Scott Tech posts loss, but confident
Scott Tech posts loss, but confident
Scott Technology has posted a bottom line operating loss of more than $17 million, but the automation and robotics company says it is well positioned to recover in 2021.
Jacob McSweeny
Plunket-Harraways generosity going with the grain
Plunket-Harraways generosity going with the grain
After teaming up with Whanau Awhina Plunket, Dunedin’s Harraways oat mill says it wants to continue giving back to the community it has been so successful in.
Firms’ innovation in crisis recognised
Firms’ innovation in crisis recognised
Otago companies swept home in the American Chamber of Commerce awards given out last night — rewarding businesses that had best adapted and flourished in a Covid-19 environment.
Business expo held
Business expo held
Otago Polytechnic’s Mike Waddell shows off what his organisation’s brew school has to offer at its display at the Otago Chamber of Commerce’s Business Expo in Dunedin last night.
Smiths drops ‘city’ from its brand to focus on ‘heartland'
Smiths drops ‘city’ from its brand to focus on ‘heartland'
You can take Smiths out of the city and now you can also take the city out of Smiths.
Business started with sewing for her son
Business started with sewing for her son
Kelly Sweeney’s journey to owning a 10-year-old business in Dunedin started by just trying to kit out her own babies with nappies.
Stadium name deal renewed
Stadium name deal renewed
Dunedin's stadium will continue to be named for Forsyth Barr after the investment firm signed on for 10 more years in the shadow of a heavily disruptive year for the roofed venue.
Weekend busy and hope for year end
Weekend busy and hope for year end
Local companies say they saw an uptick to business during the long weekend and many hold hopes for a strong end to the year.
Firm queries seaweed plan
Firm queries seaweed plan
Southern Clams says the Government spending more than $3million to find the food benefits of seaweed is a waste of money, because its popularity around the world is well known.
Increase in work prompts expansion for Speedy Signs
Increase in work prompts expansion for Speedy Signs
Speedy Signs is expanding at its site on the Dunedin waterfront and adding two more commercial buildings next door.
Petrol flowing at new self-service site
Petrol flowing at new self-service site
The new Nelson Petroleum Distributors station in Dunedin that was supposed to be ready as far back as March this year turned on the pumps on Thursday.
Getting firms ready for when things go very wrong
Getting firms ready for when things go very wrong
Dunedin businessman Sam Mulholland is living in the South after a period of regularly working out of the Middle East advising businesses on how to be ready for disaster scenarios.
Ramen restaurant ready after long road
Ramen restaurant ready after long road
A collapsed roof, seismic strengthening and Covid-19 disruptions put Gillian Sugiyama on a long and winding road before opening her Takeichi Ramen store.
TracPlus jobs may go due to pandemic
TracPlus jobs may go due to pandemic
Dunedin tracking and communication company TracPlus may cut more than half its workforce after growth it anticipated did not occur due to Covid-19 disruptions in the aviation sector.
Views on state of Dunedin housing market vary
Views on state of Dunedin housing market vary
A property analyst says Dunedin house prices are now treading water after a surge in values lost momentum in April. But a leading real estate agent says he's seeing a different picture and prices are on an upward trajectory.
New warehouse more convenient
New warehouse more convenient
It will take a moment for Allied Pickfords staff to remember their new site will be in Ward St, having spent more than a decade at their previous site in Wharf St.
Scientists seek a more scrumptious seaweed
Scientists seek a more scrumptious seaweed
The Government is putting more than $3million into research trying to learn the health benefits of an exotic seaweed species.
Covid-19: Ships docked in Otago linked to firm that flew in crew
Covid-19: Ships docked in Otago linked to firm that flew in crew
A pair of fishing vessels docked in Otago Harbour are operated by one of the companies which flew 440 foreign seamen to New Zealand, 11 of whom have tested positive for Covid-19.
Services still in decline
Services still in decline
The services sector recovered in September after Covid restrictions in August, but it is still in decline.
Measures would squeeze businesses ‘doing it tough’
Measures would squeeze businesses ‘doing it tough’
Business and farming leaders in the South are joining a chorus of similar stakeholders hoping the Labour Party forms its own government, rather than a coalition with the Greens.