NZBusiness August 2015

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Fraud, and how to avoid it

Audit expert Simon Danson identifies the warning signs of fraud and how you can help prevent it from happening in your organisation.

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Big vision, small steps for offshore success

The launch of a UK sandwich chain in New York provides lessons for Kiwi exporters.  The long-planned opening day of UK-based, international sandwich chain Pret a Manger’s first overseas store in

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Living life unleashed

He’s a successful young entrepreneur with a talent for optimising opportunities and a heart for helping youth achieve their potential. Now in his latest venture Steve Pirie’s also helping business professionals lift their performance.

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Cold as ice

Why the producers of coconut nice cream chose to sleep on the streets in winter.

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Navigating vehicle overheads

Fuel cards, roadside services and the latest GPS technology all provide opportunities for business owners to save cash and time while running their company vehicles.  

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Making Waves

Paul Winton and Scott Fenton’s innovative surfboard ‘manufacturing cells’ are set to revolutionise the world’s surfboard industry.

Fraud image_0

Fraud, and how to avoid it

Audit expert Simon Danson identifies the warning signs of fraud and how you can help prevent it from happening in your organisation.

Pret-in-the-US-2[1]_0

Big vision, small steps for offshore success

The launch of a UK sandwich chain in New York provides lessons for Kiwi exporters.  The long-planned opening day of UK-based, international sandwich chain Pret a Manger’s first overseas store in the heart of New York’s financial district nearly didn’t happen because of one small oversight. The New York fire brigade almost closed them down on opening day because the shop hadn’t displayed its fire certificate in the right place, says Morag McCay, an international business development director, NZTE beachhead advisor and Pret a Manger’s former group commercial director. “We had it up on the wall in the manager’s office, not on the wall inside the shop.” Having a bunch of none-too-happy, fully-uniformed New York Fire Brigade guys in Pret’s first

Steve-Pirie-Fiji-2_0

Living life unleashed

He’s a successful young entrepreneur with a talent for optimising opportunities and a heart for helping youth achieve their potential. Now in his latest venture Steve Pirie’s also helping business professionals lift their performance.

Tommy-&-James_0

Cold as ice

Why the producers of coconut nice cream chose to sleep on the streets in winter.

ThinkstockPhotos-513254131_0

Navigating vehicle overheads

Fuel cards, roadside services and the latest GPS technology all provide opportunities for business owners to save cash and time while running their company vehicles.  

IMG_5055_0

Making Waves

Paul Winton and Scott Fenton’s innovative surfboard ‘manufacturing cells’ are set to revolutionise the world’s surfboard industry.