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Fuel Crisis Forces Sole Traders To Turn Down Work
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 12:40 pm | Hnry
Hnry co-founder and CEO James Fuller says the data shows fuel costs are changing the day-to-day decisions sole traders make about how and where they work. More >>
From Start-Up To Stadium: Hnry Backs Wellington With Naming Rights Deal
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 8:31 am | Hnry
Hnry co-founder and CEO James Fuller says the Wellington community has backed them with an incredible level of trust, positivity and belief since they began, making the decision to become naming rights sponsor an easy one. More >>
$30m Boost For Hnry As Kiwi Fintech Scales Rapid Growth Offshore
Wednesday, 10 December 2025, 11:34 am | Hnry
Hnry has raised $30m in an oversubscribed Series C round led by Movac, lifting total investment to nearly $100m since 2018. The Wellington fintech says the capital will accelerate its international expansion and further scale the platform. More >>
KiwiSaver ‘Not Made For’ Sole Traders As Confidence Collapses
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 9:06 am | Hnry
While confidence in KiwiSaver tumbles, the self-employed are turning to other ways to secure their financial future. Forty-three per cent have money in term deposits or private funds, 30 per cent invest in shares and 29 per cent in property. More >>
Govt Cuts KiwiSaver, Hnry Steps In With $130,000 Injection
Tuesday, 22 July 2025, 4:53 pm | Hnry
Hnry - one of New Zealand’s largest accountancy firms - says the move responds to growing concern among sole traders about the impact of the government’s decision. More >>
NZ Fintech Hnry Launches In UK, Targeting 4 Million Sole Traders
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 9:33 am | Hnry
The Wellington-based fintech’s expansion into the UK comes five years after the groundbreaking service launched in Australia in 2020. Its combined Australasian market has grown by 58% over the last two years, supercharged by Hnry’s $35 million Series ... More >>
Economic Shifts Test Wellington’s Sole Traders As Government Support Drops
Thursday, 12 December 2024, 2:15 pm | Hnry
The latest Sole Trader Pulse survey, conducted by Hnry - one of New Zealand’s largest accountancy firms supporting sole traders, contractors, and the self-employed- highlights Wellington still has challenges as 2024 comes to a close. More >>
GST Standstill Keeping A Third Of Sole Traders Below The Median Wage
Monday, 16 September 2024, 2:16 am | Hnry
Over a third of New Zealand's sole traders deliberately earn under $60,000 to avoid GST, highlighting the need for an income threshold review amidst rising economic pressures. More >>
Ultimate Recession Hack? Freedom & Flexibility Drive Positive Sole Trader Sentiment
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 11:31 am | Hnry
Self-employment could be the ultimate hack in the current cost-of-living crisis, as Kiwi sole traders report the highest rates of well-being, work-life balance, personal satisfaction, and financial outlook since October 2021 in the latest Sole Trader ... More >>
Hnry Smashes Away Tax Anxiety With DE-STRESS Wellington Pop-up
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 6:11 pm | Hnry
Wellington, 3 April 2024 - Surprise tax bills, hunting for lost receipts, and producing piles of paperwork for accountants mean tax season is not usually a time for relaxing, but a new pop-up on Wellington’s waterfront is inviting people to literally smash ... More >>
Never Miss Another Expense Claim: Hnry Launches World-first Offering
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 9:45 am | Hnry
Around 1.2 billion dollars of business expenses go unclaimed every year by sole traders who feel overwhelmed by nancial admin, but world-leading innovation from Hnry looks set to change that as the fintech adds debit cards to its arsenal. <img ... More >>
‘Wishy Washy’ Politicians Have 72 Hours To Sway 400,000 Sole Traders
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 2:29 pm | Hnry
Political leaders have 72 hours and one last shot at convincing sole traders to vote for them in this year’s election, with their ‘poor’ and ‘wishy washy’ policies failing to impress a sector that represents around 20 per cent of the country’s ... More >>
“Woeful, Inept And Out-of-touch”- NZ Politicians Revealed As Widely Ignorant Of Sole Trader Sector
Tuesday, 12 September 2023, 11:06 am | Hnry
Wellington, 12th September 2023 - With just a month until the election, political parties across the spectrum have ‘failed the assignment’ when it comes to understanding New Zealand’s sole trader sector, despite it making up nearly 20 per cent of the ... More >>
Running On Empty: Survey Shows Sole Traders Feeling The Pinch
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:31 am | Hnry
Natural disasters, inflation, economic conditions and the pandemic hangover are impacting New Zealand’s sole trader sector, with almost half saying they’d struggle to cope if an unplanned major business expense came up. New Zealand has over 400,000 ... More >>
Sole Traders Feeling The Pinch As Inflation Bites
Thursday, 27 October 2022, 3:39 pm | Hnry
At least 74 per cent of Kiwi sole traders are saving less or eating into their savings to pay rising living costs as record levels of inflation bite. Sole traders make up nearly 20 per cent of New Zealand’s workforce, or around 400,000 people, and ... More >>
Hnry Doubles Hiring Amid Global Tech Sector Layoffs
Monday, 1 August 2022, 2:44 pm | Hnry
A laser focus on efficiency and steady growth has seen NZ’s largest accountancy Hnry double its hiring rate since the start of 2022, bucking an emerging global trend of mass layoffs in the tech sector as economic conditions bite. Hnry earlier this ... More >>
Sole Traders Losing $3.2 Billion A Year In Productivity As Economic Outlook Toughens
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 11:47 am | Hnry
Self-employed New Zealanders are losing around two million hours a week - approximately $3.2 billion per year - in productivity, due to the burden of tax and financial administration, while 75 per cent believe the 2022 Budget would have either zero or a negative effect ... More >>
Hnry Wins People’s Choice At Australian FinTech Awards
Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 1:23 pm | Hnry
Wellington, 27th June 2022 – Hnry, NZ’s largest accountancy, has won the People’s Choice (FinTech Organisation of the Year) Award at the Australian Finnies, held over the weekend, which celebrates the best of Australia’s thriving FinTech industry. ... More >>
Hnry Secures $16M In US-led Investment Round
Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 9:29 am | Hnry
Online accounting service Hnry has secured a NZD$16 million investment, led by US growth equity firm, Left Lane Capital, to scale in both New Zealand and overseas markets. Hnry, the world’s first online pay-as-you-go accountancy service for the ... More >>
Inaugural Survey Shows Sole Traders Hard-hit By COVID
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 9:43 am | Hnry
Thursday, 4 November 2021 – New Zealand's first independent sentiment index for sole traders has revealed mental health challenges, economic hardship, and difficulty accessing credit during the last quarter, but this has not diminished overall job ... More >>
