

COVID-19 support for business
Accessing financial support for you and your business There are a few financial support schemes available to help you, your business and...

Nicolene Pedersen
Mar 3, 20213 min read


Privacy Act 2020
The Privacy Act 2020 came into effect on 1 December 2020. The updated rules mean businesses and organisations have new obligations for...

Nicolene Pedersen
Feb 2, 20211 min read


Xero Education Month: Learn more to do more
For the whole of February, Xero is hosting a stack of free online webinars to help you brush up on your business smarts, learn how to...

Nicolene Pedersen
Jan 25, 20211 min read


Christmas countdown is on...
It's always hard to believe it when Christmas rolls around, but as we all know it is well and truly almost here. The team at Sass would...

Lisa Johnston
Dec 3, 20201 min read


RISE Scholarship 2020 Update
Earlier this year, Roxanne Phipps won our Rise Scholarship, which gave her $2,500 worth of training throughout the year! Unfortunately,...

Nicolene Pedersen
Aug 12, 20201 min read


Our Nine Time Management Tips
Do you relate to any of these? There is never enough time Make unrealistic time estimates Put off difficult tasks until later Finish...

Lisa Johnston
Jul 15, 20201 min read


Extended Wage Subsidy Scheme
From June 10 until 1 September 2020, businesses will be able to apply for the Extended Wage Subsidy Scheme. These payments will be...

Nicolene Pedersen
Jun 8, 20202 min read


More Relief for Businesses Affected by COVID-19 as Government Announce the Small Business Cashflow
Amended 11 May 2020 The Government has introduced a Small Business Cashflow (loan) Scheme to support small to medium businesses owners,...

Nicolene Pedersen
May 4, 20202 min read


Payments to employees for working from home costs during COVID-19 pandemic
Inland Revenue is making it easier for employers to reimburse the expenses of employees who are working from home because of the COVID-19...

Kelly Miller
May 1, 20201 min read


Demo Video of Hubdoc & Xero
Great news - Hubdoc is now included in Xero Starter, Standard and Premium plans. We originally planned on running lunchtime training...

Lisa Johnston
Apr 9, 20201 min read


Minimum Wage Increase Amid COVID-19 Alert Level 4
On 1 April 2020, the adult (employees 16 years and over) minimum wage rate increases by $1.20 from $17.70 to $18.90 per hour. With the...

Nicolene Pedersen
Apr 3, 20202 min read


If Your Business is On Lock-Down; Our Tips to Work on Your Business
If your business is in total lock-down, I would use some of this time to work on the future good of your business. Maybe, you have...

Lisa Johnston
Apr 3, 20201 min read


What to do to get your business through Covid-19
Video from Lisa & Kelly, pre lock-down on what to do to get your business through Covid-19. NOTE: This video was recorded before Alert 4...

Kelly Miller
Apr 3, 20202 min read


Wage Subsidy Changes from 27 March 2020
As per our previous FAQ blog we said that things were changing daily and we would let you know if anything changes with the Wages subsidy....

Lisa Johnston
Mar 30, 20203 min read


Covid-19 Wage Subsidy & HR FAQs
Amendment - only applicable to those that applied for the subsidy prior to Friday, 27th March 2020. New blog coming for after that date....

Lisa Johnston
Mar 26, 20205 min read


Taxable Treatment of the Wage Subsidy
This is a unique situation that continues to change very rapidly. We recognise that it raises a number of questions and concerns for...

Lisa Johnston
Mar 25, 20202 min read


Is Your Business Being Affected by Coronavirus?
The below outlines what help is available to businesses that are affected by Coronavirus. If your business is affected, contact us and...

Kelly Miller
Mar 23, 20202 min read


2020 RISE Scholarship Winner!
Announcing the winner of our 2020 Rise Scholarship - Roxanne Phipps! When we met with Roxanne we were really impressed by her drive and...

Nicolene Pedersen
Feb 18, 20201 min read


Savvy Social Media Marketing
Due to demand, in 2019 we developed our ‘Savvy Social Media Marketing’ workshop and ran our first workshop as a one-on-one at the end of...

Lisa Johnston
Jan 27, 20202 min read


Our Workshops - More & More Popular
We have had a great 2019 training year - check out the stats below! Not only are our workshops booking out, but we are having to create...

Lisa Johnston
Dec 6, 20191 min read


RISE Scholarship 2019 Update
Earlier this year, Mikaila Thompson, won our Rise Scholarship, which gave her $2,300 worth of training throughout the year! Mikaila has...

Lisa Johnston
Oct 18, 20191 min read


5 Steps to Systemise Your Business
Lisa and Kelly share their tips on how to systemise your business so you can NOT be there! If we asked you now ‘if you had to...

Lisa Johnston
Oct 3, 20192 min read
