NZBusiness+Management

NZBusiness + Management With two top business magazines combined into one digital issue, NZBusiness + Management offers a feast of information, inspiration and education for business leaders and owner managers from SME through to corporate. In Management our focus is to inspire New Zealand’s business leaders and the managers of today and tomorrow to succeed in business. NZBusiness was developed specifically for business owners, the editorial content is designed to inform, inspire and educate readers. Feature articles provide more in-depth information whilst profiles and case studies provide inspirational and aspirational content.

SWEET 17 REMINISCING

NZBusiness+Management

The return of the David Awards

Toolbox helps SMBs take climate action

The social app helping small businesses thrive

Pivot once, pivot again

Try Local bolsters tourism and hospo industry

Bricks and mortar still rules: research

Businesses continue to explore tech solutions

A tale of three districts

Business appetite for trans-Tasman travel returns

WHERE ART MEETS SCIENCE • THE FACE PLACE IS RECOGNISED AS NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST MEDICAL SPA SPECIALISING IN BOTOX AND NON-SURGICAL COSMETIC TREATMENTS. ITS FOUNDER DR CAT STONE IS AN ARDENT CHAMPION OF AN INDUSTRY THAT IS FAST ACHIEVING MAINSTREAM ACCEPTANCE AND UNDERSTANDING.

CALL HER BOHDACIOUS • MANY KIWIS ASSOCIATE HER WITH THE MULTI-AWARD WINNING BAND STELLAR*. BUT TODAY THE ‘MAIN GIG’ IS HER JEWELLERY DESIGN BUSINESS. WELCOME TO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BOH RUNGA.

BOH’S 8 BUSINESS LESSONS

CREATING STRONGER COMMUNITIES, FIJI STYLE • FOR NEW ZEALAND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL BUSINESSES SEEKING UNIQUE, HANDMADE, FAIRLY-TRADED PRODUCTS, THE NAMA FIJI AND RISE BEYOND THE REEF BRANDS TICK SO MANY BOXES.

WHAT’S NEXT FOR RETAIL? • THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ITS ASSOCIATED LOCKDOWNS PRESENTED AN UNPRECEDENTED CHALLENGE FOR NEW ZEALAND’S RETAILERS. NZBUSINESS REPORTS ON A SECTOR STILL HURTING FROM THE PANDEMIC’S FALLOUT – A SECTOR HAVING TO QUICKLY ADJUST TO THE NEW ORDER.

LEVERAGING (AND LOVING) THAT VILLAGE VIBE • WHEN COVID-19 CAME CALLING IN 2020, BIRKENHEAD VILLAGE RETAILERS RELIED ON THE VIBRANT COMMUNITY SPIRIT TO TRIUMPH OVER THE LOCKDOWNS AND SETBACKS.

CUSTOMER RETENTION AND GROWING YOUR CUSTOMER BASE

LEADERS OF TOMORROW

WHAT NOW FOR FLEXIBLE WORKSPACES? • WHEN NZBUSINESS RAN A COVER STORY ON FLEXIBLE WORKSPACES IN NOVEMBER 2019 THE WORLD WAS A DIFFERENT PLACE. BUT DESPITE COVID-19 LEAVING ITS INDELIBLE MARK, THE SECTOR IS STILL MANAGING TO ADAPT AND GROW.

HOW TO AVOID BURNOUT • AASHA FOLEY, MANAGING PARTNER AT ICLAW CULLINEY & PARTNERS, SHARES HER SUCCESSFUL FORMULA FOR BALANCING PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES.

A NEW APPROACH

STUDENT JOB SEARCH: NEW ZEALAND’S AWARD-WINNING, FREE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE • WITH OVER 40 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS, STUDENT JOB SEARCH (OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ‘SJS’) HAS GIVEN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF KIWIS THEIR FIRST CHANCE IN THE JOB MARKET. IN 2021, IT IS THE HOME OF NEW ZEALAND’S NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS – BRINGING FRESH PERSPECTIVES AND REAL-WORLD CONNECTIONS TO GROWING LOCAL BUSINESSES.

TIME TO THRIVE • BORN AMIDST THE FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY OF NEW ZEALAND’S FIRST LOCKDOWN, MANAAKI IS A BUSINESS SUPPORT NETWORK AND ONLINE FORUM SET UP TO EMPOWER AOTEAROA’S BUDDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS. ITS GM RACHEL ADAMS OUTLINES HER PERSONAL JOURNEY AND INTRODUCES A REMARKABLE BUSINESS UPSCALING RESOURCE.

ONE BUSINESS THAT’S SET TO FLY • CHRISTCHURCH COMPANY ELECTRIC AIR WEATHERED THE 2020 COVID STORM, AND NOW IT’S LOOKING TO REALLY FLY IN 2021. CATHERINE BEARD HAS MORE.

SUPPLEMENTARY ORDERS • ALTHOUGH COVID-19 PLACED A TEMPORARY DAMPENER ON EXPORTS, RON PARK IS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GROWING HIS GREEN-LIPPED MUSSEL...