Jan 22, 2018  -   These days its easy to go on-line and arrange your travel with a few clicks of the mouse and credit card at hand.  Whilst its a straight forward process for say a return air ticket or overnight accommodation once you get into a more detailed requirement is it the wisest thing do?  Risk management like in every facet of a business applys in travel planning as well.  By using an expert you are covering your back and helping rid yourself of those nagging thoughts have I missed something or got the best deal?

Jan 22, 2018  -  Dramatic change is needed to grow New Zealand’s small business economy and, to that end, a summit of heavy hitters are gathering in Auckland next week (January 31) to push for a new approach. Entrepreneur Tenby Powell put out a call pre-Christmas for Government to establish an Institute for Small Business and gained overwhelming support from within New Zealand and farther afield.

Jan 22, 2018  -  Air New Zealand’s latest marketing campaign puts a quirky spin on holiday planning, using facial recognition technology to predict an individual’s dream Queensland getaway.

CANZUK International’s online petition, advocating free movement of citizens between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, has received over 200,000 signatures (and is continuing to rise).

Jan 22, 2018  -  A UK manufacturing group is reportedly poised to urge the Tory and Unionist cabinet not to pull Britain out from the EU customs union, alleging that remaining in the single market post-Brexit could produce double benefits for the UK.

Jan 22, 2018  -  As liberal adopters of new technology, New Zealand is a great spot to trial new products and bring emerging technologies to market, but there are opportunities to do more, write Liz Blythe of Russell McVeagh and Timothy Wixon of BNZ for CIO New Zealand.

Jan 21, 2018 -  One of the main sources of frustration for those of us who are blockchain and cryptocurrency enthusiasts is the degree to which big companies and large financial institutions still don’t understand our industry write Daniel Gross and Timothy Goggin . Earlier this week, one of New Zealand’s largest banks ASB released a blog post by their General Manager of Global Markets, Nigel Annett. We believe that post offers tremendous insight into how financial institutions and other major organizations are thinking about cryptocurrency and blockchain adoption.

Jan 22, 2018  -  Minister for Trade and Export Growth David Parker leaves for London and Switzerland on Tuesday for a series of meetings on trade and economic issues.  In London Mr Parker will hold talks with the Rt Hon David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, and the Rt Hon Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Agriculture.

• Euro Corporation will defend charges laid by the Commerce Commission accusing the steel products maker and distributor of breaching the Fair Trading Act in the sale of a ductile steel mesh product
• Business buzz boosting employment outlook in Hawke's Bay
• Whanganui population growth biggest on record
• Augusta lines up third property for industrial property fund
• Increased interest in STEM jobs sees drop in BA students
• Rich man, poor man: inequality gap grew in 2017, Oxfam report reveals
• Minister for Trade and Export Growth heads to London and Davos World Economic Forum
• Log exports concern NZ processors
• Foreign policy challenges ahead for Ardern government
• Late payments hurt NZ businesses, and weigh on NZ economy

Jan 21, 2018  -  Rocket Lab has successfully launched its second flight as well as launching three mini-satellites into a low Earth orbit.

The 17-metre Electron booster launched on a test flight from the Mahia Peninsula was carrying three mini-satellites that have gone into orbit on behalf of paying customers.

Yesterday the company tried six times to launch its rocket, with one attempt stopping 60 seconds before take off due to a boat entering the exclusion zone downrange from the launch pad.

The launch was later scrubbed as high winds passed over the Mahia Peninsula.

Rocket Lab chief executive Peter Beck has said that although it was a test flight it was also carrying three satellites for paying customers.

The satellites are an Earth-imaging satellite for Planet, and two Lemur-2 satellites for Spire, for weather and ship tracking.

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