Cooking the Books with Frances Cook The New Zealand Herald

Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s how to sell your business for a tidy profit. Hosted by Frances Cook.

Even the most successful business owner at some point faces the decision to step back, and let someone else take over.

If handled right, exiting the business can mean a sale for a tidy profit, and an easier retirement.

But it does take preparation to make the most of it.

For the latest podcast, I talked to Andrew Martin, regional director for the Strategic Specialists Group.

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Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s how a bit of personal marketing can land you the dream job. Hosted by Frances Cook.

It’s never been more needed, but more difficult, to get a pay rise.

The cost of living is shooting up, making it difficult for many people to pay the bills.

But the economy is also fairly rough, and businesses aren’t handing out fat pay packets just because you ask nicely.

That doesn’t mean it’s impossible, though.

Often you know that you have the skills, the work ethic, and the results to justify being paid well.

The problem is how you communicate that to the people in charge of the purse strings.

For the latest podcast I talked to Rosie McCarthy, founder and CEO of Badass Careers.

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A highlight clip from the September 2019 episode "the most successful ways to travel on a budget", with Herald travel editor Stephanie Holmes

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Each week, BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackle a different money problem. Today, it’s how to check if your KiwiSaver is working as hard for you as it should be. Hosted by Frances Cook.

It’s the things we know we should do, but never quite get around to, that can be killers in the money world.

So I winced, but wasn’t all the surprised, when new research rolled across my desk showing that ignoring your KiwiSaver could mean you have $88,000 less in there by the time you retire.

That’s from the new KiwiSaver Value for Money report, from National Capital.

Even if you’ve figured out what type of fund you should be in, such as growth or conservative, different providers can give you a better return.

Sticking with a provider that isn’t doing so well could cost you big time, or in this case, an average of $88,000.

Retirement can feel so far away that it’s easy to ignore - you tell yourself you’ll get around to it soon.

Then there’s a panic on at the finish line when you realise you’ve run out of time to make the easy changes that could have saved you tens of thousands of dollars.

The good news is that it can be quite easy to make a few tweaks to your KiwiSaver, then sit back and reap the rewards.

For the latest podcast, I talked to National Capital director Clive Fernandes.For the interview, listen to the podcast here.

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Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s all about staying successful in challenging times. Hosted by Frances Cook. 

It’s been a rough time for business lately, with a maybe yes maybe no recession that appeared and then disappeared just as quickly. 

But in reality, there are always challenges in the business world. 

The key is how you tackle them. 

For the latest podcast, I talked to Liam Dann, Herald Business editor at large. 

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Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s how one family managed to travel the world on a shoestring budget. Hosted by Frances Cook.

Many of us will have thought of chucking in the day job and travelling the world, but it’s not always so easy to turn into reality.

Particularly if you have children – you obviously have to consider their schooling, extra costs from extra people, and also just whether they’ll be able to handle it.

Well, this family did it, and managed to make it work permanently.

They decided to quit the 9-5 when the kids were teenagers, and take off on a year long trip around the world.

It went so well, they decided it was time to become nomads permanently, setting up their own business to allow them to earn money remotely while they travelled.

For the latest podcast I talked to Liz Deacle, host of the NZ Ahead podcast.

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