Dream beyond ‘boat, BMW and bach’, advise ethnic firms

Press Release – ANZ Bank

Successful ethnic firms in New Zealand are starting to offer an alternative to the boat, BMW and bach dream of many local business owners, says the countrys largest business lender. Read more »

Jobs For Hawke’s Bay

Press Release – BayBuzz

Thursday I attended a briefing by the Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment on Hawkes Bays job prospects in coming years. Read more »

Collaborate to Put the “Heart of New Zealand” On the Map

Press Release – Aly Cook

What began as one woman’s dream to put the Nelson, Tasman & Golden Bay region on the map has become a reality and testimony to the power of collaboration of small businesses working together to achieve a common goal, in what is tough economic times … Read more »

Punakaiki Fund Announces IPO

Press Release – Punakaiki Fund

Punakaiki Fund Limited (Punakaiki) is pleased to announce that it is considering raising between $20 million and $50 million by Initial Public Offering (IPO), to fund investments into high growth potential New Zealand companies. Read more »

NZ trade surplus misses expectations on petrol imports

Article – BusinessDesk

May 24 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealands trade surplus in April was smaller than expected as a rise in petroleum imports more than offset increasing meat exports after farmer culled their livestock during this years drought. Read more »

Gold Coast Co.Space + Biz Dojo

Press Release – The Biz Dojo Auckland

The Gold Coast has long been a mecca for tourists, with its sandy white beaches, laid back lifestyle and a plethora of accommodation options for all budgets – since the late1950s, it had been all the GC needed to survive, prosper and grow. Read more »

City Council Provides Major Boost to Runway Extension

Press Release – Property Council Of New Zealand

Wellington City Councils decision to back Wellington Airports runway extension is a major boost to the citys economic growth potential. Read more »

BNZ Weekly Overview: Migration could be about to boom…

Press Release – Bank of New Zealand

Migration could be about to boom, that means higher house prices, hence a special look at housing in my Youtube video this week.. Read more »

Wellington City Council kick-starts airport extension

Press Release – Wellington City Council

Mayor Celia Wade-Brown said today that a runway extension is crucial to attracting long-haul international flights to the Capital City and will grow the economy of the lower North Island. Read more »

Denniston mine decision good news for jobs & growth

Press Release – New Zealand Government

The decision today by Conservation Minister Nick Smith to approve the access agreement for Bathurst Resources Escarpment Mine near Westport is good news for jobs and economic growth on the West Coast, Economic Development Minister Steven Joyce and … Read more »

Upper North Island Business Optimism Remains High

Press Release – Tauranga Chamber of Commerce

Business confidence amongst Northern region firms has continued to improve this quarter with a net 45% of respondents believing that the New Zealand business situation will improve, up from 43% last quarter and more than twice the net confidence for this … Read more »

NZ Council of Christian Social Services Backs Living Wage

Press Release – NZ Council of Christian Social Services

The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) fully supports the Living Wage Campaign. The Council encourages all social services organisations to work towards becoming living wage employers. NZCCSS recognises progress towards this … Read more »

Businesses Struggling to Get Pai

Press Release – Bibby Financial Services

Businesses are waiting nearly 8 weeks to be paid by customers, with the average invoice payment time rising to 55 days during 1Q, up from 52 days in the previous quarter, according to Dun & Bradstreets latest Trade Payments Analysis (TPA) Read more »

Rotorua Hoteliers Record Strong First Quarter

Press Release – Tourism Industry Association New Zealand

Numerous events and a significant increase in Chinese visitors in the first quarter of 2013 meant Rotorua hotels enjoyed good gains in occupancy and room rate compared to the same time last year. Read more »

Traders’ Indecisive Ahead of the FED

Press Release – CMC Markets

The Australian market traded indecisively today ahead of some key offshore events, namely the testimony of Bernanke before Congress as well as the release of the Fed minutes. The ASX200 started well before reversing course with traders seemingly a … Read more »

ECOYA Changes Its Company Name to Trilogy International Ltd

Press Release – Trilogy International Ltd

Ecoya Limited (NZX:ECO) has announced today that it will change its name to Trilogy International Limited. Read more »

IG’s Trading Wrap

Press Release – IG Markets

It’s all about Ben Bernanke and we thoroughly expect him to align his narrative with that of his compatriot in the core of the Fed, Bill Dudley. The market will always pay close attention to Dudley, Yellen and Bernanke as they are permanent members … Read more »

Gen-i and SAP Partner to Mobilise NZ Business and Government

Press Release – gen-i

New partnership takes organisations mobile with cloud based out-of-the-box and custom mobile applications for iOS , Android , Windows and BlackBerry platforms. Read more »

Highlights of Microsoft 2012 NZ Partner Awards

Press Release – Microsoft New Zealand

Gen-i and Dimension Data led the pack at Microsofts 2012 New Zealand Partner Awards, winning three awards each, with PC Media taking out the hotly contested new category on cloud computing. Read more »

Canterbury’s strength in recovery highlighted at UN

Press Release – Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority

Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority chief executive Roger Sutton has highlighted the resilience of the Canterbury economy, and the value of strong expertise and institutions behind the Christchurch rebuild, in a speech to a United Nations forum last night. Read more »

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