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Absence of Rhythm and Vines starting to hit businesses in the pocket

The absence of Rhythm and Vines is hitting accommodation providers and retailers in the pocket, with one major electronic payment processor recording a big drop in spending. Data from Worldline (formerly Paymark), which processes credit and debit...

Some tax help . . .

New legislation introduced to Parliament last week will support growth and assist businesses on the road to economic recovery, Revenue Minister Stuart Nash says.“The Taxation (Annual Rates for 2020-21, Feasibility Expenditure, and Remedial...

Tourists staying in for dinner

GISBORNE food-lovers are being urged to support local establishments, after new statistics reveal visitors are favouring bottle stores and supermarkets over the town’s bars and bistros. Latest regional tourism estimates, provided by the Ministry of...

Planning for public holidays

Each year New Zealand employees can get 11 public holidays. Depending on our normal days of work, we could be entitled to be paid for this. I can say that 11 times a year we receive calls from employers trying to work their way through calculating...

Counting down to Alert Level 2

Mayor says it is 'more important than ever' to shop local

The voices of business

Fifty-one businesses surveyed, 14 key questions, a 43-page report and four to-do lists . . . Activate Tairawhiti and Gisborne Chamber of Commerce have tested the pulse of business, and views on key issues for firms and the district. The Business...

Getting busy at the business park

Three years from conception, Gisborne's new business park is now fully sold out and has a major national company waiting to set up shop there. Aerodrome Business Park at Aerodrome Road is an 18.5-hectare industrial development consisting of 28...

Tourism spend for year up $7m on 2016

GISBORNE'S tourism industry is on course for a bumper year. New figures show tourists have already spent nearly $7 million more than they did by this time last year. The latest Monthly Regional Tourism Estimates released by the Ministry of Business...

New machine turns heads

A Gisborne concrete contractor is turning heads, after investing in a new high-tech piece of kit. Ritchie Civil director Derek Watson said when the company turned up to a concreting job with a new concrete laser screeding machine, cars stopped to...

Flying high on new career path

The aviation industry has long held a place in the heart of Trish Riki but as pastoral care/manaaki support for the Tairawhiti Economic Support Package's Redeployment Programme she has found something else that makes her heart soar. Trish was an Air...

Enhancing your employer brand

You might have heard of “the Great Resignation” — a global phenomenon seeing record numbers of people leaving their jobs in the wake of Covid-19. This soon morphed into “the Great Reshuffle” — where, after the lockdowns were lifted and...

Gisborne property market could heat up

AS farmers start to eye the commercial property market here, a Gisborne real estate agent believes Gisborne’s already active market could see further activity in the wake of Britain’s exit from the European Union and growing overseas interest in...

Performance reviews don’t have to be in the too hard basket

HOW many of your employment agreements have a standard clause “your performance will be reviewed annually?”That would be nearly 100% of the ones I see. Yet who checks that you have done what your agreements say you will do?Most of the people we...

BPW conference a success, award for hosts

Tairawhiti hosted the 58th Business and Professional Women New Zealand conference last month, with a theme of Kotahitanga — working together, supporting each other. Held from May 13-15 at Campion College, it included a formal dinner and awards...

Tourism spend 6 percent up on 2016

THE annual tourism spend in Gisborne has gone up 6 percent, according to the latest monthly regional tourism estimates released by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. December’s tourism spend was up 20 percent from last December...

$12.1m loan for WET will boost jobs, spending

New funding for wood processing facilities here is expected to create more work for Gisborne businesses outside the wood industry. A regional support package for Tairawhiti was yesterday announced by the Government, along with a $12.1 million loan...

Business and the council

With local body elections nearly upon us, this is a good time to consider what are the issues the council influences or you face when running your business in Gisborne. Importantly, do decisions made by Gisborne District Council affect your business...

Million-dollar grant backs The Mind Lab

THE region’s teachers will advance their reputation as being among the nation’s most digitally literate, thanks to a new million-dollar funding commitment to The Mind Lab Gisborne. Since it opened here three years ago, more than 170 teachers have...