Maree Glading and business partner, Jessie Stanley, are The lovely little food company, a boutique food business that produces a range of handmade gourmet pies called I Love Pies.

Rob Chemaly, General Manager, Retail, Foodstuffs on what kind of customer service he is looking for from small food businesses.

One of the biggest bugbears of management consultant Vivianne Bryant, owner of Auckland's Bare Waxing and Skin Centres, is over-familiarity by staff with clients.

Allan Willoughby - Business Development Manager at BlueBerryIT, a full service IT company based in Nelson which offers IT services, sales and support to businesses of many sizes and shapes.

Managing Director, Mark Sceats, founded SureFire Search 12 years ago, a specialist online marketing agency that focuses on search engine optimisation, search engine advertising, display advertising and web analytics and online strategy.

Angus Ogilvie, Managing Director, Generate Accounting Group on small businesses handling very fast growth.

Chris Pescott, CEO – Perceptive, a market research company that specializes in customer experience research for a NZ and Australian client base.

Making it doesn’t come easy in the changing world of fashion. With her business about to turn 10, designer Juliette Hogan talks to Zoe Walker about her complex relationship with the industry.

It seems the main concern for small businesses when they have a big growth spurt is cash flow.

Custom Residential founder says firm wants to give vendors a more bespoke service.

Rapid growth for a new business is exciting and daunting at the same time.

Clare Parkes, CEO Clarian Human Resources which works with business owners and HR professionals to maximise their people resources through challenge, development and change.

Brett Wells, director of Rockshop, a music business which has 30 stores in New Zealand.

A Wellington filmmaker has attracted $600,000 in start-up funding for his cloud-based video sharing software.

Paul Robinson, Director of recruitment and HR specialists, Randstad.

Terri Grace, shareholder and marketing manager of Global Beauty since 2002.

Since 2002, Homesell has helped Kiwi homeowners sell their property without the use of a real estate agent or paying commission.

Shona Grundy, CEO and co-founder of Trigger Happy.

Ahmad Jubbawey, founder and CEO, Vensa Health, the mobile health (mHealth) solutions provider.

This week's columns describe the scary but exciting task of bringing on board new people for your business often at a time when you have no HR experience whatsoever and their contribution is crucial.