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Future Planning & Wealth Creation
Aug
25

Future Planning & Wealth Creation

If you’re running a local business, or leading initiatives in your hāpori, building financial confidence is the ultimate game-changer. When people feel empowered with managing and saving pūtea, the entire community lifts.

Join us for this interactive webinar designed to shift the conversation from basic financial survival to collective financial confidence.

What we’ll cover:

  • Practical strategies to build financial resilience, manage stress around money, and plan for generational wealth.

  • Key financial habits that protect cash flow in changing times.

  • How to leverage collective strength and resources to build long-term financial wellbeing

Don’t miss out on your space. Register now.

Click here to register: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/25371226/financialconfidence

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Sept
2

Know your Numbers

An Hour That Could Change The Trajectory of Your Business

To make truly confident decisions, scale sustainably, and protect your profit, you have to look at the data. You have to Know Your Numbers.

In this online session, Ake Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors are stripping away the complex accounting jargon to give you a clear, practical understanding of your business financials. Hosted live by Matthew Davis (Director & Chartered Accountant) and Juanita Mottram (Operations Lead & Chartered Accountant), this webinar will teach you how to look at your financial reports and see the real story behind your business.

What We’ll Cover:

  • The Critical Metrics

  • Decoding Financial Reports

  • Data-Driven Decisions

Who This Is For:

  • Business owners wanting to take control of their financial direction.

  • Entrepreneurs feeling disconnected from their accounting software data.

  • Professionals ready to move away from guesswork and start leading with financial confidence.

Seats are strictly limited to make sure attendees have opportunities to engage during the session. Register now to secure your spot.

Click here to register: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/94090470/knowyournumbers

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Aug
19

3 Essential Tools for Business Success

Are you ready to take your business to the next level? - Register Now

Join us for a free online webinar on Wednesday 19 August at 12pm, where we’ll explore three essential tools every business needs to grow with clarity and confidence. 

In this session, we’ll cover: 

  • The power of a one-page business plan. 

  • How an annual forecast helps guide your decisions. 

  • Why ongoing reporting and accountability matter. 

Whether you’re looking to get more organised, improve your numbers, or create a clearer path forward, this session will give you practical ideas you can start using right away to grow your business. 

Can’t make it live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording.  

Click on the link to register now: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/38650988/3essentialtools

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Aug
18

Xero Training: Bills, Accounts Payable and Hubdoc

Stop spending hours manually processing invoices!  This  online training session, hosted by Ake, Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors, will give you the practical skills to automate your expense tracking. 

We’ll show you how to simplify your entire accounts payable process using Xero and Hubdoc.

In just 30 minutes, you will learn how to:

  • Automate Bill Entry

  • Simplify Payments

  • Boost Cash Flow Visibility

This Training is Perfect For:

  • Business owners wanting better financial visibility.

  • Finance teams looking to cut manual entry time.

  • Existing Xero users looking to use Hubdoc more effectively.

Spaces are limited, book now and secure your place. If you aren’t able to attend on the day, we will send you a recording of the session.

Click the link to register now: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/28736793/xerotrainingaugust

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Jul
29

Understanding Board Policies: Free Webinar

Join Ake Chartered Accountants & Business Advisors for an upcoming online webinar on Board Policies.

This session will help you understand what board policies you need, why they matter, and how they support stronger governance. We’ll cover the role policies play in guiding decision-making, setting clear expectations, managing risk, and creating consistency across an organisation.

Hosted by Ake’s Tumu Whakarae (CEO), Tania-Rose Tamati, and Erin Wirihana, Projects Lead.

Register now. Spaces are limited: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/47760937/boardpolicies

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Xero Training: Bank Feeds and Reconciliations
Jul
22

Xero Training: Bank Feeds and Reconciliations

Are you spending too much time manual-matching transactions or feeling unsure if your books are truly up to date? It's time to let automation do the heavy lifting.

Join Carlene Dixon, Senior Client Manager at Ake Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, for a practical, 1-hour online training session designed to streamline your bookkeeping.

What you'll learn:

  • How to correctly set up and manage automated Xero bank feeds.

  • Smart tips for automated transaction matching to save hours on admin.

  • Best practices to ensure your financial records stay accurate, clean, and up-to-date.

Whether you are completely new to Xero or just want to make sure you're using it efficiently, this free session will give you the tools to take control of your day-to-day accounting.

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Jul
1

7 Ways to Grow Your Business: Free Webinar

Struggling to grow your business without working longer hours?

This free online webinar on Wednesday 1st July hosted by Matthew Davis, Director and Chartered Accountant at Ake Accounting will show you how to boost your sales and profit using 7 proven strategies, without burning out.

These are practical, no-fluff tactics you can start using immediately, plus you’ll get a free action list to turn insights into results.

Can’t make it live? Register using the same link, and we’ll send you the full recording: https://events.akeaccounting.co.nz/ev/c/93253618/7waystogrow

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Understanding Your Trustee Role
May
27

Understanding Your Trustee Role

This short webinar is designed as an introduction to what it means to be a Trustee, and the foundations of good governance. 

In this session, we’ll: 
• Introduce the key responsibilities of Trustees 
• Explore what good governance looks like in practice 
• Touch on the core concepts, including the four pou of governance 

This is a taster session, designed to give you a starting point and a clearer picture of what’s involved, with the opportunity to go deeper in our full-day governance training. 

Whether you’re stepping into the role, or wanting a refresher, this is a great place to begin. 

📅 Wednesday May 27th, 12pm 

If you can’t attend live, register and we’ll send you the recording. 

Register now:
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Know Your Numbers - Live Webinar
Mar
19

Know Your Numbers - Live Webinar

Know Your Numbers is the first in our The Success Sessions - Practical Webinars for Business Owners. This session is packed with insights to help you understand key financial reports, what they reveal about your business's health, and how to use them to make smarter decisions.

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Ramp Up Your Business With Xero
Dec
7

Ramp Up Your Business With Xero

Learn about the accounting software designed to help small business owners save time, stress less and get paid faster.

Gain mind, time and financial freedom with easy to use tools and data that will help your business grow - and help you look ahead with confidence.

Ready to ramp up your business? Register here

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7 Ways To Grow Your Business
Sept
6

7 Ways To Grow Your Business

  • Lightning Hub, First Floor, 193-195 The Strand (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Matthew and Tania Rose from Ake to learn about the 7 key areas in your business that you CAN influence to drive growth and development. 📈 Understand how to map a path to get your business from A to B, and identify strategies you can start using straight away to grow and improve what you do.

🗓When: Tuesday 6th September at 12pm

📍Where: Lightning Hub, 1st Floor, 193-195 The Strand, Whakatāne

To book your spot: please RSVP to info@lightninghub.co.nz

⚡️ This event is part of the Lightning Hub Supercharged September series - check out their Facebook page for more great workshops and seminars.⚡️

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Know Your Numbers Webinar
Aug
10

Know Your Numbers Webinar

Please join us for a complimentary webinar: Know Your Numbers.

We'll help you understand what your key numbers really mean - and how to use these to make stronger business decisions.

This free webinar will cover:

  • Learn what each of your key financial reports tells you about your business

  • Identify strengths, weaknesses and trends

  • Discover why your bank account balance may not reflect profits

  • Identify how to protect your assets

  • Discover the key drivers of business value

  • Learn how to measure your business efficiency to drive improvement

    Please click here to register online.

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Māori Housing &  Papakāinga Workshop
May
19

Māori Housing & Papakāinga Workshop

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL, HOWEVER YOU CAN STILL REGISTER TO ATTEND ONLINE - DETAILS BELOW:

Please join us for Ake’s Māori Housing & Papakāinga Workshop. This workshop will cover:

  • the different types of Government funding and assistance being made available for Māori Housing & Papakāinga

  • developing Māori housing on Māori whenua

  • how to get started in the process

  • your next steps.

Please click here to register online.

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