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...
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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...
Workplace fatigue at an all-time high
Burnout became the catch cry of the pandemic working world. However two years on, people are feeling more burnt out and tired at work than...
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....
A lifeline for struggling business owners
Award-winning accountant Haylee Wrenn has developed an affordable online programme called Business 180 for struggling business owners...
How cryptocurrency can help your business
Easy Crypto’s Janine Grainger outlines the business benefits of cryptocurrency for New Zealand SMB owners. Cryptocurrency. It’s a big...
Mid-market business ambitions for 2022 revealed
Employment, expansion, and tech investment – a new survey has revealed that the often overlooked medium-sized Kiwi...
How diversification builds a resilient, adaptive supply chain
Effective supply chain management in 2022 requires resilience and agility through diversification, innovation, and technology,...
Overcoming global disruption for local FMCG players
East Imperial’s Tony Burt shares his insights on navigating the external challenges when embarking on international expansion in the...
5 Cyber tips for SMEs
Cybersecurity specialist Tony Jarvis offers a five-step plan for business owners to boost their cyber resilience in 2022. Since the start...
Leveraging the latest social media trends
Social media is a valuable marketing tool for any business when it’s done well, writes Sarah Geel. She examines the latest social...
How to hold on to your staff
With the ‘Great Resignation‘ looming, it is important businesses prepare strategies to avoid a mass loss of employees, writes Alex...
How to avoid those job ad red flags
Kirsty Anne Ferguson highlights the biggest job ad red flags according to Kiwi job-seekers and explains how businesses can avoid them....
Want to boost revenues? Pick up the phone
In an era of chatbots and social media messaging, there is an opportunity for every small business to grow up to 20 percent by simply...
Spark moves to make Internet more gender inclusive
Most of the Internet sees only two genders – male and female – leaving entire communities invisible online. Spark’s Beyond Binary...
Understanding the goodness that exists in business
Sue de Bievre writes on ‘the goodness in business’ and how we can all be more trusting when it comes to running businesses and managing...
Businesses encouraged to prioritise ethics
A new ‘field guide’ to ethical leadership, with practical decision-making tools for leaders and teams, has been released, featuring...
Writing a creative brief for video production
Webflicks Founder/Producer Lou Harness covers the 5 essential parts to producing a successful creative brief for a business video. A...
MJH Engineering’s training programme welcomed
The Hutt Valley engineering business has developed an innovative training programme to attract trainees amidst the current skills...
High-tech gym launches despite business gloom
Pandemic restrictions and the struggles of the fitness industry have not deterred at least one Auckland business from taking a giant,...
New app sparks family conversations
A new estate management app which removes the stress from organising and cataloguing household possessions is designed to function as a...
Teaching the students well
Chris Duggan is successfully harnessing the business community to help deliver high-quality science teaching resources to New Zealand...
E-commerce in New Zealand: where to next?
Kiwis shop online more than ever. Parcel numbers moving through New Zealand Post’s network is up 25 percent. Peter Jones discusses...
New food storage facilities set to ease shortages
A new investment in FMCG storage and logistics facilities valued at over a quarter of a billion dollars is set to help New Zealand prepare...
Taking care of busy-ness: SMEs’ productivity battles
A new poll reveals that while SMEs are continuing to work harder, productivity continues to wane and many aren’t seizing opportunities to...
Covid variants trigger workplace concerns
New research has revealed that 64 percent of workers are concerned about being in the workplace as new Covid variants spread throughout the...
Customer relationships a saviour post-Covid
Customer relationships will need some work after becoming frayed by pandemic restrictions and social distancing, says digital marketing...
Popularity of branded masks may come back to bite SMEs
A New Zealand health and safety company is warning employers to avoid issuing workers with branded cloth...