Business

Josie Robinson – Mrs Pickles – of Robbie’s Pickles and Preserves in Gore, placed second in Soda Inc.’s seed grant pitch night yesterday, from over 50 applicants across the country. The seed grants were established to help Kiwi start-ups get funding at a time when they need it most. Designed to help

The post-lockdown rebound in economic activity appears to have run its course as businesses begin to feel the burn of a closed border. ANZ’s latest monthly preliminary survey of business confidence shows headline confidence in the first week of August had fallen to a net negative 42.4 percent, down

Tourism Holdings (THL) is looking to cut its global fleet by nearly a third and concentrate on domestic customers in key markets to see it through the lockdown in international travel. The campervan rental company operates in New Zealand, Australia, and the United States, and its brands include Maui

The Southland Charity Hospital has partnered with SBS Bank to ensure everybody in the southern community can get behind its wildly successful ‘Buy A Brick’ fundraising campaign. Media and communications manager Alana Dixon-Calder says the charity hospital team is thrilled to have the support of the

AWS Legal will be on the move in the next year, with plans underway for brand-new premises on Don Street. Following a period of substantial growth for the region’s largest law firm, the company will relocate from its Spey Street office to a new building directly behind it. Marketing and communicatio

SBS Bank has used the economic challenges since Covid-19 to sharpen up business and concentrate on what is working well within its banking sector. Following its AGM in Invercargill earlier this week, chief executive Shaun Drylie said in reacting to the Covid situation they worked out that, “if you d

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