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Founder: Chris Walsh HQ: Auckland, NZ What problems do you solve and what products or services do you sell? We solve a lack of transparency in financial products. This includes explaining KiwiSaver schemes in plain English, finding the best travel money card, or learning the options when it comes to writing a will. Our MoneyHub […]

Intellectual property (IP) may be a business’ most valuable asset. Patents, copyright, trade marks and registered designs all provide different types of IP rights that can protect an innovation. In this article we compare patent protection with design protection. What’s the difference between patent protection and design protection? PATENTS A patent protects inventions. Inventions are […]

As workplace wellness becomes a key focus for many businesses, Swedish born massage therapist, Susy Egneus, is capitalising on this growing trend and helping create stress-free workplaces all around the country. Qualifying as a massage therapist in 2002, Egneus started out in the industry working for herself in a small clinic. It was this same […]

A Kiwi-made app called Staccar which uses augmented reality (AR) to help retailers and restaurateurs visualise in-store elements before implementing them, has been acquired by an American company. Staccar, created by Christchurch-based software developer, Smudge, makes it easy to accurately visualise and customise in-store merchandising elements — such as drinks fridges, display units, signage and […]

You might see forecasting as a waste of time, or something you do when you have absolutely nothing else on your plate (which is, um, never). Or you may have been diligently forecasting each month in the past, and stopped once you found that reality turned out quite differently to your best laid plans. And […]

Business can be very rewarding and is usually setup to create a profit and return for its shareholders, however something magical happens when business is setup to do good and make the world a better place. This might sound cliche, but it’s true and it’s what the world needs today more than ever. People want […]

When you run your own business – and you’re not a large operation – the basics of success might seem simple. Business booms when more people want to buy from you, existing customers want to stick with you, and your staff are happy to work for you. But anyone who’s run a family-owned or small […]

Northland Inc has announced the appointment of Murray Reade as its new Chief Executive Officer. Kawakawa-born Reade, who was most recently CEO of the Lion Foundation in Auckland, will take up his new role at the Regional Economic Development Agency in mid-October. Following a successful career in the New Zealand Defence Force, Reade was also […]