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Winstone Wallboards Update: Community approach key

Winstone Wallboards, makers of GIB® plasterboard will open their new state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution centre in Tauriko in mid-2023. Project Lead Stewart Vaughan talks...

Taxation: Taxing times – what you need to know

As we gear up for the festive season, with well deserved work and social functions on the agenda, you can probably expect tax to...

Software: Taking stock of Aotearoa’s small business economy

Small businesses in the Bay of Plenty and across Aotearoa have had a difficult year in 2022, forced to grapple with the impact of...

Residential Real Estate: Where is the real estate industry headed in...

2023 marks an interesting point in the New Zealand real estate market cycle, especially compared to the previous decade. According to Property Brokers’ regional manager,...

Property Investment Funds: Investing in your future

PMG Funds has an enviable 30-year track record of supporting investors through economic cycles. The Tauranga-headquartered business has grown from a small group of...

Introducing Tauranga’s MP: Sam Uffindell and National delivering for Tauranga

Sam Uffindell has been MP for Tauranga since June 2022 and has been working incredibly hard to set Tauranga up to be the best...

Member Organisation: A post-pandemic future for businesses

As we reflect on a challenging year of rebuilding for businesses, we share our Bay of Plenty members’ cautious optimism around what 2023 will...

Manufacturing: Opportunities in manufacturing

The traditional perceptions of manufacturing as an industry primarily focused on mass production have become outdated. While materials and assembly – bashing steel, fitting...

Law: Why more top lawyers are moving to Cooney Lees Morgan

A growing desire to combine career and lifestyle opportunities means Bay residents and businesses now have access to some of New Zealand’s sharpest legal...

Kiwifruit: “Rising to the challenge”

Zespri and the New Zealand kiwifruit industry have faced a particularly challenging 2022 season. The ongoing impact of Covid-19 across the global supply chain, the...

Information Technology: Creating an enviable workplace with the right IT

Stratus Blue CEO Mike Bell talks about how the team is working intuitively with clients, rather than providing businesses with endless IT fixes so...

Financial Services: Personal service wins plaudits

“Our clients tell us they really appreciate our personal service. That’s why we have the Milford Tauranga office, because we know our clients want...

Events and Venues: Bay Venues – A sense of place

When you talk about Tauranga with friends, family and colleagues who live elsewhere, what do you say? No doubt our golden sand beaches get a...

Employment Law: Workplace law update

As we close out 2022, employers face pressure of labour shortages, high inflation and increased employee expectations (including of pay and conditions, culture and...

Education and Training: Employee engagement drivers in today’s workplace

Dale Carnegie’s business in 90 countries has bounced back with an average increase of over 40% in the last year due to the heightened...

Credit Control: The Covid ridden butterfly effect in credit management

What a couple of years it has been for business! We can now meet clients, friends and family face-to-face rather than via the far...

Business Consultants: Kānuka kōrero: people & purpose

He aha te kai a te rangatira? He kōrero, he kōrero, he kōrero. What is the food of the leader? It is conversation, it is...

Business Brokers: Business sales – busy times ahead

There has been an enormous amount of media coverage and focus over the last five years about a potential tsunami of New Zealand businesses...

Automotive: The future of NZ automotive trends

The Lexus of Tauranga store has now been trading for 19 months, and during that period we have launched two new models to the...

Architect – Urban Design: Design Engine Architects leading the way DE-sign,...

Mark Wassung has always been driven by innovation: innovation in architecture, innovation in urban design, and innovation in intergenerational thinking. “Design should have aesthetic qualities...

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