If you want to be around long term, you need to think long term. For Duane Knowles, CEO of New Zealand Wool Testing Authority, being involved in a structured productivity programme has provided fresh ideas to help his business achieve just this.…

Susan White has resigned as Chief Executive of Business Hawke’s Bay, the region’s business-led economic development agency. Mrs White, who took up the position in July 2013, has been instrumental in seeing…

Growth in production throughput is one of the key benefits experienced by Hawke’s Bay Protein from its participation in a productivity programme, but perhaps of greater impact is the growth in confidence, communication and management skills gained by key supervisory staff.…

If you've started a new business within the past three years, then Business Hawke's Bay and Napier City Council would like to hear from you. What did you discover you didn't know you didn't know? What were your challenges and obstacles and how did you get around, over or through them…

Carolyn Neville is Business Hawke’s Bay’s new marketing and operations manager. Mrs Neville will be responsible for developing and implementing marketing initiatives and operational oversight for both BHB,…

Going right back to basics and creating a new job card has helped the 97-strong Quality Roading and Services Wairoa Ltd team make massive efficiencies in its administration, with the result being better communications, morale and performance.…

When Luke Irving, founder and managing director of Fingermark Digital Technologies decided it was time to move his business out of Auckland, he put Hawke’s Bay on his shortlist. And after undertaking due diligence and discovering how…

Business connectivity is increasingly easier for Hawke's Bay, with more affordable and regular flights to Auckland resulting in more face time for more business opportunities.

Three years down the track what has the region's business-led economic development agencay achieved?  Read the full article here in The Profit November issue.

Business Hawkes Bay (BHB) is the region's business-led economic development agency. Working closely with a wide range of stakeholders to drive regional business growth, the organisation focuses on targeted initiatives and facilitates insights,…