helped us sort out our overdue end of year accounts, without a fuss. He is approachable and sensible, and has done a lot more than I ever expected an accountant to do. The information he provides is meaningful and useful, he doesn't just supply the numbers. We catch up as needed once a month and Nick acted as a sounding board throughout our start-up phase, he listens, and provides the advice we need, he optimises what we do and the relationship works well. Nikki Spiers - Spring Chicken Farm...

Nick helps with the figures and business advice

One of the challenges with the hospitality industry is that it is reliant on people coming through the door, the cost of product is a lot lower than the cost of the overheads, Nick not only helps with the figures he also, gives great business and marketing advice. Stephen Jones - House Espresso...

Nick has served my business well

Nick Roberts is a fun accountant that has served my business well, sorting my tax at the 'last minute'. No business too small, Nick is very understanding of my lack of knowledge and non-compliance in the business world. Thank you. JiL of Aotearoa - Community Artist & Cultural Creativist ...

Quick and efficient service

Nick provides a quick and efficient service and always gets back to me quickly with an answer to any queries. Kelsey Roderick - Hairy Canary...