Business

There’s many reasons why people associate the words ‘Fat Bastard’ with pies. For one, the Invercargill pie shop is fast becoming reknown in New Zealand for making some of the best pastry gems in the country. Two, there is a well known song about the ‘Fat Bastard’ who ate all the pies, and three, rem

The HSBC Export Southland Gala Dinner will be held Friday 13 November at the Ascot Park Hotel.   The Export Southland Trust will host over 200 guests from export businesses and their supporters at the prestigious dinner. This year’s Export Southland Awards Dinner will have an interesting new twist.

Lisa Capil is doing what she loves, but that doesn’t mean life is easy. The wife and mother of three has her own successful clothing brand ‘Whoopzee Giftz’ – designing and making clothing for babies and kids. But she also has a chronically ill daughter to look after, with an extremely rare incurable

The success of the strengthening relationship between Air New Zealand and the Southland region was showcased at the New Zealand Airports Hui 2020 on October 28. Southland Chamber of Commerce board member Carla Forbes spoke at the Hui, presenting with Air New Zealand’s Head of Tourism and Regional Af

Aparima College student Dom Riddle has taken out first prize in the Southland Young Enterprise of the Year Awards, among a collection of other achievements. Celebrating innovation and entrepreneurship, the YES Awards are the culmination of a year long competition, which challenges participating scho

It might have been a tough year for the Invercargill Licensing Trust (ILT), but there was still money to give out to the community. The year-to-date operating sales for the ILT were significantly down by $7.9 million as a result of Covid-19 (18.1%) – it was stated by the chief executive in his repor

Southern Pastures, the country’s biggest farmland investment fund, has bought the dairy brand Lewis Road Creamery for an undisclosed sum. At the same time Lewis Road’s founder and chief executive Peter Cullinane has announced he would step down from his roles at the company. “It’s been an incredible

The Warehouse Group today announced its audited result for the full year ended 2 August 2020. As announced in the preliminary unaudited release on 8 October, the Group delivered sales of $3.2 billion, up 3.3% on FY19 or 1.5% when adjusting for FY20 being a 53-week year, compared to 52 weeks in FY19.