Issues

Business optimism increases, but challenges still lie ahead

A survey of a sub-set of Canterbury small businesses severely impacted by the earthquake, shows optimism is on the increase and sales are trending up.

Giving customers what they want

- how IKEA leads the way

Getting in the zone

Christchurch’s quite literally changed business landscape has seen companies of all shapes and sizes relocate to blur traditional zoning demarcation lines.

Aon cements itself in Christchurch

Aon New Zealand has become one of the first companies to open doors on a new office space in Christchurch since the February 2011 earthquake.

Can house prices be controlled?

It’s clear that house prices and rents are rising. The media run stories of astounding prices being achieved for what are sometimes old houses in less than mediocre condition.

Greening the silver screen

It is clearly evident this successful documentary maker immerses herself in nature, in reality, just as much as she does on the films she makes.

An environmental ultimatum

This side of the millennium has seen its fair share of green placard waving, so much so that many have become immune to the call of the environment.

Zero tolerance

It’s difficult to find a hotter topic right now than climate change and the extent of our impact upon it.

Mapping out our future

The blueprint designed to put the heart back into the garden city’s CBD is out.

Small Steps

Small Steps to a more productive and efficient business.

Local moves

Moving an entire furniture-manufacturing workshop and showroom into a new premises with less than one week’s notice would have seemed impossible in pre-earthquake Christchurch.

Do your meetings suck?

A list of top reported frustrations about meetings are...

Heading back to the centre

The return to central Christchurch for Malley & Co Lawyers is a signal of intent; the company has faith that a thriving city centre will once again be realised.

Stop criminals before they get into your business

Nearly 16,000 unlawful entries and burglaries were reported in Canterbury last year, so the obvious question is; is your business protecting itself against intruders and theft?

The rotten truth

Leaky home facts and figures regularly appear in news headlines. Often times we discount them, casually shrug, or even have a moan about the cost to the taxpayer. But what happens when it turns out that the leaky home belongs to you?

Staring down the barrel

In its simplest definition peak oil is defined as the point in time when the global production of oil will reach its maximum rate, after which production will gradually decline.

 

Is the boom back?

Real estate agents Barfoot and Thompson recently released their sale figures for May and the result are very encouraging.

Restyle, revamp, rebrand - Sydenham

If you’ve driven past Sydenham lately you’ll have noticed a change. There’s a new vibrancy and life to the area.

Getting ready for the rebuild working out worker accommodation

Two Christchurch women have laid down the ground work for a solution to the city’s looming accommodation crisis.

The perfect storm

The turbulent waters of the 2008 recession seem to be calming, there is optimism in the air that maybe, just maybe, things are getting back to normal.

Keep your will up to date

Your will should not be a document which you write once and never look at again. As life changes, so your will may need to reflect this.

Export growth is an economic necessity

A priority focus of the new Government needs to be on setting a clear, credible strategy to drive growth in the export economy.

One year on

Signs your job might be worth sticking with...

Put a little love into your work

Show me the money

Don’t let fear rule decisions in volatile markets

The state of the nation

The Human Virus

Happy Horizons

Helping business step out of the sludge

Simplifying legal services

Compulsory ETS reporting begins

City round-up

Fat tax

The seven deadly workplace sins

Only in New York

A free operational hub for Christchurch business and community groups

Tales of a Cup Day novice.

Staying in to go out

Contain yourself

Making Headway

Dealing with difficult employees

Click on to online shopping

Have business leaders lost their mojo?

Tourism

Stress in the city

Eliminating e-waste

Inclusion the pathway for economic growth

Synthetic cannabis fair game

Capital vision

Let the celebrations begin

More than a day at the races

The daily grind

 

Avoiding pitfalls on the success ladder

Desperate endeavour

The grand plan

Vamoosing vermin

Taking the shake out of quakes

Employers and the new NZ Copyright Act

Steady progress...

The Sustainable Way

Bee afraid

Business fads: Friend or Foe?

Paying the bills

Footsteps to success

Spreading the load

Mind over matter

Look before you leap

Hitting the hinterland

Where to from here?

Simplicity will succeed

Hot Spots: Trade trends for the coming year

Family affairs

The Santa spend

Supercity business

Working to rule 

Getting frank about franchising

Pardon the interruption

One for all

Running out of puff

The running men

Passing the buck

The battle of the bulge 

Lost in translation

Centre of attention

Investing in food’s future

Wonder on the waterfront

Fifteen percent

Pedestrian power

Talent wars

Show and tell

R&D

Face off

Paying for performance

Making effective messages

Is bigger better?

XYZ generation wars

Discount dangers

Marketing’s future

Emotional intelligence

State of default

The rising rate of loan payment failure...