June/July 2020 Edition

Forestry minister Shane Jones’ desire to regulate log exporters and forestry advisors has the industry wary about the risk of greater intervention in the valuable log export...

Shortly after Tauranga Art Gallery’s jubilant hosting of the 2020 Miles Art Award, Covid-19 forced the vibrant central city hub to close. At Level 2, we were...

Most business owners appreciate the benefits of being targeted with marketing campaigns. But during the global COVID-19 pandemic, the ability to reach out to customers in new...

You don’t have to be too much of a salty seadog to know that if you’re heading into uncharted waters, with a forecast for plenty of storms...

Sometimes the best way to talk about how to do something well is to start with how not to do it. Here are a few thoughts on...

Occupiers are looking for the workplace to create this social fabric. The workplace is the glue. Covid-19 has simply been a catalyst to take us “back to the future”. Many of the innovations we will see shouldn’t come as a surprise.

The world has changed. We are not talking summer to winter, we are talking ice age. In fact, I would suggest that while we have witnessed the...

For obvious reasons, we aren’t able to run our usual page of networking business people, so instead are featuring a number of pictures from photographer Vanessa Laval-Glad...

COVID-19 has undoubtedly been the most dramatic “black swan” or unexpected shock since the 9/11 terrorist attack. The threat has rapidly shifted from an outbreak in China, where the principal economic concern was the impact of Chinese manufacturer shutdowns on the rest of the world, to a global pandemic.

As I write this article we are in Level Two and from what I have observed many businesses are treading carefully into this uncharted territory. Some have...

In the June/July issue: Navigating uncharted waters - Despite the murky outlook, Bay businesses are showing great ingenuity in plotting their courses around the obstacles that have...

There is no doubt that at this point of the Covid-19 pandemic we are venturing into unknown and potentially very dangerous seas. But as the Bay emerges...

Leading New Zealand investment bank Craigs Investment Partners (Craigs) has emphasised its commitment to keeping its head office in the Tauranga CBD. And it has just announced...