COVID-19 Where to get useful information

Innovation / where to from here

Buy Local, support Manawatu Businesses  

This is an initiative by CEDA to help us focus on local businesses - register your Manawatu business here  

Funding

For business advice, forecasting, help with financing, related to the effect of the COVID-19 response on your business, register with the Regional Business Partners Network here, and contact us

Business Continuity Planning

Get started with these BCP tools available here

Level 1 - What you can and cannot do 

Workplace operations at the Levels

New Zealand Government

Inland Revenue

Work and Income NZ

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Employment New Zealand

Covid-19 Alert Levels

Today's COVID-19 numbers from Newsroom

Insolvency Relief

Insolvency relief - NZ Companies Office

Business Debt hibernation
 

Wages Subsidy

Wages Subsidy Extension - Apply Here

Employer Application

Self Employed Application

Fact Sheet

Application Process

Wage Subsidy Declaration - read this!

For template letters for changes to Employment Contracts (eg for reduced pay rates) contact us at plm@pkfr.co.nz
For HR updates and info, Robyn Young HR

Xero Assistance Programme

If you're a Xero customer on a starter, standard or premium plan, you can access their Xero Assistance Programme.  This allows you and your team to access free and confidential counselling and support, online or over the phone. 

Find out more on the Xero website.

Working From Home tools

Consider how you can best utilise technology to maintain team communication.  Using an application, such as Microsoft Teams or Slack, can encourage your team to regularly communicate.  You could also run an automated daily standup within your chosen app or via a third party app, such as Standuply or Standup Alice, which allows you to set questions for your team to answer each day, e.g. how are you feeling, what are you working on, what are your roadblocks, etc. 

Instead of face-to-face meetings, utilise Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts or GoToMeeting for one on one or small team meetings.  Consider using Trello, Monday.com or Asana to manage workflows while working remotely.
FYI we're using Monday and Zoom.