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Dileepa Fonseka05:00, May 29 2021 ROBERT KITCHIN/Stuff Stuart Nash says we’re at the forefront of digital enablement, but aren’t we setting our sights a little too low? OPINION: Less than a week after he stepped in front of a Wellington audience to announce an immigration reset for productivity-boosting purposes ​Stuart Nash was in front of an Auckland one, boosting it a different way. He was fronting the Government’s “Digital Boost” announcement to get small businesses on to the i...

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Press Release – Kiwibank Kiwibank today welcomed the Governments Digital Boost initiative and pledged to continue to support efforts to bring free online banking education to communities around New Zealand. The Digital Boost Alliance exists to support small business resilience … Kiwibank today welcomed the Government’s Digital Boost initiative and pledged to continue to support efforts to bring free online banking education to communities around New Zealand. The Digital Boost Alliance ex...

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Tuesday, 25 May 2021, 5:22 pm Kiwibank today welcomed the Government’s Digital Boost initiative and pledged to continue to support efforts to bring free online banking education to communities around New Zealand. The Digital Boost Alliance exists to support small business resilience and productivity and enhance wellbeing and social inclusion via greater digital adoption. Kiwibank Head of Sustainability a Julia Jackson said it was important everyone had the chance to make the most of the bene...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 4:36 pm The Wellbeing Budget announced today on the 30th anniversary of the “Mother of All Budgets”, sees investment targeted at addressing the long-term social challenges previously laid out by Minister Robertson. With an operating allowance of $3.8billion per year, the biggest increase to benefits in more than a generation, significant investment in infrastructure that brings with it an increase in jobs, and further investment in climate change, have taken centre s...

Thursday, 20 May 2021, 3:43 pm Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce (The Chamber) Chief Executive Leeann Watson says today’s Budget 2021 announcement has largely overlooked the role of business in the country’s economic recovery. Finance Minister Grant Robertson outlined his fourth Budget today, which focused on the three pillars of child poverty, affordable housing and climate change. Ms Watson says: "Rather than taking a balanced approach within this Budget on societal issues and ...

A year ago, we were in lockdown. I can’t remember whether we had just ordered a box of River-T wine or had just finished drinking it? Whichever – thank you River-T! Since then, I’ve lost count (and it’s not the wine’s fault . . . it could be the wine’s fault) of the number of business support initiatives I’ve seen. There’s been a lot going on. There’s been long-standing subsidised resources like Regional Business Partners Network and Mentors NZ. There’s been new funding supp...

Unknown/Supplied Planning your website Taking the time to plan, secure your domain name and build your site for mobile devices first are essential when launching a website, according to Shopify Community Manager Julian Bartram. “It’s tempting to dive right into execution when you’re excited about adding a new channel for your business. However, taking the time to write a business plan and get your thoughts on paper allows you to avoid multiple mistakes down the line.” Bartram recom...

Search for North-east female entrepreneurs © Supplied by Business Women Scotl Tracy Clark, Managing Director of ITC Hydraulics, based in Turriff and Inverurie. A search has begun for leading businesswomen in Aberdeenshire as entries open for the Business Women Scotland Business Awards. Award categories range from Start-up Business of the Year to Inspirational Woman of the Year. Also, new for 2021 are the three categories of, ‘Collaboration’, ‘Sustainable Business’ and ‘Women in Tech�...