Businesses urged to give feedback on modern slavery
A proposed new law to address modern slavery will have an impact on New Zealand’s SMEs and the sector is being urged to provide views...
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Businesses must embrace tech to optimise H&S
New Zealand businesses are being encouraged to embrace global technology trends to optimise workplace health and safety. With more New...
Women in Sales
Join us at the Women in Sales online event to hear some inspiring stories from our powerhouse speakers. This year’s first Women in...
Survey: SMEs seek new government leadership
Low economic confidence underpinned by revenue struggles, profitability declines, rising inflation, and Covid’s impact, is prompting...
New business directory connects circular economy solutions
A newly launched online business-to-business Circular Economy Directory is a New Zealand first to help businesses discover and use...
Business Diary: Community the key to surviving Covid
Liv Wakem, founder of Kingsland-based Kensal Flowers, shares her business story and explains how the community can help businesses...
How Covid has shaped our spending
The pandemic has forced us to look more closely at our spending habits and consider the impact of where and how we’re spending our...
Innovative immersive remote access retail model
An innovative new retail model developed by a Kiwi social enterprise is set to provide a solution for consumers wanting to trial products...
Supreme night for VisionWest
On the night of April 7th, 500 people across five locations were brought together for an evening designed to celebrate the best businesses...
Kiwi ed-tech company takes on the world
Education Perfect, a New Zealand-based global education company, grew exponentially during the pandemic. Now, the challenge is to maintain...
The pro’s and con’s of POS equipment
In this edited extract from her book, digital specialist Tracy Sheen compares the platforms of some of the leading payment processing...
Was COP26 a COP-OUT?
Dave Rouse attended COP26 and came away both inspired and disappointed. The tears of disappointment in the eyes of president Alok Sharma...
Stronger together
Simon Lord explains how New Zealand’s business franchisees found support paid off during lockdown. The recent Delta outbreak, and...
Beating the business misfit blues
A new book aims to ‘beat the blues’ for business misfits – those people who like to break the rules, but don’t know it yet. ...
Show us the money: A guide to raising capital
Securing investor funding is the key to accelerating business growth, particularly for fledgling ventures. NZBusiness shares advice from...
Culling unnecessary business expenditure
Tristan Dakin explains what businesses can proactively do to manage their cashflow and stop wasting money in the new financial year. It’s...
Employers falling short on wellbeing support
New research highlights that New Zealand employers are falling short with wellbeing support, driving team burn out and fuelling the...
Q&A: Shifting the stigma behind medicinal cannabis
CannaPlus+ is New Zealand’s first internationally affiliated medicinal cannabis clinic network and telemedicine platform. Founder Eva...
Is this the end of the China dream?
Going big, going broke, or going home? What are the prospects for Kiwi exporters to China as 2022 plays out? Damon Paling, former NZTE...
Businesses told to brace for Russian cyberattacks
The war in Ukraine has implications for Kiwi businesses as an increasingly alienated Russia could give cyber-crime syndicates more...
Start-up eliminates the stress from moving
More than just a moving service, Your Easy Move targets professionals, business owners and expats returning home, to manage their move into...
How businesses can define their target market
Struggling to make sales? James Cashmore outlines the essential steps to finding the right audience for your business. Every business owner...
How business sales are tracking in 2022
What is happening with business sales in New Zealand right now? Neil Barker says demand for profitable businesses continues to remain...
A million Kiwi workers need more digital skills
It’s not that surprising to see New Zealand needs to upskill a million Kiwi workers with better digital skills, as covid has accelerated...
SMEs not done with digitisation
Since gaining incredible momentum over the past couple of years, digital transformation of business operations by New Zealand’s SMEs...
We Love Local enters South Island
Growth of almost 4000 percent during the pandemic, and the demand from Kiwis to ‘back their backyards’ has led giftbox business We...
Credit considerations for the new financial year
Keith McLaughlin discusses the credit lessons Kiwi businesses should take from the past few years – and what they should be doing to...
Mondayisation: Is your business overpaying staff?
The chances of staff getting overpaid or underpaid is at an all-time high as a growing number of Kiwi SMEs are confused and...
A guide to creating business apps
Looking to build your own business app? Entrepreneurs Erika and Will Palmer share their experience in launching their relationship app...
Diversity Awards NZ open for entries
Entries are now open for the 2022 Diversity Awards NZ™, which mark the 25th anniversary of this prestigious national awards programme....