2017

HEARTSAVER_1_WEB

Absolute lifesavers

Heart Saver got off to a flying start in 2012. Five years later, some brilliant marketing has taken the niche business to a whole new level.

New-Beginnings2

New Beginnings

Moving from senior corporate roles into your own business can bring its challenges, but Susan and…

Brexit (2)

Trading with the UK and EU post-Brexit

Get ready for more bureaucracy, warns Ashley Balls, as the UK moves slowly closer to Brexit. Whilst the UK has long since been replaced as a major trading partner with New Zealand by China and other countries, the volume of trade with the EU is still considerable at more than $5 billion*.  At the risk of boring you, the EU has two inbuilt mechanisms that make trade with any of the bloc countries quite straightforward. These are the ‘Single Market’ and the Customs Union.  In basic terms the first treats all 28 members as the same. The rules are universal – if your goods comply with one member they comply with all. That’s quite helpful considering there’re more than 500