Items filtered by date: Tuesday, 02 December 2014

While the results from the review by the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) and the Reserve bank could have been more positive, New Zealand banks have been looking at options to improve customer experience and embrace the fintech community which is great for all Kiwis, FintechNZ general manager James Brown says.

Learning to be adaptable in an ever-changing industry is a skill Dave Warren knows well.

DairyNZ and NZME have launched a national movement called The Vision is Clear – to inspire all Kiwis to get involved with looking after New Zealand’s rivers, streams, lakes and beaches.

 Strategic review readies NZ horticultural innovator to go global

CHIBA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Asian Entrepreneurship Award Steering Committee announced today that IMAGR Ltd. of New Zealand won first prize at the Asian Entrepreneurship Awards 2018 (“AEA 2018”), a three-day business pitch contest for Asian startups held from October 31st to November 2nd at Kashiwa-no-ha campus city in Chiba prefecture, Japan.

Along with a growing number of businesses requesting more ethical workforce solutions and evidence of loopholes in labour-hire law that allows the gross exploitation of hard-working New Zealanders, FIRST Union, the largest union representing labour-hire workers, is pleased to announce labour-hire firm Enterprise Recruitment has signed on as the first company to be an ethical employer in the labour-hire workspace.

New Zealand’s largest waste and environmental services provider, Waste Management NZ, has launched its inaugural sustainability strategy, For Future Generations, which sets out the its sustainability goals.

Just one in ten of New Zealand's top tech companies have received external investment to power more growth. Columnist Richard MacManus finds a glaring gap between angel investment and venture capital.

New Zealand’s first international standard BMX track has been launched today as part of the new North Harbour BMX facility in Albany.

FIRST Union and its affiliates; the Union Network of Migrants (UNEMIG) and the Indian Workers’ Association (IWA) have released a handbook for migrant workers in New Zealand to share with their friends and families to help protect migrant workers against exploitation at its biennial conference today in Auckland.