Business

Plans for Invercargill’s second new big 4.5 star hotel is progressing well. Structural plans for the new Distinction Hotel have been approved for building consent, and the project is on track to be completed in the second to third quarter of 2024. Project manager Hayden Rankin, of Project South, sai

The Langlands won a Gold Award at the New Zealand Commercial Project Awards Gala evening held on Friday night in Auckland. The Master Builders award program establishes the standard for commercial construction in New Zealand and celebrates collaboration and innovation across the building industry. J

Sad news from the Death’s column with the passing of one of Invers most well known people in business and all round character, Dennis O’Brien of Rice’s Refrigeration fame, or just plain Rice’s. According to a Wares New Zealand article by Mervyn Robertson, the Rices dynasty started in 1895 when Oswal

The Southern Green Hydrogen, Southland Business Excellence Awards powered by Meridian Energy and Woodside Energy kicked off this week. The biennial award ceremony is a prestigious event in the Southland business calendar and attract a wide range of organisations from across the region. This year, th

An invitation only energy and innovation expo is on this week at the Ascot Park Hotel featuring some high profile Australasian speakers. Murihiku Regeneration is hosting the expo in conjunction with the Invercargill City Council, and starts today with school teachers invited to Transport World where

H&J Smith department stores will no longer be open from November 18, after more than a century in business.  The H&J Smith Group (HJSG) announced its proposal to call time on its long running Department Store business, and staff were told yesterday – including 220 in Invercargill. The news comes jus

Property Brokers announced that the real estate operation MacPherson Realty Ltd previous operator of Professionals Invercargill has joined Property Brokers effective Monday, May 1st. Professionals New Zealand CEO, Shaun Taylor confirmed to whatsoninvers.nz that Professionals Invercargill would conti

South Port NZ Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Carla Harper as an Intern Director to its Board of Directors for a term of one year as an intern director. The appointee will be an observer only and is not considered to be a “director” under either the Companies Act 1993 or NZX […]