Business & Markets

Bill grilled at business lunch

Finance Minister Bill English is confident this year's ‘zero Budget' offers benefits for Tauranga. He spoke about this when grilled by about 150 invited guests... Read More

NZ dollar riding high

With the New Zealand dollar trading at all time highs against the US dollar this is a good time to assess overseas portfolios. It is trading at 82c to the US dollar... Read More

Steady result for Comvita

Paengaroa based honey product maker Comvita's audited net profit after tax for the financial year ending March 2011 is $503,000 on sales of $82m. This compares... Read More

Kiwisaver changes, time to assess

Changes to Kiwisaver announced in the Budget should not lead to rushed decisions about pulling out of the scheme. Among the changes announced was a change to the... Read More

TrustPower gets new data system

Tauranga based energy company TrustPower is purchasing a new meter reading data management system for the management of about 500,000 electricity meters. The system... Read More

Bay social services fear Budget

Tauranga social service agencies are unsure how the ‘zero Budget' will affect demand for their services, but are already seeing an increase in the number of... Read More

Finance expert urges tax incentives

Tauranga financial advisor Jonathan York is urging the government to provide tax incentives in today's Budget to help balance other cuts expected to be made to KiwiSaver... Read More

More shipping opportunity at port

Three new weekly container services are to call at Port of Tauranga, adding 130 vessel calls per year to the company's schedule. Port of Tauranga CEO Mark Cairns... Read More

Eastpack to sponsor Steamers

When the Bay of Plenty Steamers take the field in the ITM Cup this year they'll have grower-owned post harvest kiwifruit operator EastPack supporting them every... Read More

Budget adjustments for Kiwisaver

New Zealand market focus this week is on what Finance Minister Bill English will announce in Thursday's Budget. He has indicated changes will be made to Kiwisaver,... Read More

Building a successful franchise

Speedy Signs is a well known name in New Zealand. The franchise system has been here for 12 years and has 23 outlets. It has just arrived here in Tauranga and the... Read More

Hong Kong hub working

Bay of Plenty based Comvita is the winner of the 2011 Cathay Pacific HKNZBA award for ‘best use of Hong Kong by a New Zealand company for its business'. This... Read More