Are you prepared for the new financial year?

Youth unemployment in the Bay of Plenty dropped by more than 60 per cent last year.

The huge importance of visiting friends and relatives has helped Tauranga escape the worst ravages of the global downturn in the tourism industry.

We recently employed a 14-year-old school student, who is new to the workforce, writes Jeremy Tauri.

Singaporean-owned company Addiction Foods, has recently completed a multi-million dollar upgrade of its Te Puke plant and switched the majority of its global production to New Zealand.

Two NZ companies with similar names to Telecom's internet TV venture, ShowmeTV, say resulting consumer confusion will have "massive implications" on their businesses.

A property investment company that has expressed a firm intention to sell its properties at a tax-free profit better check its property tax facts again.

Local businessman Nevan Lancaster has made a reputation for himself as a community campaigner.

Do you find that every time you want to take a few days off, you have to work twice as hard, and twice as long, the week before?

The SFO investigation into Zespri's double invoicing problems has been an expensive distraction for the grower-owned kiwifruit exporter.

Zespri International Ltd has been hit in a second key Asian market by problems with kiwifruit importers creating fraudulent invoices to reduce their duty payments.