It’s personal
For Whanganui’s Angela Hewson, business has been a roller-coaster – thankfully with many more ups than downs. She shares her story in...
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NZBusiness May 2022
RUNNING BEYOND EMPTY IT’S PERSONAL THE NEW LANGUAGE OF WINE TASTING NAILING THE JOBS MARKET NEW TRICKS FROM AN OLD FOX FINDING, AND...
Women in Sales
Join us at the Women in Sales online event to hear some inspiring stories from our powerhouse speakers. This year’s first Women in...
Survey: SMEs seek new government leadership
Low economic confidence underpinned by revenue struggles, profitability declines, rising inflation, and Covid’s impact, is prompting...
New business directory connects circular economy solutions
A newly launched online business-to-business Circular Economy Directory is a New Zealand first to help businesses discover and use...
Business Diary: Community the key to surviving Covid
Liv Wakem, founder of Kingsland-based Kensal Flowers, shares her business story and explains how the community can help businesses...
The blurring of personal & business finance
Research has found that almost 40 percent of Kiwi small businesses use personal savings to support operations. It’s a...
Are you ready for the next brain drain?
Borders reopening might exacerbate the talent shortage at least for the next year. However, recruitment specialist Stephanie Richardson...
How Covid has shaped our spending
The pandemic has forced us to look more closely at our spending habits and consider the impact of where and how we’re spending our...
Innovative immersive remote access retail model
An innovative new retail model developed by a Kiwi social enterprise is set to provide a solution for consumers wanting to trial products...
Supreme night for VisionWest
On the night of April 7th, 500 people across five locations were brought together for an evening designed to celebrate the best businesses...
Kiwi ed-tech company takes on the world
Education Perfect, a New Zealand-based global education company, grew exponentially during the pandemic. Now, the challenge is to maintain...
The pro’s and con’s of POS equipment
In this edited extract from her book, digital specialist Tracy Sheen compares the platforms of some of the leading payment processing...
Was COP26 a COP-OUT?
Dave Rouse attended COP26 and came away both inspired and disappointed. The tears of disappointment in the eyes of president Alok Sharma...
Stronger together
Simon Lord explains how New Zealand’s business franchisees found support paid off during lockdown. The recent Delta outbreak, and...
Beating the business misfit blues
A new book aims to ‘beat the blues’ for business misfits – those people who like to break the rules, but don’t know it yet. ...
Show us the money: A guide to raising capital
Securing investor funding is the key to accelerating business growth, particularly for fledgling ventures. NZBusiness shares advice from...
Culling unnecessary business expenditure
Tristan Dakin explains what businesses can proactively do to manage their cashflow and stop wasting money in the new financial year. It’s...
Employers falling short on wellbeing support
New research highlights that New Zealand employers are falling short with wellbeing support, driving team burn out and fuelling the...
Q&A: Shifting the stigma behind medicinal cannabis
CannaPlus+ is New Zealand’s first internationally affiliated medicinal cannabis clinic network and telemedicine platform. Founder Eva...
Quest on a 20-year roll
Quest has grown from one apartment hotel to New Zealand’s largest hotel chain in just 20 years, and it all comes down to a very...
Is this the end of the China dream?
Going big, going broke, or going home? What are the prospects for Kiwi exporters to China as 2022 plays out? Damon Paling, former NZTE...
Vivace Espresso chalks up 25 years
Earthquakes, the GFC, an accidentally bulldozed café, and the current worldwide pandemic haven’t been enough to stop one of the few...
Businesses told to brace for Russian cyberattacks
The war in Ukraine has implications for Kiwi businesses as an increasingly alienated Russia could give cyber-crime syndicates more...
Start-up eliminates the stress from moving
More than just a moving service, Your Easy Move targets professionals, business owners and expats returning home, to manage their move into...
How businesses can define their target market
Struggling to make sales? James Cashmore outlines the essential steps to finding the right audience for your business. Every business owner...
How business sales are tracking in 2022
What is happening with business sales in New Zealand right now? Neil Barker says demand for profitable businesses continues to remain...
A million Kiwi workers need more digital skills
It’s not that surprising to see New Zealand needs to upskill a million Kiwi workers with better digital skills, as covid has accelerated...
SMEs not done with digitisation
Since gaining incredible momentum over the past couple of years, digital transformation of business operations by New Zealand’s SMEs...
Orba gains B-Corp accreditation In record time
Kiwi eco footwear start-up Orba, creator of a world-first biodegradable sneaker, has become a Certified B Corporation,...