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It could safely be said that not many businesses entered lockdown as spectacularly as Skydive Auckland. Their staff jumped into Waiheke Island for the day!

It was the last day of work before New Zealand’s first lockdown in March. “As uncertain as the lockdown was, it was great to end on such a high note,” says Skydive Auckland’s Marketing Manager Jo Austin.

Topics: Events, Business planning, growing business

It’s an incredibly important part of what we do and stand for.

Here at Auckland Business Chamber, we’re supporting our local communities into employment with practical work readiness programmes and connecting job seekers with the largest business network in New Zealand.

Topics: Training, government, diversity, employment, community, job-seeker, careers

Running a business has its challenges. Many business owners have some strengths, but they also often have gaps in the skills needed to succeed. This is where making use of a mentor can make a real difference.

Topics: Training, Programmes, Resources, business mentors, growing business, brand building, membership, business advice

 

The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area is made up of a world-class cluster of nine major cities in Guangdong province plus the Special Administrative Regions (SARs) of Hong Kong and Macau. The region’s 70 million consumers are relatively and increasingly wealthy. This is a large, prosperous and lucrative consumer market.

 

Topics: china, trade, exports, government, import, investment, hong kong, greater bay

 

Do our much publicised drop-offs in activities and numbers across various areas with China have more to do with market forces than concerns over perceived government relationship issues?

 

Topics: china, diplomacy, trade, tourism, exports, fta, government

 

Mindfulness doesn’t teach us to manage our stress, it teaches us to stop making it!   Through a simple and scientifically proven meditation process it allows us to improve happiness, productivity and profitability by removing stress.  Success is not the key to happiness, happiness is the key to success, and this is true for business as well as individuals.

Topics: start ups, entrepreneurs, SME, mindfulness, employees, course, stress management

 

‘Start-ups and SMEs can be hard work when you’re sitting at the kitchen table or alone in the garden shed. That’s why GridAKL was set up to bring people and ideas together.’

 

Very few light bulb moments happen in isolation. Ideas take off by bouncing concepts around with like-minded people. That’s really the crux of GridAKL - a place and community designed to help businesses make their next move.

Topics: growing business, start ups, technology, entrepreneurs, SME, innovation

 

It’s just become more attractive for New Zealand businesses to export.

New Zealand exporters will enjoy even greater access to overseas markets from next year now that the CPTPP has recently been ratified by a majority of the member countries*.

Topics: business, export, international trade