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Quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia will begin on April 19, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced, confirming that all the conditions for the bubble have been met. “The [ … ]
Franchise conference a springboard to move industry forward
This year’s event is appropriately themed ‘Shifting Gears: Prospering in a Changing World’. The conference features speakers from some of the country’s most successful franchise operators across a range of [ … ]
From six figures to redundancy: ‘The best thing that could have happened’
Living the high life in 2019, travelling salesman Quaid Robinson had it all. Raking in a six-figure salary for an Australian-based trade tools business, he purchased his first home with [ … ]
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1000 fewer businesses since level 4 lockdown – Stats NZ
The latest StatsNZ figures highlight the impact of the pandemic, showing there were more than 1000 fewer businesses in January than there were in January last year. The drop follows [ … ]
New names and management for Southland tourism bodies
Members of Destination Fiordland voted to wind down the incorporated society in January, after the Southland District Council announced in October that it would redirect its $200,000 operational funding through [ … ]
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Wedding fever: Organiser of under-fire fair promises event will go ahead
The organiser of an under-fire Auckland wedding fair delayed for more than a year says the event will definitely go ahead in May and new dates have been “locked in”. [ … ]
Kiwis working with lockdown hangovers
Frog Recruitment’s general manager Shannon Barlow (pictured) says working longer for less is a hangover from the new way people had to learn to work during the lockdowns and has [ … ]
Dairy farmer runs baby product business on the side
South Taranaki dairy farmer Alesha Warner has a mucky day job milking 410 cows, but her side hustle is all about keeping things clean. In her downtime, Warner runs Mess [ … ]
Retailers criticised for ‘pandemic clauses’
Auckland staff at Mecca Cosmetics will now be reimbursed for pay they thought they might lose during this week’s lockdown, due to a clause in their contract. Mecca told First [ … ]
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Covid-19: Environmental business born in lockdown cleaning up competition
Mt Maunganui-based Nathan and Jacob Buchan have just launched Dazz New Zealand with a line of products they say will make a massive dent in the 1.7 billion bottles New [ … ]