Te Hekenga III is the third National Hui for Māori Business Networks and Māori SME’s throughout the country. The Conference is held every two years and aims to bring together representatives of the Maori Business Networks around Aotearoa to share ideas, issues, successes and “war” stories about the challenges of establishing and growing a Maori…
We are planning the next Precision Business Summit for May 2018, and this time it’s going to be bigger and better than ever plus we will be donating ALL PROFITS TO CHARITY! Small Business Tauranga will be our Strategic Event Partner and the committee, made up of volunteers, will be helping make this happen. We…
Confidence in Bay of Plenty’s economy surged to a 10-year high in December. A net 50 per cent of households expected the region’s economy to strengthen over the coming year, according to the December Westpac McDermott Miller Regional Economic Confidence survey. That’s up from 34 per cent in September, and saw the Bay of Plenty…
The Bay of Plenty is one of the strongest examples of regional collaboration the Government sees across the country, says Paul Stocks, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment point man for the region. He was speaking in Tauranga ahead of today’s launch of the annual report of Bay of Connections, the region’s economic growth…
Tauranga’s population has grown by the size of Te Puke in two years and the flood of people is expected to continue. Data analysts confirmed that the influx had contributed to an economic boom while creating challenges with traffic jams and soaring house prices. The latest estimates from Statistics NZ and Infometrics showed Tauranga’s population…
After five quarters at the top of the regional economic confidence rankings, the Bay of Plenty has been bumped to second place in the Westpac McDermott Miller September quarterly survey. However, business leaders described the drop as a blip and said confidence in the region remained strong. “It’s not surprising that confidence has eased a…
Private Training Enterprise EmployNZ took out the top award from a strong field of finalists on Friday night at the 2016 Westpac Tauranga Business Awards. Fisheries company Sanford won the Waikato University Management School Corporate Leadership Award, while Tauranga businessman and property developer Tom Roper won the Powerco Excellence in Business Award (see story below)….
EmployNZ , the winner of this year’s Westpac Tauranga Business of the Year award, has succeeded by giving its clients the tools to reach their potential, says director and general manager Jay Banner. The company partners with Government agencies including the Ministry of Social Development, the Tertiary Education Commission and New Zealand Qualifications Authority, to…
Entries and nominations are now open for the new lookWestpac Tauranga Business Awards, which were launched at a function at Trustpower last night. This year’s Awards have been revamped to offer more recognition of the small business sector, with new categories created to encourage businesses with less than 10 full-time-equivalent employees to enter. The new…
The new LINKT brand was unveiled and launched at the June networking event held at Classic Flyers, Mt Maunganui. Previously known as Rocket!, an excellent turn-out of LINKT network participants showed their support for the name change and stunning work designed by local business, Devcich & Co. Everyone enjoyed drinks and nibbles before a formal presentation was made…
