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EDITOR GLENN BAKER. EDITOR@NZBUSINESS.CO.NZ ADVERTISING MANAGER LEANNE MOSS. LEANNE@NZBUSINESS.CO.NZ DESIGN AND PRODUCTION RACHEL WALKER. DESIGN@ADRENALIN.CO.NZ PROOFREADER GEORGE WARD PUBLISHER SUBSCRIPTIONS & CIRCULATION ENQUIRIES CONTRIBUTORS THIS

Say goodbye to soggy soap dishes. In 2018 in the small town of Wakefield, south of Nelson, Clare Wilson came up with the idea for the Block Dock Vertical Soap Dish and Shampoo Bar Holder - to make using solid bars in bathrooms and kitchens clean and

Kia ōra! Here at NZBusiness we’ve always maintained a keen eye for highly successful business outcomes. Our November ‘Success Quarterly’ is therefore an inspiring issue to work on. There are so many positive, success-related stories out there and it'

People analytics is a relatively new concept, especially compared to other well-known metrics used to calculate a business's success. Unlike profit and loss, capturing meaningful data on employees has historically been a more difficult task. Collecti

Managing a workforce in today's inflationary and regulatory environment is taking its toll on New Zealand's small business employers. Xero's ‘Changing World of Work’ report, released at Xerocon Sydney, has revealed that a third (36 percent) of respon

The Government is introducing new measures with the aim of ensuring New Zealand's small businesses get paid on time. A Business Payment Practices disclosure regime is being established to improve information and transparency around businessto-busines

SUPPLIED CONTENT A successful business doesn’t happen by chance; planning, preparation and perseverance play their part. This year Bartercard NZ turns 30. While many businesses have struggled since the beginning of this decade and through the global

Walk into Rollers Bakery in Northcote mid-morning or lunchtime and you'll immediately see why it has become one of the destination bakeries to die for on the Shore. It's a busy place. Rollers Bakery has only been going eight months, but even its thre

When Celeste Skachill was studying for her Bachelor of Design, she pictured herself designing perfume label packaging. However, she quickly learnt that just designing ‘pretty’ things wasn’t really her thing. It was more about “designing for people”.

If you're a smart business owner you will have your Accountant on speed dial, says GoFi8ure’s Lisa Martin. “He or she is really like your financial coach,” she explains. “So, if you want to bounce ideas around, then you should be able to talk to your

Nick Morton turns 70 in November. He's ready to hand his pipeline maintenance and commissioning business, which he has been managing director of for the past 28 years, on to a worthy successor. Naturally he’s looking for a successor younger than he i

Despite being a graduate from another leading New Zealand university, Ben Scott chose to study his MBA at the Waikato Management School. The reason was simple, he says. “When I think of business, I think Waikato.” The 36-year-old farmer and glamping

WAIKATO MANAGEMENT SCHOOL TE RAUPAPA Location: University of Waikato campus in Hamilton or Tauranga (year one). Website: www.waikato.ac.nz/go/mba Programme: The Waikato MBA - Master of Business Administration. Part-time or full-time: Part-time (domes

NZB What previous business experience did you bring to the Auckland Business Chamber, and what was it about this job that appealed to you? SIMON: My first full-time job was as a lawyer in a commercial law firm where I learned the value of time and a

Strong partnerships between New Zealand brands and Fiji's premium organically-grown producers are resulting in remarkable value-added products being marketed all around the world. These products are primarily food and beverages, including non-alcohol

The past 12 months have been exceptionally challenging for New Zealand exporters, and the DHL ExportNZ Barometer survey is one tool we use to take stock of the core issues facing exporters. The 2021 survey results painted a clear picture of the leadi

It sometimes happens that employment relationships end following an argument. An employee may become so frustrated with whatever is causing disagreement that they simply walk off the job. He or she may say “I quit” and tender their resignation on the

It might be the most common measure of success, but driving your business by its finances is like driving your car by looking in your rear-view mirror. It'll only ever tell you what’s behind you. Business success happens one happy customer at a time,

How do you know if your sales and marketing strategy is going to work? First things first - do you have one? Because defining a strategy is the start of the process. Then you have to be confident it will work. And finally, you need to prove that it w

Having been in the search industry for more than two decades, I've seen two algorithm updates (dubbed Penguin and Panda) that each had massive impacts on search engine optimisation (SEO) results and on the businesses that depend on them. In August 20

It's surprising how many businesses don’t innovate. I think that's because people often hear the word ‘innovation’ and think of Rocket Lab, Tesla or Apple. They think ‘innovation’ means world-first, technology-driven, ground-breaking, expensive and w

It is a truly terrible thought that in this day and age, when we are all so inter-connected i, both nationally and globally, that modern slavery can even exist. But it does, as our insightful report from PwC highlights on page 6. It is an issue that

Dr Dana L. Ott, of the University of Otago's Department of Management is the lead author of a report which provides practical recommendations for multinational corporations to improve their neurodiversity inclusion. Neurodiversity refers to neurologi

EDITOR Annie Gray editor@management.co.nz ADVERTISING MANAGER Leanne Moss leanne@management.co.nz DESIGN & PRODUCTION Rachel Walker COVER IMAGE Getty Images PROOFREADER George Ward PUBLISHER Cathy Parker cathy@adrenalin.co.nz CONTRIBUTORS Matthew Eve

HEB Construction, which was named,as the winner of the Inclusive Workplace Award (Medium-Large Organisation) in the 2022 Diversity NZ Awards, has been in business in New Zealand since the late 1970s. It is a nationwide operation that designs and buil

HEB Construction was also a finalist in the Diverse Talent (Medium to Large organisation) in the 2022 Diversity NZ Awards. A case study from Diversity Works NZ says that when the company identified that people from Mäaori and Pasifika communities wer

Could’ you give a brief description of modern slavery - and perhaps an example of how it might occur/ manifest itself? Modern slavery is an umbrella term that encompasses a range of practices including human trafficking, debt bondage, forced marriage

Hi-tech and digital technologies can help Kiwi businesses prosper in many ways, such as improving productivity, reaching customers better, lifting employee wellbeing and reducing climate impacts. The new digital strategy for Aotearoa says, as a count

Devastating floods, hotter summers than ever before in living memory, nationally and abroad, the news headlines lay bare the unprecedented impacts of climate change. There’s no longer any doubt that much of the blame lies with the human and industria