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Glenn Baker
Glenn is a professional writer/editor with 50-plus years’ experience across radio, television and magazine publishing.
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Digital trends: Is your business ready for 2015?
Aidan Lett says the digital focus in 2015 is on improving the user...
More small businesses in half million club
One in four New Zealand small businesses are now turning over more than half a million dollars annually, up almost 14 percent on...
Kiwi small businesses world-leading in cloud computing
2015 is set to be a boomer with 40 percent of New Zealand small businesses set to adopt cloud accounting within 12...
Technology helps beat Christmas rush
New research confirms that Kiwis are increasingly more reliant on technology to shop and are even becoming less resistant to the idea of...
Bookkeepers join forces
Christmas came early for Lisa Martin, Managing Director of specialist bookkeeping firm, GoFi8ure, who has acquired Hutt Valley firm, Active...
Summer a time to reflect and plan
A summer break is an ideal time for business owners to take stock of things and identify areas for improvement. Victoria Crone,...
Waikato businessman’s winning attitude
Selwyn Cook is committed to employing people with disabilities. The Waikato businessman believes everyone has a disability of some kind,...
New app eases house moving hassles
House moving hassles are about to become a thing of the past, thanks to a new, online change of address service called...
Making that US connection
US Connect founder Ian Smith explains why he has a burning desire to help exporters on both sides of the Tasman break into the US, and...
Prescribed medication a potential workplace hazard
New Zealand's leading workplace drug testing agency is calling for GPs to delve a bit deeper when prescribing drugs to patients to help...
New online tool reveals cost of hiring staff
Small Business Minister Craig Foss has welcomed the release of a new online tool to help small and medium-sized businesses understand the...
Provisional tax: the IRD’s Christmas present
Many business owners are working hard coming into Christmas, perhaps looking forward to a break, when there comes that gentle reminder...
Ensure stock doesn’t go up in smoke this Christmas
As the retail industry looks forward to bumper sales and increased profits over the Christmas holiday period, retailers are being warned to...
Top franchisee honours for The Coffee Club Bethlehem
2014 marks the third year The Coffee Club Bethlehem has taken top honours at the Westpac Franchise...
Space to grow for Dunedin start-ups
Dunedin has launched a StartUp Space to provide an incubation centre for business people, students and non-students, to develop their...
How to make 2015 better than 2014
Do you want to settle for the same results for your business next year or would you like to do better? Jerome Jacobs shares advice on how...
Canterbury’s rural sector employment boom trumps rebuild
Highly skilled professionals are focusing on where the Canterbury employment market will endure in the long term – and it’s not...
Public Kitchen and Bar scores at Queenstown awards
Queenstown restaurant Public Kitchen and Bar is celebrating in style this week after taking out the title of Best New and Emerging Business...
New Zealand goes coconuts for ex-pats CO YO
New Zealanders are going coconuts for Australasia’s first dairy-free coconut milk yoghurt, CO YO, and recently the company shipped...
Masterpet supreme in Hutt Valley awards
Masterpet Corporation from Lower Hutt was named the supreme business award winner at the recent Westpac Hutt Valley Chamber of Commerce...
Whitestone Cheese wins top Otago accolade
Oamaru artisan cheese maker Whitestone has won the Westpac-Otago Chamber of Commerce Supreme Business Award at the OBiz event in...
Epic fail: How we killed our startup product
Touchtech's Madeline King shares six spectacular ways to crash and burn a good...
Adventure tourism pioneer marks 25 years
New Zealand’s most pioneering off-road adventure tourism company reaches a momentous landmark this month as ‘Off Road...
Kagi Jewellery launches ‘Win a Wish’ campaign
Entrepreneurial New Zealand Jewellery Designer Kat Gee, the woman behind successful Australasian jewellery brand Kagi is giving two women...
SMEs wave goodbye to recession
New Zealand’s SMEs are now showing the highest growth in more than half a decade, capping a remarkable turnaround in the last five...
MYOB launches online POS solution
Business solutions provider MYOB has launched its new online point-of-sale (POS) solution, MYOB Kounta, making it more efficient for small...
Dream comes true for three Kiwi businesses
Three kiwi businesses demonstrating exceptional passion, innovation and entrepreneurial spirit have been awarded an Ora Dreams grant, each...
Online shopping a popular pastime
More than a third of New Zealanders spend more money shopping online than they do on a shopping trip to the store according to a new,...
Businesses in the running for dream $50k grant
Ora, a start-up focused on helping small and medium-sized companies grow, will award grants to three Kiwi businesses, accelerating their...