Boost for Canterbury’s suburban business communities
The announcement of a grant to help revitalise Canterbury’s suburban business communities is a huge boost to Canterbury’s...
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Glenn Baker
Glenn is a professional writer/editor with 50-plus years’ experience across radio, television and magazine publishing.
2006 Articles
“investSAMOA” showcases Samoan products
The upcoming two-day “investSAMOA” conference organised by the New Zealand Samoa Trade and Investment Commission and...
Māori Business Growth programme launches
The first Māori Business Growth programme held by The ICEHOUSE has kicked off. Head of Māori Development at The ICEHOUSE, Shay Wright,...
Nominations open for World Class New Zealand Awards
The World Class New Zealand programme, which recognises New Zealand’s most outstanding innovators and entrepreneurs, is now calling...
Doctor awarded prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Dr. Sam Hazledine, founder of successful medical recruitment agency MedRecruit, was recently announced winner of the prestigious Ernst and...
Leave the ideology, fix the economy
New Zealand’s business community wants the major parties to stop pushing their ideological hobbyhorses and focus more on the economy,...
Kiwi businesses outperforming Aussies
New Zealand may be struggling with patchy growth but the picture across the ditch is less rosy, with the latest MYOB Business Monitor...
Exporters show resilience
“The ExportNZ 2012 Survey shows the majority of exporters are still in a positive frame of mind despite exchange rate challenges and...
Kiwi firm dominates at Olympics
If gold medals were awarded for field hockey equipment, Palmerston North-based OBO would be the red hot favourite at this...
Workshop shows how to leverage new media for business growth
A one-day live event at Auckland’s North Harbour Stadium's ASB Lounge will bring together eight industry leaders to provide...
Call for transparency in business power pricing
Unclear and inconsistent pricing means many businesses are overpaying for their power by up to thousands of dollars a year, according...
NZ a mix of highs and lows as SMEs downgrade expectations
The country’s economic engine room, Auckland, may be sparking to life, but the rest of New Zealand is struggling to fire according to...
Businesses showing signs of optimism
Growing signs of an economic turnaround are highlighted by the attitude of New Zealand businesses in the latest Grant Thornton...
Learn how to avoid start-up and product failure
Did you know that more than 65 percent of new products and 90 percent of business start-ups fail?What’s even more alarming is the...
Business networking organisation chalks up $40m worth of deals
The Industry Capability Network NZ (ICN NZ), a New Zealand business networking organisation that introduces local companies to major...
Westpac and MYOB help businesses get competitive online
Westpac and MYOB have launched GetOnline.co.nz, a new initiative designed to make free websites available for all New Zealand businesses,...
NZ’s Most Fuel Efficient Business Revealed
Take 30 businesses, add an award-winning, fuel efficient car, mix with a selection of enthusiastic drivers and shake up with an exciting...
NZICA proposes simpler tax regime for small business
The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) has released the second instalment of its thought leadership paper on ways to...
Franchising confidence building
The Franchize Consultants’ April 2012 Franchising Confidence Index demonstrates growing business confidence across a number of...
Investing in people the key to greater productivity
Igniting the potential in an organisation’s most important asset – its people, is the real key to productivity, according to...
Businesses urged to get PPSR-savvy
It turns 10 years old today, but too many small businesses still fail to understand the importance of the Personal Property Securities...
Borrowing against family home stymies economy
New Zealand SMEs’ (small to medium-size enterprises) fixation with financing their businesses by borrowing against the family home is...
Kiwi entrepreneurs invent a way to donate to charity for free
A team of four young Kiwi entrepreneurs are launching a ground-breaking charitable fundraising project that doesn't require its donors...
Shoppers Resent Credit Card Charge – Survey
Kiwi shoppers are voting with their feet as many say they'd rather leave their favourite store than pay a credit card surcharge...
Coping with regulation all about attitude
Research by Massey University’s Centre for Small and Medium Enterprise Research has found that some SMEs actually use regulation to...
Why you shouldn’t cut marketing when the going gets tough
Billions of dollars of shareholder value are destroyed each year by companies that respond to an economic downturn by cutting marketing...