I wanted to share with you some local champions that we have in our business community – Hawke’s Bay company, Smart.

We use Smart for our day-to-day accounts work, they sort out GST, PAYE and manage Xero. I ‘can’ do this stuff, but why would I? My time is better spent doing business development and billable work.

Smart specialises in outsourced office support – perfect for business owners who are looking to save money, and are reluctant to commit to employing anyone to do the ‘office’ work.

You can expect help with all or some of the following (they can tailor a package to suit):

• phone,
• admin,
• financial and
• payroll services,
• mobile and serviced offices.

The Smart concept was developed in Havelock North and now operates in Hawke’s Bay, Christchurch – and recently Auckland.

Building a nationwide business from a blank page in Hawke’s Bay has some major challenges – challenges that Smart founder, Adrienne Pierce, is well qualified to overcome.

Smart gives business owners’ access to technology, systems, resources and a support team that is often unaffordable for independent businesses.

So if you’re cursing the amount of paperwork you have to do, procrastinating about doing your GST, or can plainly see your time would be better spent doing something else – call Smart today.

By George Miller, November 26th, 2009 – www.mogul.co.nz

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