Small Business<i>Success:</i> Pieman with a healthy obsessionPhil Pollett's love affair with pies helped him make two big decisions.10 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessServing the discerning meat loverIn 2008, Neat Meat founder Simon Eriksen was about to open stores around the country...10 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessInstinctive approachLots 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.10 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessCoffee concept sold to SaudisEsquires has struck a "dream" deal with a Saudi Arabian sheikh ...09 Oct 04:30 PM
OpinionDeborah Hill Cone<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: When life's a gamble, why worryForget agonising over what to do - there's more luck to success or failure than we'd like to admit.07 Oct 08:30 PM
Small BusinessNZ weekly incomes dip over past yearThe 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.07 Oct 12:20 AM
Small BusinessRWC hospitality providers told to use words carefullyHospitality providers - even people renting out their home - could risk a $150,000 fine for using forbidden words in their RWC advertising.05 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessEconomy contracted last quarter, says NZIERAn influential survey of business opinion shows the economy contracted in the September quarter after stalling in June.04 Oct 10:53 PM
Small BusinessHuffer picking US as gateway to worldA potential joint venture turned sour nearly spelled the end of clothing label Huffer's foray into the US market more than two years ago.04 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessKiwis spend up in pre-GST splurgeKiwis pushed an extra $35.8 million through the tills in a last-minute rush to beat the GST rise.04 Oct 02:18 AM
Small Business$20K a week for RWC house? Try a free swap insteadWhile some are asking for $20k a week during the RWC, one Kiwi says he can do better for free.04 Oct 12:30 AM
Small BusinessMeals on wheelsDon Saunders wants to turn New Zealand into a street vendors' paradise with his catering company that makes hot dog, icecream and chip carts.03 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessSuccess: Making products better by designMarrying skills such as engineering and design is the way to make things better, says Locus Research.03 Oct 04:30 PM
Small Business<i>Sean D'Souza</i>: Get away from work and get the paybackNow do you make workshop training pay for itself? If you're a small business owner, the most interesting word in that sentence is "pay".03 Oct 04:30 PM
Small BusinessMan admits Green Acres fraudA man who earlier denied taking millions of dollars in a franchise fraud today entered guilty pleas to three charges of obtaining by deceit.29 Sep 09:34 PM
Small BusinessSpace to stretchFashion 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.28 Sep 04:30 PM
Small BusinessUp to 150 businesses failing after quakeAbout 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.27 Sep 01:45 AM
Small BusinessAssembling a fortune, deal after dealAfter 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.26 Sep 04:30 PM
Small BusinessSuccess: Surgical strategy wins overseas buyersChristchurch company that make tools for surgeons is exporting almost everything it makes.26 Sep 04:30 PM
