Love to Connect

18/01/2021

18/12/2020

Be in to win over $5,600 worth of prizes!
We're celebrating the resilience of NZ businesses throughout 2020.
Enter now for your chance to win. 😀

01/12/2020

Looking for prime office or co-working space in the Lower Hutt CBD?

Click on the link below for more info. To arrange a visit contact Cheryl on 021 733 957, or email: info@lovetogrow.co.nz.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/property/commercial/lease/listing/2884456807?ed=true&bof=3gl2jJod

30/11/2020

Private offices and Co-working desks available for your business in the Lower Hutt CBD.

If you are looking to downsize your current space, relocate, get out of the home office, or expand to a new location, then come and join Love to Connect!

Join a fun chartered accountancy and business consultancy firm, along with several professional services tenants. Perfect location with cheap parking in the Riverbank carpark just across the road and only a 4 min walk to Queensgate Shopping Centre. A great choice of cafes nearby.

Your own office includes:

 Power and Wi-fi
 Cleaning
 Printing
 Shared kitchen/break out area
 Up to 2 hours free meeting room access available and discounted rates on board room bookings
 Hot beverages and snacks included
 Shared reception area, your visitors will be warmly greeted on arrival
 Networking events
 24/7 access to your fully lockable office

Only $600 + gst per month for a roomy office for 2, or $1,500 for a spacious office to suit 4-5 people.

Options available - please contact us for discounted pricing on 6 month and 12 month lease.

Or, grab your dedicated sit to stand desks in our co-working space, week days during business hours (9.30am-5pm). Includes:

 Power and Wi-fi
 Cleaning
 Printing
 Shared kitchen/break out area
 Up to 2 hours free meeting room access available and discounted rates on board room bookings
 Hot beverages and snacks included
 Shared reception area, your visitors will be warmly greeted on arrival
 Networking events

Only $269 + gst per month

For more information, or to arrange an inspection, contact Cheryl on 04 972 4182 during business hours, or email: info@lovetogrow.co.nz.

26/11/2020

Are you a business owner? This could help save you $$$

19/11/2020

15/10/2020

Hurry, only a few more spots available!

Ok, you may not see any animals... but you will see behind the scenes of three of the most interesting businesses in our region!
Join the mini bus tour, enjoy a delicious lunch, grab your goodie bag and celebrate the Lower Hutt business community we're all proud to be a part of.
Organised by the Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce & Industry - don't miss your spot on the Lower Hutt Business Safari sponsored by Love to Grow - register NOW!!!

https://archive.hutt-chamber.org.nz/event-detail/?eventtemplate=248-lower-hutt-business-safari-sponsored-by-love-to-grow&event=309

25/09/2020

Don't miss out on funding for professional advice for your business, to help you get through Covid-19.

COVID-19 Business Advisory Funding is still available for your business!
Qualifying SME'S may be eligible to receive funding of up to $5,000 for a registered service.

Love to Grow offers services that are registered with the Covid-19 Business Advisory Fund. We've been busy helping businesses with: preparing cash flows, tactical business plans and growth strategies, credit/debt management, financial reporting and finance applications, SWOT analysis, 90 day plans and much more.

Find out more at: https://covid19.nzte.govt.nz/page/regional-business-partner-network or, contact us on 04-972 4182 | 09-282 3054 | 03-666 -124 or email: info@lovetogrow.co.nz

16/09/2020

How do you manage your health and financial wellness in the Covid-19 landscape? Check out this event with a panel of experts to help guide you and your business through our 'new normal'.

In this new Covid environment it can be stressful to manage your mental, physical and financial health. Platinum Partners Gee & Hickton Funeral Directors are bringing you a panel of speakers who will talk on how you can manage your health and financial wellness in this new Covid environment. With over 70 years’ of experience serving the community and families, they are experts in managing stress and emotions.

Register now to book a seat: https://bit.ly/2RvQrtO

03/08/2020

17/06/2020

Support a couple of your local businesses and be in to win a little luxury for you and your home this winter... 👍🙂🍾

Love local, keep cosy and relax this winter - win a pamper package valued at $665!

Enter to win $500 towards a new Fujitsu Heat Pump installed in your home by Heat Pump & Ventilation Services and a $165 gift voucher from Lavender Spa & Skin Clinic in Pauatahanui.

To enter the draw:
1) Like the Heat Pump and Ventilation Services page
2) Like the Lavender Spa and Skin Clinic page
2) Like this post and tag someone you think would like to win this too

The draw is open to Greater Wellington Region residents only. The winner will be announced on the closing date of Friday 3rd July 2020.
The winner agrees to have photos taken after installation.

17/06/2020

How's your team bearing up?

Post COVID-19 Team Dynamics - How's your team bearing up?

The COVID-19 Journey has been a tough time for lots of different reasons. Some of you/your team may have dealt with this better than others. Some will have high resilience and everything may appear like water off a duck's back. Others may have concerns to manage for themselves. Some may be anxious. Some may be taking the mickey and pretending they are worried as a thinly veiled cover for laziness.

We have had chats with clients indicating all of these are very common. Re-entry anxiety is a real thing for some and describes how people feel when "re-entering" their old lives. Similar reactions can occur for any change that one views as significant, for them. Manage people carefully so they don't get overwhelmed.

Our chart is a light-hearted comparison with the Technology Adoption bell curve. Anxiety though, is real. Our chats with business owners are finding they have a mix in their team -
• those who's main focus is do whatever it takes, to help get back to normal
• those who are pretty relaxed about the post COVID-19 workplace and want social interaction again
• those who are genuinely anxious, but have returned to work uncomfortably
• those who want to stay home, collect their $585 p/wk and not go past the front door, basically wanting something for nothing

How do we manage varying attitudes in the workplace?

Be kind, within limits. Have a plan and communicate this to your team within appropriate timeframes, as things change, they will.
• Put safeguards in place - it's your job to ensure your employees feel safe.
• Remain flexible - Remember that not everyone will feel comfortable - offer options to aid self management.
• Combat misinformation - there's a lot of unfiltered, not always fact-based information on social feeds. Have clear instructions and reliable information available for your workplace.
• Encourage self-care - show empathy for your team and appreciation for their work whilst still expecting them to meet the basics of needed performance and standards of acceptable behaviours.

The bottom line is that you're in this together. If though, you have team members who aren't helping you to row the boat in the same direction, then it's especially vital in this economy to take quick action. Make a plan and talk to an HR expert on how to manage this situation promptly and effectively. Any team members who are taking the mickey need to find their futures freed up for other things. Hire or fire based on attitude. Skills can be taught. Your business may have no choice but to adjust numbers if things don't recover, or worsen.

Discuss the optimum numbers of your team with us before it's too late. Contact us at info@lovetogrow.co.nz

02/03/2020

Don't miss this series of 4 valuable webinars:

> Kick Start Your 2020 Profit Mastery
> Eliminate Money Worry
> Master Business Cashflow
> Business Results and Bench-marking Toolkit

More info or register now: http://webinar.ultimatebusinessdetox.com/optin28981857

Calling all small to medium business owners ready to take your business to the next level.

LEARN HOW YOU COULD TRIPLE YOUR PROFITS THIS YEAR!!!

Join us at this free four-part Business Growth Mastery webinar series, recommended for anyone wanting to grow or exit their business.

Presented by Ultimate Business Detox co-founder Trish Love, international published author and profit guru, an expert in delivering strategies and tactics to grow your business and profit. You will receive a FREE business workbook at each webinar, and business resource giveaways at the end..

PLUS, one lucky attendee has the chance to win a special prize of a ticket to one of the top business retreats in Bali or NZ – valued at over US$3,500!!! *conditions apply

Learn More or Register: http://webinar.ultimatebusinessdetox.com/optin28981857

Some of the things to expect from Trish at each webinar - Learn:

✅ How to master the 5 financial actions needed to GET MORE CASH!

✅ How to discover the GROW Process to master 90 day and critical path planning

✅ How to reduce the time spent in your business by 20%

✅What is benchmarking and how can it help you?

Plus so much more…….
DON'T Miss Out! Learn More or Register NOW: http://webinar.ultimatebusinessdetox.com/optin28981857

22/11/2019

Don't miss this FREE workshop, featuring FOUR world-class, international speakers covering Wealth, Health, Sales and Mind.
Business Detox Day - First time in NZ, 1 day only in
Wellington Sat 30th Nov and Auckland Sun 1st Dec.
Learn more at: https://nz.ultimatebusinessdetox.com/

See the success of your business in a whole, new way.
First time in NZ, one day only!
Wellington Sat 30th Nov and Auckland Sun 1st Dec.
Learn more at: https://nz.ultimatebusinessdetox.com/

31/10/2019

Happy Halloween from All at Love to Connect 👻

04/09/2019

http://lovetoconnect.spaces.nexudus.com/en/blog/read/1146340195/when-did-co-working-begin-

Shared floors of divided office space, serviced offices and subleasing has been around for a long time however co-working, as we know it today involving a physical space opened up to a shared community, started in 2005.