Five tips for healthy cashflow in 2016
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Showcase app judged best in the world
Showcase Workshop, New Zealand’s popular content distribution system, has won the Tabby Award in the Best Windows App for Small...
Equal Pay Awards to target small business
Moving forward, YWCA Auckland intends to make small to medium sized businesses an additional focus of the YWCA Equal Pay...
Revolutionary wheelchair will benefit millions
Kevin Halsall has invented a machine that will change lives, millions of them...
Crowne Plaza Auckland scores business gong for second year
Crowne Plaza Auckland has been voted New Zealand’s leading business hotel for the second year in a...
Employing a professional proofreader: is it really necessary?
Patricia Bell states the case for employing a professional proofreader to review all your business’s written work before it’s...
Christchurch business turns up the heat
Christchurch business Heat Pumps NOW is this year’s supreme winner in The David Awards: heroes in small...
Keeping things sacred
As Sacred Hill Vineyards racks up 30 vintages with the release of its 2015 wines, MD and co-founder David Mason has the US market firmly in...
Thursdays longest for Kiwi workers
Kiwi workers spend Thursday night at the office and Friday night at the pub, a new Regus survey on overtime habits...
Silicon Philippines
The Philippines offers up a number of IT outsourcing opportunities for New Zealand tech companies. The benefits are worthy of closer...
90-day trial popular, other red-tape not so popular
The 90-day work trial appears to be creating more employment opportunities in the SME sector, according to the latest nationwide MYOB...
Samsung Springboard finalists announced
Eight Kiwi tech companies have been selected as finalists, with a shot at $30,000 prize money and global networking...
Business aims to boost ecosystem health
The Sustainable Business Council has signed a three year partnership with DoC to get more businesses understanding, managing and improving...
EasyForms recognised for Excellence in Strategy & Planning
Business solutions company EasyForms have won the Westpac Auckland Business Awards (North) 2015 for Excellence in Strategy &...
Flagship quality management systems standard published
A new edition of the international flagship standard ISO 9001 Quality management systems–Requirements has been...
Time’s running out for Māori Innovation Challenge entries
The countdown is on for Aotearoa’s top emerging entrepreneurs to submit their ideas for the DigMyIdea Māori Innovation...
50 years of Shotover Jet boat history on display
Fifty years of innovation, tourism history and success is on display for all to see at Queenstown International Airport this month and...
Napier business has right attitude on staff recruitment
Genera, the biosecurity company at Napier Port, is being recognised for its inclusiveness when it comes to recruiting staff with...
Gluten-free boom prompts new testing service
Privately owned testing laboratory, Hill Laboratories, has announced it is offering a gluten testing service with the fastest...
App offers convenient, cost-effective commuting
RIDES is a new ride-sharing app that looks to change the face of commuting by matching drivers with people needing rides to the same...
Giving small businesses a break with R&D secures the future
Ceri Wells explains why New Zealand’s focus on commodity products poses a serious risk to our...
Mushroom producer switches from plastic to cardboard
Meadows desire to maintain high environmental sustainability standards has been backed up by new fully biodegradable and recyclable...
Smarter WiFi for Kiwi businesses
The Instillery Group has confirmed a new partnership with Purple WiFi to become New Zealand’s first Cloud Managed Service Provider...
Strong interest in Rolleston Industrial Port
Carter Group, the developer of the new $500 million Industrial Port (I PORT) at Rolleston, Christchurch, says it is buoyed by the interest...
Scholarships for The Icehouse’s 36th Owner Manager Programme
The Icehouse business growth hub has selected five business owners to receive their Owner Manager Programme Scholarships for the 36th...
Pure SEO’s nationwide search for industry leaders
New Zealand’s largest search engine optimisation firm, Pure SEO, is addressing an industry skills shortage even as it expands into...
thl buys the Big Apple
Tourism operator thl has purchased the iconic Big Apple restaurant facility, which is located on State Highway 3 at...
Global Entrepreneur Indicator shows positive growth for Kiwi businesses
The results of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization’s Global Entrepreneur Indicator survey have been released, and findings show...
Why confidence surveys can be bad for your business
Business confidence surveys are bad for business because they scare SME owners into inactivity, warns Auckland business coach and SME...
New Zealand’s first ‘Female-Founder’ Accelerator Programme
Applications are officially open for Lightning Lab XX, New Zealand’s first ever female-founder business accelerator, which will kick...