Thursday, 22 July 2021, 11:20 am Northland Inc, the region’s Economic Development Agency, led a business start-up event earlier this month at The Orchard business and event hub in Whangārei, where eight teams pitched their business models to a panel of 14 experts. The purpose of the event was for new business operators to receive valuable feedback from experienced Northlanders to support growth in their business. This event was the pinnacle of a 12-week coaching programme, in which problems, barriers and new skills were workshopped and developed by businesses with the support of Te Tai Tokerau Growth Accelerator Programme delivered by Northland