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We will be closed over the holidays.

Our offices and Service Centre will be closed from 5pm on 24 December 2025, until 8:30am on 5 January 2026.

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Find funding to grow your business

Discover grants, tax incentives, and startup support to help you drive innovation in your business.

Innovation Services can help you find funding for future talent, research and development initiatives, or taking innovations to market.

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Learn from experts on topics that will help your business start off well, grow and succeed. From AI tools that can help you, to tips for giving feedback to your employees, explore these learning resources when you want to build your business strengths.

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Understand your cash flow

Understanding how to manage and predict your cash flow can help you to plan for future growth, avoid financial troubles and handle unexpected situations. Learn about what you’ll need to manage your cash flow and how to create a cash flow forecast.

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How to price a job

Setting the right price is key for a successful business. Learn how to work out your yearly financial goal, set your markup and calculate your hourly rate. This will help you pay your bills, yourself and make a profit.

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Unlocking potential with the growth mindset

A growth mindset makes us mentally flexible. We see effort, challenges and feedback positively, and we aren’t threatened by someone else’s success. Performance coach Ged Robinson explains.

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Financial management and wellbeing

Reducing the stress of financial management is good for your mental health and wellbeing, good for your business and good for the people around you. Learn three practical ways to make financial management easier. 

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Check your idea for a business name

Choosing the perfect name for your business takes time, energy and patience. Use the ONECheck tool to make your job easier.

It's a free tool that checks availability of business names, web domains and trade marks in one search.

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Cash flow forecaster

Start your cash flow forecast with our tool. Forecasting will help you understand your business health.

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Employee cost calculator

The Employee Cost Calculator will help you gain the confidence you need to take that important next business step of employing staff.

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Choose business structure

There are different ways to structure your business, each with different legal and financial obligations. Most businesses are sole traders, companies, or partnerships.

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Employment agreement builder

Our tool helps you create contracts tailored to your business and to each person you employ.

Keep up to date with news from across government to help small businesses.

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Get support with innovation

Grants and support to help you grow and develop, previously available from Callaghan Innovation, are now run by Innovation Services, administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

ArticleDecember 01, 2025

New rules and tools every landlord needs to know

Tenancy Services has tools to make it easy for landlords to understand pet consents and the new Bond Hub.

ArticleDecember 01, 2025

Keeping your Christmas customers safe

If you’re a retailer, you’re probably in the middle of your busiest time of the year, but don’t forget that certain products must meet safety standards.

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