Business

A free expo later this month will provide much-needed support to Southland’s labour force. Southlanders looking for employment advice and opportunities are being encouraged to attend the Great South Job Search 2020. The event will be held in Gore on Tuesday 28 July and in Invercargill from Wednesday

Invercargill Central Limited is pleased to confirm local company Amalgamated Builders Limited (ABL) has been awarded the construction contract for the block. Invercargill Central Limited considered all factors with the submitted tenders prior to awarding the Contract ABL Regional Director Bruce Midd

Sanford is looking to test the waters with open sea salmon fishing for the first time. The company has lodged a consent with Environment Southland to create five small open ocean farms – 28km from Bluff near Ruapuke, at the South end of Foveaux Strait. This was a brand new area for Sanford, after ca

Great footage of the ongoing demolition of the city block. This time-lapse video shows Stage 2 of the CBD demolition in Invercargill from 29 April 2020 – 27 May 2020 This time-lapse video shows the incredible progress of the CBD demolition in Invercargill over the last 2 months. As you will see most

The Invercargill City Council will contribute a total of $40.5 million in the city block development, in recognition of the community wellbeing outcomes the project offers. Councillors approved its funding contribution at an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday, 8 June, after a series of funding annou

While it was cold outside, freezing actually, the self styled champion of the regions Shane Jones brought warmth, some laughter and a big bag of money for various southern organisations and businesses. One of the big handouts is for  stop-bank upgrade work for our rivers. This follows on from the ca

This time-lapse video shows the incredible progress of the CBD demolition in Invercargill over the last 2 months. As you will see most of the buildings were rotting due to years of neglect from previous owners. Located on the site with planned opening early 2022 will be Farmers department store, Sta

A newly formed Invercargill home based business is off to a roaring start. Curvy Rentals NZ is the creation of Sammi Smith and is already attracting nationwide attention. Curvy rentals hires out dresses for plus sized women who want something for a special occasion but don’t want pay for something t