Cooks Food Group to get its Mojo
Mojo Coffee Cartel has entered into a conditional agreement for Cooks Global Foods to acquire 100 percent of its shares. The...
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Payments pioneer lights fire under NZ market
Payment tools in New Zealand have some catching up to do, according to one of the pioneers of the payments industry in New Zealand, Dave...
New Zealand’s first smart hotel opens in Queenstown
mi-pad Queenstown is a next generation, energy-conscious hotel experience for smart travellers; the ultimate marriage of technology,...
ChargeNet wins outstanding contribution to EVs award
The owners of Auckland electric vehicle fast charger company ChargeNet, Steve and Dee West, have won the Outstanding Contribution to...
Minister announces new strategic direction for small business
The role of small business in the economy is being targeted with a new strategy to drive performance and better connect SMEs with...
Bringing print to life: the new marketing comms frontier
Print is print and online is online and the two rarely cross over, you might think. But what if you could point your smartphone at a page...
The fervent pharmacist
Christchurch pharmacist Mark Webster has been pioneering a more integrative medicine business model since 2001. His passion and hard work...
Will virtual reality be the future of market research?
New technology is allowing New Zealand companies to use virtual reality to test such things as product packaging, store layout and shelf...
TEDxAuckland
TEDxAuckland is back in Shed 10 on Queens Wharf to host its 2018 TEDx event on the 13th October. Speakers from across New Zealand and...
Indoor skydiving attraction ‘iFLY’ opens in Queenstown
iFLY, a global indoor skydiving and body flight experience, opens in Queenstown this month bringing Kiwis the thrill of freefall, without a...
Businesses back study on NZ’s plastic packaging
Ten leading businesses are backing a new diagnostic study of New Zealand’s plastic packaging system with the aim of adopting a...
Alcohol delivery service seeks to raise $250k
The company that’s transforming the way alcohol is shopped and sold online in Auckland is set to crowdfund $250,000 via an equity...
Businesses must avoid sending phishy-looking emails
Despite awareness email phishing, many businesses confuse email recipients into adopting poor email security practices by...
AIM champions help IRD make provisional tax easier
Customers are likely to be the biggest advocates for the new Accounting Income Method (AIM) as Inland Revenue looks to improve the product...
Start-up failures may be due to vague wording
Vague wording around a start-up’s tax obligations in the first year of operation may be a factor behind why most Kiwi start-ups fail...
Taking Charge of Poor Performance – Auckland
Sometimes you need to reset expectations, sometimes you need a performance improvement plan, and sometimes it’s just the end of the...
BusinessNZ welcomes micro-credentials
A micro-credential system introduced by NZQA will help ensure that New Zealand businesses can access employees with the skills they need,...
Record first for Student Job Search
Student Job Search, New Zealand’s employment service for tertiary students and employers, has achieved a record-breaking...
Skincare brand supports vulnerable Kenyan children
Kiwi skincare brand Essence of Humanity is donating 100 percent of its profits to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya. When Stacey...
Cracker new name for The Clearance Shed
The Clearance Shed, a New Zealand owned and operated value retailer established in 2009, is dropping Clearance from its brand name with a...
2018 Angel Summit
Marlborough Vintners, 309 Rapaura Road, RD3, Blenheim. Speakers include: Geraldine McBride, an international, kiwi-born technology...
Kaitaia jeweller chalks up 87 years
July 2018 marks 87 years of family ownership for Knights the Jewellers in Kaitaia and, with it, a third-generation member has stepped up to...
Share purchase business sales: buyer beware
Buying a business through a share purchase has some distinct advantages but, as Claire Tyler points out, it pays to do your homework....
BOP B2B Expo focuses on regional growth
The second Bay of Plenty Business Expo is set to become the region’s premier business-to-business event, say the organisers. The region...
Embracing new ideas
The history of Formula 1 has some lessons for franchisors on managing innovation, suggests Simon Lord. The 1970s were a fertile time in...
Fresh Marketing Breakfast: Creating Seamless Digital Experiences
FROM STRATEGY TO SPEND – EXPERIMENTING WITH YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES! When every dollar is a prisoner, how will you exceed your...
The Rechargery hits 10,000km milestone
Auckland commuters and cruisers trialling e.bikes at the Rechargery have travelled the equivalent distance of Auckland to LA, with the help...
Sidekicker announces NZ-first benefits program
On-demand employment marketplace Sidekicker is developing and implementing a benefits program called ‘Unleash’ for its 11,000-plus...
Parris Goebel: it’s time to be fearless
Choreographer, dancer, director and businesswoman Parris Goebel, accepting the inaugural PBT Legacy Award on June 22, urges...
In search of Queenstown’s best businesses
Entries are now open for the 2018 Westpac Queenstown Chamber Business Awards and a booming business landscape is fuelling entries. ...