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Small Business: Cool spaces - Gosia Piatek, Kowtow

Caitlin Sykes talks to Gosia Piatek founder and creative director of Wellington-based fashion brand Kowtow.

Small Business: Cool spaces - Sarah Gibson, Redvespa

This week, Small Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owners about work spaces.

Graham McGregor: Improve your sales skills with a simple training strategy

Graham McGregor talks how to improve your sales skills fast with a simple training strategy.

Popping up in a new space

Bex Riley is now heading into her third summer cruising around festivals and beaches with her Wanderlust Boutique, housed in a converted school bus.

Lizzi Hines, Spaceworks

The primary consideration was that the space worked well. Often that comes down to little things, like an office full of women want a full-length mirror in the bathroom.

Small Business: Interns - Greig Robertson, YouDo

Greig Robertson is the founder and solutions architect at software development firm YouDo.

Robyn Pearce: Strategies to manage 'overwhelm'

Robyn Pearce talks strategies to manage when things seem overwhelming.

Small Business: From the sports field to the board table - Rick Parry

Rick Parry is a former professional ice hockey player and now managing director of ergonomic upright furniture company One.Three.Five, which was founded last year.

Small Business: Interns - Nick Harvey, SPUR

Nick Harvey is the managing director of Auckland-based boutique sponsorship and experiential marketing agency SPUR.

Lessons from sports

<strong>Lisa Tamati draws a number of parallels between the sporting and business worlds and says both require an ability to take calculated risks.</strong>

Lisa Tamati, multiple-business owner

<strong>New Plymouth-based Lisa Tamati owns multiple businesses and is an ultra-distance runner.</strong>

Absenteeism and presenteeism - John Barley, Barley Insurances and RiteTrack

Caitlin Sykes talks to small business owners John Barley and his wife Suzanne about absenteeism and presenteeism.

Absenteeism and presenteeism - Kirsten Taylor, SleepDrops

Caitlin Sykes talks to small business owner Kirsten Taylor about absenteeism and presenteeism.

Tradies speak out against safety cowboys

House painters are competing with safety law-breaking "cowboys", industry leaders say.

Absenteeism and presenteeism - Phil O'Reilly

Caitlin Sykes talks to small business owner Phil O'Reilly on absenteeism and presenteeism.

Absenteeism and presenteeism - Dr Frances Pitsillis

Staff absences can make a big difference in a small business team. What are some things employers can do to reduce absenteeism?

Graham McGregor: How to get customers to change their thinking

In selling you often need to get your customers to change their thinking before you can make a sale.

Peer lender to aim for SME market

The Financial Markets Authority has licensed New Zealand's fourth peer-to-peer lender, Lending Crowd, which plans to offer small-to-medium sized enterprises business loans of up to $200,000.