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Business Report January #3
25 Jan, 2017
Welcome to The Chamber Business Report on RadioLive
Mayoral candidate questions & answers
23 Sep, 2016
After canvassing our members as to what questions we would like our current mayoral candidates to answer 5 questions were selected and put to the candidates. The questions and the responses are below. Candidates have be listed in no particular order Business friendly council Business people and just […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
18 Aug, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK AUGUST 2016 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
18 Aug, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK JULY 2016 I was sitting at the traffic lights in Porowini Avenue the other day and looked up at the tangle of power and telephone lines strung overhead and I was reminded of the innovative approach Northpower fibre took to deliver UFB to Whangarei on time […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
18 Aug, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK JULY 2016 Late last month the Northland branch of Civil Contractors New Zealand held their annual awards. This reinforced the improved capability of Northland businesses and their ability to compete with national companies for civil contract work throughout the region. More importantly it demonstrated how local […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK JUNE 2016 We are forever reading of issues facing our nearest regional neighbour and potentially biggest domestic market for Northland’s goods and services. Auckland is under huge pressure from its high population growth rate that is twice that of the rest of New Zealand and one […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK MAY 2016 Business exists to serve a market need. Generally they have been established to earn an income for someone or some group. So it is important for the business owner to understand that the customer or market is their only source of income and as […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MAY 2016 Even when business is going well how many Northland businesses could afford to have hundreds of thousands of dollar taken off their bottom line? Seldom a week goes by where there is not some news article relating to a trusted, well respected employee in […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK APRIL 2016 NZ Chambers of Commerce Northland has been organising and coordinating the Northland Business Excellence Awards for at least 30 years. For the last 14 years Westpac has been the event’s major sponsor. The awards provide an opportunity to celebrate business excellence and the role […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK APRIL 2016 Understanding what intellectual property your business has, its strength and scope, how to use and leverage it, is a prerequisite for every successful business. Every single technology, product, improvement to our lives, begins as an idea – as intellectual property. For most businesses much […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
09 Jun, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 4th WEEK MARCH 2016 Everyone has the right to return home from work each day in a healthy state. The new Health and Safety at Work Act will come into effect in April. It will entail developing a coordinated and cooperative approach where the duties and obligations of […]
ADVOCATE ARTICLE
30 Mar, 2016
ADVOCATE COLUMN 2nd WEEK MARCH 2016 The timetable has been set for this year’s local government elections with the key dates being, 17 August as the date candidates names will be published by electoral officers, 16-21 September when voting papers delivered to households and voting closing on 8 October. To […]
