Business

The Chamber were thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 109 applications received over the 10 categories. The companies should be commended for the time and effort spent on putting together top-class applications. The Judges have spent the past five weeks working through them and

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, marked a significant occasion in Invercargill’s history, with a unanimous decision from the Invercargill City Council to invest in the centre city’s redevelopment. After a last-minute debate, the decision went to vote, and 11 councillors plus Mayor Tim Shadbolt were in favo

A small marketing company in Invercargill proved it has what it takes to play with the big boys. On 7 August, 2019, The Designers Institute of New Zealand named Back9 Creative Studio a finalist for the prestigious Best Design Awards in the Ngā Aho category. The national award recognises designs that

This week Invercargill City Council meet to decide if the coumcil will invest up to $30 Million in stages 1, 2 and 3 of the city block development. Council is 49% shareholder in HWCP the vehicle used todate to manage the portfolio of properties in the large city block Dee – Kelvin, Esk – Tay. […]

A good turnout of Southland emerging businesses and potential investors assembled on Thursday to take part in a Funding for Growth Investment workshop, jointly hosted by New Zealand Trade and Enterprise and Invest South. The event at Transport World included a panel of investors and founders includi

Applications for the Westpac Southland Business Excellence Awards (WSBEA) closed on Friday, 12 July 2019. “We are so thrilled to have a record number of businesses apply with 109 applications received over the 10 categories” Mrs Sheree Carey, CE Southland Chamber of Commerce said. The WSBEA is a sho

Emerging businesses in Southland are set to benefit from $550,000 of Provincial Growth Funding in business start-up network, COIN South. Minister Shane Jones announced the funding today as part of a $1.7m injection into regional projects to help drive Southland’s economic growth. “These projects wil

Day two of submission hearings for the Invercargill City Council’s proposed $20m investment into the City Centre block wrapped up today (Wednesday 17th July). HWCP director Scott O’Donnell addressed the council detailing the benefits of the city centre development. In the video, O’Donnell said “CBD