Business

Angee Shand’s unwavering passion for the city augurs well for her new role as the Invercargill Licensing Trust’s Sales and Marketing Manager. With incumbent Chris Ramsay succeeding Greg Mulvey as chief executive from December 31, Shand starts with the Trust on January 22. “I’m incredibly excited. In

The Southland Warm Homes Trust (SWHT) is pleased to announce the winner of its 2017 Southland Property Management Company of the Year Award is Pride Property Management for the second consecutive year. The award was presented to Pride Property Management at a function on today (Wednesday 29th Novemb

Alliance Group is investing almost $800,000 in a new blood processing room at its Mataura plant in Southland to help meet the growing demand from the pharmaceutical industry. The new facility at the plant will collect and process adult bovine blood into serum for blood products, which are used in th

Businesses of Roxburgh face disruption due to water and sewerage systems being knocked out – notably Jimmy’s Pies. “We’ve got regular clients and we can’t make fresh pies to supply them. But hopefully they’ll understand.” Jimmy’s Pies from Roxburgh are famous throughout the lower South Island. Jimmy

Southlanders embraced the Black Friday shopping experience. Electronic payment processor Paymark says Southlanders spent $5.4 million in the huge one day retail extravaganza. That’s up considerably on the same time last year. Feedback from shoppers to whatsoninvers indicated heavy traffic and parkin

Southern Institute of Technology (SIT) is pleased to announce an accommodation bursary for students eligible for the Government’s Fees Free policy that comes into effect on 01 January 2018. His worship, Mayor of Invercargill Tim Shadbolt having supported this initiative from the onset has now consol

Fifty percent of the tickets for next year’s Bluff Oyster & Food Festival, scheduled to take place in Bluff on Saturday 26 May 2018, have been sold and event organisers are expecting a surge of sales over the next few weeks as traditionally tickets are purchased as Christmas presents at this time of

From police bravery and celebrating culture, to saving puppies and the best of Southland’s musical talent, the latest edition of The Life is sure to be a must-read for all Southlanders over the coming holiday period. Invercargill-based marketing agency Market South has just released the fifth editio