Business & Markets

SunLive's top news stories- March 19

SunLive's top stories news:Plea for cigarette vending machineshttps://sunlive.co.nz/news/175553-plea-cigarette-vending-machines.html Driver blows five times legal... Read More

Tourism enthusiast joins Skyline Rotorua

Playing a role in what makes Rotorua the tourism epicentre of the North Island is something Andrew Aitken has been passionate about for a long time. As Skyline... Read More

Setting up for long-term success

Applications are open for subsidised business training programmes to help launch, grow and scale Rotorua businesses and non-profits. Central North Island business... Read More

Tourism BOP seeks funding increase

Tourism Bay of Plenty is seeking an increase in funding of $621,000 in order to manage the region's exponential tourism growth, so that it doesn't impact negatively... Read More

Broadening your sense of taste

Milk on a stick or a vegetable sorbet sounds like a recipe for a disaster, but 15 tertiary students are making it work by serving up some tasty, locally-grown... Read More

Seeking feedback for the long run

Tauranga City Council's Elected Members today adopted the consultation document for the Long Term Plan 2018-2028, which outlines the Council's plans and key proposals... Read More

Bay dairy award winners announced

Major winners in the 2018 Bay of Plenty Dairy Industry Awards, Reece and Natasha Cox, believe they have age on their side when it comes to growing their business... Read More

Retail revitalisation well-advanced

A joint Chamber of Commerce and Whakatāne District Council review of the revitalisation strategy for retail areas in Whakatāne has found strategy priorities are... Read More

Edgecumbe floods almost all mopped up

Nearly all insurance claims that resulted from the Edgecumbe floods in in 2017 have been partially or fully settled, says the Insurance Council. The banks of... Read More

Durham Street buses challenged

City councillors have been told their underlying attitude to putting people on buses is revealed by the proposal to place a bus transfer station at the south end... Read More

CBD motel site up for sale

A prominent and substantial city block of land in Tauranga's central business district has been placed on the market for sale - with the property cited as being... Read More

Trustpower CEO faces up to TECT trustees

Trustpower chief executive Vince Hawksworth has told TECT trustees their consultation process is ‘flawed and lacks credibility' in the final round of verbal... Read More