ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK NOVEMBER 2015 It must be a really interesting time to be a retailer. Changing shopping patterns, dispersed multiple locations of commercial activity and ever more demanding consumers has created a dynamic environment where business as usual will never be an option. The reality is that today’s […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK NOVEMBER 2015 I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who were involved in this year’s Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards which culminated with the award’s gala evening at Forum North on the 23rd October. It takes almost as much courage to hold […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK OCTOBER 2015 Councils rely on their local business sector to generate jobs, invest in the local economy and support the industries like tourism that benefit their whole community. New Zealand Chambers of Commerce Northland strongly believe local government can make an important contribution to grow local […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK OCTOBER 2015 If you are a business owner wouldn’t it be great if your business could continue to grow long after you are no longer in a position to participate in it and that all your hard work and investment you have put into it was […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK SEPTEMBER 2015 “There are twenty-four hours per day given us; eight of these should be for work, eight for sleep, and the remaining eight for recreation and in which for men to do what little things they want for themselves.” Samuel Parnell1840 Next month we commemorate […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK SEPTEMBER 2015 The optimistic start to a year that offered the chance of consolidation and growth for New Zealand’s small business fuelled by the post-earthquake Canterbury rebuild, high dairy prices and low interest rates has turned to one that now offers business outcomes that may be […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK AUGUST 2015 I was going to make some observations in regards to how councils engage with their communities but I am not sure if this is the right question. Having recently attended a number of meetings relating to council activities, I was surprised by the limited […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
04 Dec, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK AUGUST 2015 As part of this year’s Westpac Northland Business Excellence Awards, we are seeking nominations for the Northern Advocate Northland Business Hall of Fame. The objective of the Business Hall of Fame is to celebrate the achievement of those people within the Northland business community […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
13 Aug, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK JULY 2015 If creativity is a good idea then innovation is putting that good idea to use. Within the business world this will generally relate to renewing, changing or creating more effective processes, products or ways of doing things. To grow our economy and increase our […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
13 Aug, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK JULY 2015 Our region’s economy has always been based on agriculture. Provinces and provincial towns by their very nature were established to support and prosper from the primary sector. There are about 965 dairy farms in Northland, about 330,000 dairy cows and every year the industry […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
13 Aug, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK JUNE 2015 The recent announcement from the Local Government Commission stated that as a result of overwhelming opposition from Northlanders in relation to a single unitary authority for the region, the proposal will no longer be considered. This begs the question; does that mean we are […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
13 Aug, 2015
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK JUNE 2015 Traditional wisdom suggests that all businesses need a business plan. Particularly when someone is looking at starting out, they are asked where and what their plan is. Yet in many cases the question that it might be more appropriate to ask is why they […]
