Phil Pollett's love affair with pies helped him make two big decisions.

In 2008, Neat Meat founder Simon Eriksen was about to open stores around the country...

Lots of people start new businesses. Not so many sell them for more than $10 million. Two sisters tell Christine Nikiel how they did it - and why lunch matters.

The median weekly income edged lower in the year to June, as more people started receiving money from the Government rose while the self-employed earned less and investment income fell.

Hospitality providers - even people renting out their home - could risk a $150,000 fine for using forbidden words in their RWC advertising.

An influential survey of business opinion shows the economy contracted in the September quarter after stalling in June.

A potential joint venture turned sour nearly spelled the end of clothing label Huffer's foray into the US market more than two years ago.

Kiwis pushed an extra $35.8 million through the tills in a last-minute rush to beat the GST rise.

While some are asking for $20k a week during the RWC, one Kiwi says he can do better for free.

Don Saunders wants to turn New Zealand into a street vendors' paradise with his catering company that makes hot dog, icecream and chip carts.

A man who earlier denied taking millions of dollars in a franchise fraud today entered guilty pleas to three charges of obtaining by deceit.

Fashion designer Jyoti Morningstar is a free spirit who divides her time between Bali and New Zealand, cleverly combining her love of design, yoga and life.

About 150 small businesses are failing following the Christchurch earthquake, many of them in the retail and hospitality sectors, the Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce says.

After leaving Christchurch's Xavier College at 16 Eric Watson's first job was as a butcher's apprentice. He later became a sales and branch manager at Whitcoulls, then a manager at Xerox, before beginning a business career.