Business Press Releases

One of New Zealand’s fastest growing technology companies has made its first strategic acquisition, just days after announcing its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

A Kiwi company founded in a bedroom eight years ago with just $10 start-up capital has now been listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

A 2011 Bloomberg Businessweek survey revealed that “delivering a great customer experience” has become the new imperative: 80% of the companies polled rated customer experience as a top strategic objective.

Wise Advice’s new app – the Tax Toolbox contains all the tax calculators a small business owner in New Zealand needs – GST, PAYE and personal tax along with a due date reminders function alerting you when tax payments are due. It also includes regular updates, usefull articles and discussions designed to help business people keep up to date with whats happening in the accounting and tax sector

Kiwis are set to become more familiar with where some of their favourite brands come from thanks to a new corporate brand campaign set to kick off this weekend by Procter & Gamble.

Federated Farmers welcomes the new Fonterra CEO, Theo Spierings who will take over from Andrew Ferrier who is set to retire soon.

No it’s not a typo; the only people that can be described as an asset to your business are the right people. The wrong people can bring your business to its knees.

BusinessNZ welcomes the proposals outlined in the ACC discussion document, providing choice and competition.

Yellow Pages Group launch another website promoting their listings by suburb in Auckland following the Local Print Directories that are already published in suburbs.

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For the modern woman the demands of managing full time employment with a busy family and a healthy lifestyle can seem near on impossible. However for those entrepreneurial women who aren’t prepared to give up on the work life balance dream, exciting possibilities are starting to arise. Technological advances are not only making it easier for women to strike out on their own but they are also making it cheaper, and this is leading to a rise in the number of women starting small businesses. Kiwi entrepreneurs Janine Ogg and Jo Foster of Love Your Small Business are an example of how this trend is playing out in New Zealand and are ensuring women around the world are keeping up with these developments. Their upcoming Profit with Purpose Telesummit brings FREE expert advice and inspiration to women who want to have their cake and eat it too!

It’s been a long time coming but it is here and it will increasingly be the difference between business growth, profitability and continual struggle. In a highly commoditised world with rapidly increasing competition the customer is now in charge and business is being continually judged on the quality of their customer experience.

Manufacturing activity has been shaken over the last couple of months, but is still keeping its head above water, according to the latest BNZ – BusinessNZ Performance of Manufacturing Index (PMI).

For the first time in New Zealand business has available a detailed customer experience development manual.

BusinessNZ welcomes vocational pathways. The Education Minister has announced new vocational pathways for the Youth Guarantee Scheme. The Youth Guarantee Scheme allows 16 and 17 year to study towards their NCEA in both schools and tertiary organisations.

The announcement by Government outlining a $2.5 million funding package for business is welcomed by business.

This year has started with a high degree of uncertainty however there a number of areas that business can be very certain about according to Chris Bell Managing Director of Customer Experiences a company that specialises in the development of high quality customer experiences.

An initial earthquake assistance package has been announced for Christchurch businesses and workers. The six week package consists of an Earthquake Support Subsidy to help employers pay wages, and an Earthquake Job Loss Cover to support employees whose jobs are no longer viable.

BBX New Zealand, a leading business-to-business barter community, is providing a conversion mechanism that helps businesses around the country contribute to the reconstruction of Christchurch. Donated goods and services will be traded for barter credits that will then be used to buy things that Christchurch companies specifically need to get back on their feet.

CEOs of 50 leading New Zealand companies today developed a Steering Group to co-ordinate private sector support for Christchurch following this week’s devastating earthquake. The members of BusinessNZ’s Major Companies Group CEO Forum were briefed by Prime Minister John Key, Finance Minister Bill English and Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee at a meeting in Auckland this afternoon.