Tech startup launches social media shopping platform
A new Kiwi startup is utilising Facebook integrated technology to help drive a new smartphone shopping concept, which is already...
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Precision Seafood Harvesting is Supreme Innovator
Commercial fishing partnership Precision Seafood Harvesting has been crowned New Zealand’s most innovative organisation at the New...
![Paul Kane[3]_0](https://nzbusiness.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Paul-Kane3_0-290x300.jpg "The price of our laid back business culture")
The price of our laid back business culture
Despite people working longer hours, New Zealand is facing a serious productivity problem, which Paul Kane, partner, privately held...
Sleepnest debuts at Best Awards
It’s been a while coming, but The Little Adventure is delighted to announce the arrival of its first pure New Zealand wool baby...
Civil engineering firm named Kapiti’s Business of the Year
A successful Waikanae civil engineering company has been selected as the 2014 Kapiti Horowhenua Electra Business of the...
Taking care of your most valuable asset
Tanya Unkovich has advice on how to manage life and stress; and be at the top of your game, both professionally and...
More positive results for SleepDrops
Kiwi company SleepDrops, featured in the September 2014 issue of NZBusiness, has triumphed again - this time at the North Shore Westpac...
Money doesn’t buy happiness for business owners
Most business owners are happy with their work/life balance, but many will experience ups and downs during their business life, according...
Work and Income success story benefits business
As part of a return-to-work programme Rapid Results has been partnering with Work and Income to put dozens of people back in to the...
Google’s 101 to getting your business online
For all those businesses yet to make the leap online, Google New Zealand’s Tony Keusgen offers five tips to get...
Go Pink for a Day
The NZ Breast Cancer Foundation’s Pink for a Day campaign is taking on a new twist – and applying it to the boss’...
Maori values make the difference
The Federation of Maori Authorities Annual National Conference has highlighted connection and collaboration as critical factors for Maori...
Review: Fire the laser
By Glenn Baker. I’ve attended a number of printer launches over the past 20 years and, while heralding faster print speeds, higher...
Five year growth high for SMEs
The latest MYOB survey reveals the performance of SMEs has steadily improved over the past year, with businesses reporting the highest...
‘What Asian Leaders Contribute to NZ Inc’
The Cube, ASB North Wharf, 12 Jellicoe St, Wynyard Quarter, Auckland City. An opportunity to hear from a series of young, emerging and...
SMES still want less red tape
New Zealand small businesses are still looking for policies to reduce their compliance burden, that’s according to the latest...
Making life easier for small businesses
Business.govt.nz has launched a new online tool which allows small businesses to search their central government compliance requirements in...
Kiwis’ love of mobile shopping grows
Kiwis’ use of mobile devices to shop is growing apace, but mobile shoppers are becoming less likely to be influenced through Facebook...
Home auctioned for Make-A-Wish
The Rodney franchise holder for G.J. Gardner Homes is proud to officially open the doors to its new Rodney-based property, built to raise...
Flying start for Kiwi entrepreneurs
Thirty-nine entrepreneurs have been selected as regional finalists in the 2014 ANZ Flying Start Business Plan...
Entrepreneurs to share secrets
The Building Smarter Business project has been launched to mentor Kiwi businesses. Entries are now open for small businesses to take...
Our hottest export technology companies
Technology Investment Network (TIN) has revealed New Zealand’s top ten high growth technology export companies across two categories...
Helping the world sleep
Kirsten Taylor has taken her SleepDrops business from garage start-up to million-dollar international player in just four years – and...
Forget ‘dirty politics’, what do politicians have to offer SMEs?
Business owner managers are invited to join the Policy Debate at the 2014 New Zealand Small Business Summit on September...
International Coach Federation: Business Building Conference
Business Building Day for Coaches. Registration from 10.30am. St Columba Centre, 40 Vermont...
Digital SMEs enjoy higher revenues
A new Yellow survey shows the ‘digital readiness’ of Kiwi SMEs is slowly...
Identical lawyer twins cause people to see double
Busy solicitors often wish they could be in two places at once, and at Tauranga’s Sharp Tudhope Lawyers that’s exactly what...
NZ the future superpower of craft beer
The thirst for New Zealand craft beer is expected to triple over the next decade but there are concerns that brewers might not be ready to...
Employees to open up social media access for better work deal
Dataprofiling could soon become commonplace in the workplace, according to PwC’s report, The future of work: A journey to 2022, with...
Kiwis want more than ‘boat, bach and Beemer’
Forget settling, New Zealand businesses want to expand, grow and take on the...