Friday 17 July 2015
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The Weekend Sun
Online programme to manage the orchard growers who spray their orchards, In just six months Victoria hate paperwork and data entry and Hodge, the mum and think notifying neighbours about entrepreneur who began spraying could be easier. her enterprising journey Sun Media Ltd, which owns The at Tauranga Startup Weekend Sun, was instrumental in Weekend, has built the successful Tauranga Startup a product and a Weekend event that gave business around Bay of Plenty technology her idea to company Seespray its start. help rural Since the communities, event, including Seespray growers has built and their an online neighbours, to platform work together where better. growers Already manage, securing first track, customers, notify and Seespray now Victoria Hodge has built the online record all wants to hear platform Seespray to help rural their spray from other communities work better together.
operations from start to finish. Seespray funder Victoria Hodge describes it as “a mash-up of a spray plan, spray diary and a notification platform that will save growers and sprayers time and money”. Seespray had a vision of a solution to make use of technology, create value for growers, be easy to use, and at the same time deliver timely, relative and practical information to communities, so they can make informed decisions for their families and property. With support from the team that run Startup Weekend, Venture Centre and their associates, Seespray is almost ready for its official launch, but want to offer a limited number of locals the chance to get on board now. “It’s an opportunity for Bay of Plenty growers of all crops
to get behind a local business and help it develop,” says Venture Centre co-founder Jo Allum. Growers who sign up before July 31 will enjoy discounted subscriptions, ongoing priority access to new features and one-on-one training, and more. Seespray suits any growing business,
from large management companies to private growers, private sprayers to employees and contractors. Victoria can show you how simple it is to integrate Seespray into your business. To find out more about Seespray, contact Victoria on 021 134 6890 or email info@seespray.nz
Focus on your business – not your accounts Let Small Business Accounting Tauranga manage your accounting, so you can focus on your business. Using Xero, a cloud-based state-ofthe-art accounting software for small businesses, SBA tailor affordable accounting packages for individuals, sole traders, partnerships, small-to-mediumsized companies, trusts and rentals. Whether it’s just filing the annual tax return or a full monthly all-inclusive package, SBA will find the best
solution for you. Call SBA Tauranga on 07 578 8959 today for a free 30-minute, no-obligation meeting or to come along to the Xero for Tradies information evening on Thursday, July 23. SBA Tauranga is part of the nationwide SBA franchise, the largest and most established bookkeeping and accounting franchise in NZ.
Small Business Accounting Tauranga business owner Megan Tomalin.
Save the habit; put cash in the bank Having a good income doesn’t always mean you have money in the bank. Low income doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t save. The slightest change in your behaviour can help you begin to reach your financial goals. Let’s take a quick look at habits. A habit is a regular tendency or practice and at times, one that’s hard to give up. What are the daily habits that are costing you money? Some people like to buy their coffee from a café each morning. If you reduced your consumption by two coffees a week, during a year you would save $416. If you only had a coffee every other day you would save $624. Habits are not necessarily daily, they can be weekly too. If you like to go clothes shopping in the
weekend, set yourself a budget for half of what you’d normally spend. Challenge yourself financially, setting small goals will enable you to achieve bigger goals in the future. Spending on your credit card, and not paying it off monthly in full, also costs you more money. Have you considered a better way to arrange your financial structure? Analysing where you spend your money requires you to look at your bank statements and honestly look at yourself. Asking some key questions like, why do you spend that? Do you need it? When do you spend? How does it impact your life? And again, why? All of these questions begin to deconstruct your actions towards money and its use – and can assist in making some very positive changes.
SBA Tauranga Invites you to
for Tradies A free information evening Find out about Xero and how it can help with your business When: 5-7PM Thursday, 23rd of July.
Weekly:
Wine @ $35 Takeaways @ $45 Magazine @ $15 Coffees x 6 @ $30 or 3 @ $15 Lunches x 5 @ $66 or 3 @$39.50
Save $101.50 An average of
Plus, new sign ups with SBA Tauranga on the night will go in the draw to WIN 3 month's worth of accounting services for you and your referrer.* (The dollar value will depend on level of service required)
Register to attend - phone Megan on 578 8959. Spaces are limited so register now.
$5,278
per annum
Email tauranga@sba.co.nz * Referrer must be an existing client of SBA Tauranga