Health insurance vs income protection
There’s a big difference between health insurance and income protection – which should you spend your money on? It’s not uncommon for...
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- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Stop losing profits!
Are you throwing away potential profits? Or worse, doing jobs at a loss and not even realising? Maximising your returns from every job is...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Free Trades Training
In June, the Government announced significant new financial support for training. Primary ITO explains why this means that there will...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 5 min
Landscaping and the law - which ones apply
Lawyer Geoff Hardy explains when and how landscapers are regulated by common law, the Building Act and the Construction Contracts Act...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 4 min
Upcoming changes to retention money
Based on feedback from the sector, changes to the retention money regime are under way to ensure more protection for subcontractors,...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 5 min
Fully Covered – Applied Finishes (Part 1)
The prime ingredients in successfully finishing a construction project are good-quality coatings combined with the correct preparation...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Landscape awards back on track
Keen to set yourself apart from the crowd? The Landscapes of Distinction and the Young Landscaper of the Year awards were delayed due to...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
New building consent exemptions
Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa announced in May that new building consent exemptions are being added to the Building...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
Keep learning and have a damn good time!
That’s the advice landscaper Ollie Newman has for anyone entering the landscaping industry – and it’s also a mantra he applies to his own...
- Aug 1, 2020
- 2 min
Don’t start a cluster!
‘Cluster’ just might be 2020’s word-of-the-year. In the past six months, we’ve watched and learnt as a deadly virus has spread through...
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