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Supply issues just nuts for manufacturer
Nelson manufacturer Pic’s Peanut Butter is revisiting the craft of peanut butter making due to peanut supply challenges. ...
Recently tested: D-Link Wi-Fi 6 router
Operating your business from home and staying connected with remote workforces has become a new normal under the covid-19 pandemic. Cathy...
The future of business in a pandemic changed Aotearoa
Pandemics, climate change and the technology-induced democratisation of knowledge and communication are creating a whole new business...
Snapshot: SME business confidence on the rise
Confidence amongst New Zealand’s SMEs is improving and more businesses are expecting to see growth in the next 12 months, according...
Opportunity knocks in volatile employment landscape
For businesses and job seekers who are prepared to adapt, the recession and an unemployment rate predicted to double by the end of 2020 can...
Soul Machines joins forces with WHO
New Zealand-based company Soul Machines has joined forces with the World Health Organization to combat Covid-19 misinformation and help...
Performing under pressure
New Zealand’s wine industry may be small by global standards, but it contributes generously to New Zealand’s export drive – even...
Covid Diary: Finding direction within disruption
A short collection of Covid-crushing insights to help businesses navigate the ‘new normal’. When you consider how this insidious virus...
For the love of healthy living
Forty Thieves owners Brent and Shyr Godfrey successfully steered their business through the pandemic storm and are now planning for a...
Pivoting through a pandemic
Business entrepreneur Nick Bartlett and wife Tamara executed an 11th hour product pivot prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, which offers...
Economic stability and the Covid financial crisis
Steven Holden weighs up the business landscape as firms continue to grapple with the fallout from the global...
Understanding Europe post-Covid, pre-Brexit
Ashley Balls surveys the post-Covid and pre-Brexit landscape in Europe and identifies an emerging world of opportunity for Kiwi exporters....
PODCAST: There is currency in certainty
Lisa Martin, executive director of GoFi8ure, shares her views on the post-Covid business landscape, including lockdown lessons and the...
Business planning in the midst of Covid uncertainty
Xero’s David Bell offers some valuable insight into how business owners can effectively plan for the future during the current Covid...
How to back local business post-Covid
Want to really support local business? Then don’t ask for a discount, writes Nelson-based Jacquie Walters. As the owner of a...
Pandemic fuels offshore tech opportunity
Hamilton-based software company Company-X is putting an international spin on remote working and support with its hands-free...
Brands must find ‘New Zealandness’ to stay relevant: report
How should marketers connect with Kiwis in a post-COVID world? A new study has identified the trends to help brand strategists and CX...
Solid performances against the odds
Catherine Beard finds good reason for optimism amongst the fallout from the Covid-19 situation. New Zealand’s primary sector exports have...
Why you shouldn’t dump your digital marketing spend
Yusuke Inui highlights the importance of seeking specialist marketing advice to fine-tune your digital marketing strategy in this...
Initiative to support domestic tourism
A new tourism industry initiative is set to bring domestic operators together in a bid to reinvigorate the industry in a post-COVID...
South Island employment lags behind North Island; Queenstown could surprise
As New Zealand leaves Covid-19 Level 2, the upper North Island emerges in a stronger position employment-wise, according to an industrial...
Where empathy and values drive decision making
For business owner Maria Thackwell the Covid-19 lockdown provided an opportunity to reaffirm the human-centric values such as empathy and...
Covid-19 burnout: is it a thing?
Stressed employees adapting and readapting to an ever-changing work environment through the Covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in...
Protecting small businesses from cyber threats
Armed with the right technology and knowledge, small businesses don’t have to be vulnerable targets for cyberattacks, writes Aaron...
Data reveals Covid’s initial impact on small business
Xero​ has released analysis from its Small Business Insights program for March and April, revealing the initial impact of...
Online retailer credits lockdown for sales surge
Entrepreneur Daniel Williams had to think ‘outside the box’ to sustain business growth in a time of economic uncertainty. Like many...
Franchise business stays in lockdown
The switch to online home inspections and Zoom training during Level 4 has been so successful for Pukeko Rental Managers that it will...
Whitepaper reveals NZ’s independent earning trends
A new whitepaper reveals that independent earning, freelancing and contracting is becoming more prevalent than ever before as...
Giving client discounts won’t help you beat the recession
Providing discounts to clients might sound like a logical solution to ease their Covid-19-induced pain, but Ben Paul argues that it’s the...