Welcome to the October 2020 update of In The Chamber. This month we look at the recent election, the inevitable effects Brexit will have on trade and how we're working to continue our support for New Zealand business in the coming months.
Read on to find out what's been happening in the Chamber, how you can participate in our various events and what support you can find for your business.
Topics: Business Support, growing business, start ups, exports, import
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
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
The Auckland Business Chamber is a great advocate of best practice in business – such as networking with other expert subject-matter businesses. Energise is one such business that specialises in social media marketing. So when we wanted to share a blog about social media for small business, social media for business growth and thought leadership, what better resource could we utilise than our close networking partner - and provider of expert business advice – Energise.
Topics: get customers, growing business, social media
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