Business & Markets

Businesses ready for AIMS boost

Western Bay business owners are preparing for an influx of more than 10,000 visitors ahead of the NCZT AIMS Games opening on Sunday. But it's the region's accommodation... Read More

Bankers turn attenion to dunes

Business suits are being traded in for garden gloves and shovels as BNZ staff undertake their annual Closed for Good initiative. All BNZ branches across the Western... Read More

Where should the waka go?

Tauranga City councillor Gail McIntosh is seeking public feedback on where the controversial 75-metre waka pavilion should sit if it comes to Tauranga. Tauranga... Read More

Bridges challenges wage policy

Businesses wanting to invest and grow face potential roadblocks if the Greens' employment policy goes ahead, says Tauranga MP Simon Bridges. The Green Party today... Read More

Screaming for chippies

Have you got a good attitude? Are you willing to listen and learn? Then you could have a job tomorrow…a job with security through to at least 2020. Certified... Read More

Flying start for City entrepreneurs

Little Mouse and Enumero in Tauranga are two of three Bay of Plenty companies to be selected to advance to the next stage of the ANZ Flying Start Business Plan competition.... Read More

Home and trade show in Whitianga

Following on from last year's successful event, Whitianga is now gearing up to host its second Mercury Bay Home & Trade Show. The show will be held at the Whitianga... Read More

Complaint about port death

A lack of information about a workplace accident at the Port of Tauranga which resulted in a cargo worker's death is being slammed by the Maritime Union of New Zealand. The... Read More

Overseas thirst for Kiwi craft beer

While international demand for New Zealand craft beer is predicted to triple during the next decade, a Bay of Plenty brewer says exporting the product overseas poses... Read More

High-flying pharmacist retires

After 39 years of dispensing medication to the Coromandel community, Neville Cameron is prescribing himself some much-needed time to relax. 'Dear God, absolutely,... Read More

3D cinema and aquarium project pitched

Planning and collaboration is underway for a proposed high-technology 3D marine film project and aquarium in the heart of Tauranga. Priority One and Tourism Bay... Read More

Greens talk business at Thames

How business can flourish in the community will be the topic of conversation when Green Party spokesperson for small business, tourism and justice David Clendon... Read More