Kiwi-founded Dosh(link is external) will allow instant payments via mobile numbers or QR codes on a smartphone, significantly reduced fees for retailers and the ability to earn rewards from stores. [ … ]
Council to scrap alcohol bylaw in 12 months
Southland district liquor licensees will no longer get a discount but have dodged proposed fee increases. Southland district councillors have decided to scrap their Alcohol Licensing Fee-Setting Bylaw 2015, effective [ … ]
Soda seeks big ideas for Seed Grants
Applications are now open for the not-for-profit’s quarterly cash grants, which support New Zealand entrepreneurs who need funding for their innovative ideas. The top three business pitches will receive a [ … ]
Bank of Mum and Dad helps in business too
Nipoon Patel and his business partner Nikhil Sethi are hugely grateful their parents’ financial backing is helping bankroll their start-up, Tabin, aiming to make life easier for owners of cafes, [ … ]
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New businesses need pandemic support – coffee entrepreneur
Wairarapa-based business Bean Merchant uses a computer algorithm to figure out which coffee suits each customer after they complete an online quiz on their tastes and habits. Its founder Jono [ … ]
Asmuss celebrates its centenary
Asmuss is one of the few companies in New Zealand that holds such an intergenerational legacy and has stayed loyal to what it means to be a New Zealand owned [ … ]
New cosmetics brand born out of barber’s garage experiments
After over a year of fundraising, testing and planning, Cutly Ltd founders Mohamed Eltayeb, Chris Teneza and Blake Janes will launch their Palmerston North-based cosmetics company in May. The seeds [ … ]
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Local Focus: Rotorua restaurants get social media savvy
Dimple Digital Rotorua Founder David Remmerswaal says 80 per cent of internet searches are via mobile phones and increasingly, visitors are checking out restaurants online before they pay a visit. [ … ]
Summit to reveal the future of hospitality
The three-day summit, which will be held in Auckland at the Trusts Arena in Henderson, from 7-9 September, will feature education seminars, a trade show displaying the latest innovation in [ … ]
Raw meat for pets business grows in leaps and bounds
Owner Anne-Marie McKenzie said there had been for some time a trend worldwide towards feeding dogs more raw food, though it was still a small percentage of the pet food [ … ]