The Growth Toolkit - Simplifying Business Growth

02/10/2026

Having time off soon? If not, why not?

07/09/2026

Try this out...

23/08/2026

Pricing (and the inevitable price rises...)

Retail NZ's own numbers show apparel sales down for a fourth straight month and hospitality spend still falling. Forty-one percent of firms raised prices last quarter anyway. The other fifty-nine percent didn't decide not to. They just didn't decide.

16/08/2026

Probably the most profitable blog post you'll ever read...

There are three numbers in the room when you sell your business, and most owners only know one. Seven things to get right before you go to market.

04/08/2026

Bleeding profit? Find out here...

Free 2-minute tool. Answer 8 questions and find exactly where your cafe, bar or restaurant is leaking profit, plus how to plug each one.

03/08/2026

Not urgent, but here's what you need to know (so far - MBIE will undoubtedly come out with details of implementation soon)

24/07/2026

It's not the fun part of my job but...

(I'm writing this at the end of the day, a harder day than usual) This morning, I fired someone on behalf of the company I work with. We'd given them the opportunity, support, and clear feedback to improve. When nothing changed, we made the call.It's not a part of the role I enjoy but sometimes it's...

19/07/2026

https://www.thegrowthtoolkit.com/post/that-one-person

A client of mine ran a business with fourteen staff and a problem he couldn't name. Revenue was fine. Margins were fine. But every week felt like pushing a boulder up a hill he'd already climbed twelve times before.Then he hired an operations manager. Cost him more than he wanted to pay. Six months....

15/07/2026

Love it when clients hit new highs...

24/06/2026

How’s your ROI looking?