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Want to be your own boss or thinking about starting a business? There’s never been a better (or more necessary) time to take action! This week the NZ Herald’s Frances Cook, spoke with NZ Entrepreneur editor Richard Liew about the rise of the gig economy, self employment, remote working and entrepreneurship. If you’re thinking about […]

Founder: Paul Sumich HQ: Whangarei Tell us about your business. We’re a Loyalty & Deals App. Users earn loyalty points and redeem rewards easily when using the app. Businesses have the ability to run their loyalty and deals programs on one platform for one fee, making it a quick and cost effective way to delight […]

With a final sprint towards the election this Saturday, what would it mean for workplace relations in New Zealand’s SMEs if there was a change in government? Jen Tweed, Managing Director of workplace relations firm Employsure explains: “Whichever party wins, managing workplace relations is, and will continue to be, tough for SMEs. If a change […]

As a business owner, I have been asked a lot of questions by well-intentioned salespeople. In my time coaching and mentoring people, I have also heard these same questions pop up quite a lot.  In most cases the people who ask these questions don’t really understand why, in many cases, they actually aren’t great questions […]

New research into the onboarding process has uncovered an astounding insight, with 37% of new starters admitting to having a serious problem either between accepting their offer or starting their job. Cloud solution webonboarding surveyed 4,000 office workers, with 1,000 respondents being from New Zealand and interestingly reporting the highest number of new employees who […]

UK technology news site Tech Radar has named New Zealand company, Secured Signing, in the top 3 best electronic signature solutions currently on the global market. Adam Marshall from Tech Radar describes Secured Signing as “the one-stop digital signatures service to get to the all-important dotted line as soon as possible”. Marshall also writes, “We’re […]

Erin Wansbrough has been appointed Chief Executive of Waikato business founder incubator SODA Inc and will join SODA Inc next month. Soda Inc says the appointment is an exciting choice as she has a passion for entrepreneurship and brings a depth of business experience and knowledge of commercialisation. Most recently Erin has been working at […]

Free business training programmes will be available for South Waikato residents to help launch and grow businesses in the region. Firestation, a central North Island business growth centre, is seeking applicants for their Activate and Incubate courses. The programmes will be fully funded by South Waikato Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT). SWIFT chairman Ian Elliott says […]