NZ’s small businesses: the numbers
Small businesses contributed $153.1 billion, or 25.3 percent, to total industry sales in the 2018 financial year, according to the latest...
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Bee Intelligence creates buzz at Sydney Festival
Three New Zealand startups from ecentre’s Sprint Global startup programme are joining over 1000 startups this week at LAUNCH...
Laybuy builds a global business
UK-based Gary Rohloff, co-founder and MD of Kiwi ‘buy now, pay later’ service Laybuy, explains how he and his son Alex created...
Expenses No.1 pain for self-employed
Thirty percent of contractors, freelancers and the self-employed say keeping on top of expenses, and knowing what they can claim, is the...
Raygun announced a Wellington Gold Award finalist
Wellington technology company Raygun has been announced as a finalist in the 2019 Wellington Gold Awards for the Global Gold category,...
Start-up gets funding for emergency management chatbot
Wellington social enterprise start-up, Situate Me, has been awarded $60,000 to invest in testing a new emergency management information...
Businesses urged to get back to technology basics
While technology is seen by many as the solution to New Zealand’s productivity problems, Warren Hughes says often it only...
Technology in the workplace: friend or foe?
Technology continues to expand its capabilities at a rapid pace, which presents both an opportunity and a challenge for...
New venture delivers digital boost for businesses
New venture Virtual Product People, launched by founders Conor Sligo, Fran Bellingham and Martina Saville, will develop intuitive digital...
Ageist attitudes ignore $2 billion opportunity
A specialist recruiter for people over 45 years old is calling for urgent action from all private and public organisations to ditch ageist...
Another e-scooter service for Wellington
The future of Wellington is now looking pink with Flamingo, a dockless electric scooter-share service, launching in the capital this month....
The fish and chip shops with mega dreams
A small fish and chip business based in Queenstown and Wanaka is on a mission to be the best in New Zealand. Erik’s Fish and Chips opened...
Podium finish for Nelson Tasman’s Hybrid Bikes
Hybrid Bikes achieved a top ranking of 80 percent for two of its bikes in the latest Consumer NZ rankings of e-bikes and beating out...
SMBs shine as diversity awards finalists
Finalists in the 2019 Diversity Awards include five small to medium-sized organisations that are embedding workplace diversity and...
Love it, launch it and leverage it
A 2-hour interactive workshop by Ann Andrews and Chris Baker which will absolutely help you stop procrastinating: stop finding excuses and...
How to crack Facebook ads and generate leads for your business
Been running Facebook ads for your business, or are thinking about it? Kat Corbett explains how to generate business leads from the...
Tech business innovator celebrated at WC Awards
The Kea World Class New Zealand (WCNZ) Awards has announced its second trio of 2019 award recipients, including a celebrated...
Ethical fashion brand now community-owned
Little Yellow Bird has claimed a new title, as New Zealand’s first community owned ethical fashion...
7 ways every entrepreneur can become a better writer
Why would an entrepreneur need to know how to write?. There are hundreds of reasons why. Daniela McVicker shares seven ways you can...
Obsess over your customers not over your competitors
Market leadership comes down to a fundamental belief and process, explains Darrell Hardidge. An obsession over customers and...
Fresh Marketing Breakfast
Use automation to build meaningful touch points with your customers without it feeling like spam. Join us at our next Fresh Marketing...
Fresh People Breakfast: Untangling resistance with Change Management
Getting your people on board and ready to be the change and own the process can be tough. How do you get your entire organisation...
Jenkins Freshpac Systems recognised among industry elite
Jenkins Freshpac Systems continue to prove they’re at the top of their game, having just won a prestigious ‘Pride in Print’...
The threat to success many business owners ignore
Under-the-pump business owners need to stop putting themselves at the bottom of the heap if they want a truly successful...
Newmarket reveals it’s awards finalists
Newmarket is gearing up to celebrate the best of the best from across its precinct - having announced the finalists for the 2019...
One sip at a time in SE Asia
Nada Young explains how Marlborough Wine Limited has been quietly growing its market share in Southeast Asia You may not have heard of...
The power of 3: Wellington’s new creative spirit
Julia Palm, Bridie-Rose O’Leary and Louise Clifton – fashion designers, LED-neon signmakers and shoemakers respectively –...
Tim Brown recognised by World Class NZ Awards
New Zealand’s most prestigious celebration of individual achievement, the Kea World Class New Zealand Awards, has announced three of its...
Influencial duo hosts Techweek19 webcast
Unfiltered’s Jake Millar and Kiwi Innovation Ambassador Sian Simpson will host Techweek TV, a series of over 50 free...
Service station owner’s food assist initiative
Local businessman Avi Jayapuram wants to help more west Aucklanders afford essential food, which is why he is launching a new initiative...