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![Invoice Fraud Photo of woman checking invoices](/assets/Rednews/Images/Invoice-Fraud__FillMaxWzM4MCwyNDdd.jpg)
How businesses can prevent email compromises and invoice fraud
Businesses are frequently targeted by hackers.
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Meet Westpac NZ's new CEO: Catherine McGrath
REDnews sat down with Catherine to find out more about the new woman in charge.
![Beca Group Employees Photo of Beca Group Employees](/assets/Rednews/Images/Beca-Group-Employees__FillMaxWzM4MCwyNDdd.jpg)
Inside the 100-year-old business that’s employee-owned
Thirty-five per cent of Beca Group’s employees make up the majority shareholders.
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How WFH is changing our housing demands and physical activity
WFH households spent 7% more on housing for larger homes.
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Inside the agriculture sector that's been business as usual during lockdowns
In the absence of tourism, agriculture is New Zealand’s largest industry.
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How businesses can protect payments through lockdown and beyond
Recent changes in Covid alert levels have highlighted that businesses need to be prepared.
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Financial support during lockdown: Inland Revenue increases relief payments
To reflect increased wage costs, the IRD has increased its relief payments.
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Meet the Westpac graduate who speaks four languages
You don’t have to speak four languages to get into the Westpac NZ graduate programme, but it sure helps.
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From genetically engineering kiwifruit to banking: Meet Westpac graduate Bradley Hosking
Bradley spent five at The University of Auckland.
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Inside the pet cemetery that’s been a thriving business for 21 years
A 10-acre plot of land bought in 1979 has been running an unlikely small business for over 20 years.
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Inside the Hawke’s Bay beeswax wraps startup that’s gone international
Inside the roller-coaster journey of launching, cracking the U. S. market and surviving Covid.
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Business loan applications in only five minutes thanks to open data tech
Open banking technology is enabling business loans up to a million dollars in five minutes.