Business South board poll begins
Business South board poll begins
Voting has opened to elect the inaugural board of Business South.
Riley Kennedy
Frustration grows about Covid alert level not dropping for South Island
Frustration grows about Covid alert level not dropping for South Island
Southern businesses are unsure why the South Island is still at Alert Level 2, saying it is causing "frustration and confusion".
Rising inflation puts pressure on families
Rising inflation puts pressure on families
Noticed your groceries getting more expensive?
Strong support for Pacific Edge capital raising
Strong support for Pacific Edge capital raising
Dunedin cancer diagnostic company Pacific Edge has closed its retail offer oversubscribed.
$26m for South in wage subsidy
$26m for South in wage subsidy
Otago and Southland have collected about $26 million from the Government’s wage subsidy scheme while the upper North Island has remained locked down, latest figures show.
Looking high from the lower reaches
Looking high from the lower reaches
Robin McNeill has worked all over the world in the telecommunications sector, but there's something about Southland that keeps drawing him back. Riley Kennedy talks to the man on a mission.
Surge in top-end homes being bought online
Surge in top-end homes being bought online
Home buyers are spending millions of dollars on top-end southern homes despite not having set foot on the property, real estate agents say.
Mental wellbeing ‘hidden pandemic’
Mental wellbeing ‘hidden pandemic’
"It is not about changing the worker, it is about changing the work they do."
Property portfolio pushes port’s profits
Property portfolio pushes port’s profits
Port Otago has achieved a record before-tax profit of $94.5million, but its chairman stresses it does need context.
Record profit for Port Otago
Record profit for Port Otago
Port Otago has achieved a record profit of $94.5 million for the 2020/21 financial year, largely due to unrealised property revaluation across its portfolio.
Foley Wines plans to buy vineyard
Foley Wines plans to buy vineyard
An NZX-listed Marlborough-based wine company has announced its intention to buy Central Otago’s Zebra Bendigo Flat Vineyard.
Fairfield land for sale could provide 100 sections
Fairfield land for sale could provide 100 sections
A large piece of land on the market in Dunedin could provide 100 sections for development, the selling agent says.
Legal opinion: employers can require shot
Legal opinion: employers can require shot
Private businesses can make it compulsory for employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 if they justify the need to do so, employment law specialists say.
Group’s aim to help job market
Group’s aim to help job market
A Dunedin group has been set up to help the "struggling" southern labour market.
Building consent delays causing concern
Building consent delays causing concern
Builders are concerned about the time it is taking to process building consent applications, during what the Dunedin City Council has described as a record year.
Mr Whippy back in Octagon after 15-year hiatus
Mr Whippy back in Octagon after 15-year hiatus
The alluring call of Greensleeves has returned to Dunedin streets.
Clarity on investment ethics urged
Clarity on investment ethics urged
A Dunedin-based group wants a clearer framework in place for New Zealand investment funds to stop investment in companies which it believes harm the environment.
Coffee-ground soap proving a winner
Coffee-ground soap proving a winner
Fancy a coffee fix in the shower?
Chocolate company to seek more crowdfunding
Chocolate company to seek more crowdfunding
Ocho Chocolate wants to hit the Auckland market to recover income lost due to Covid-19.
Dunedin city business still languishing
Dunedin city business still languishing
Where have all the people gone? The answer to that question is what central city cafes and retailers in Dunedin want to know.